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How Do The Students Feel? Long-Term English Learners And Their Experience Under The Esl Label, Molly M. Staeheli

Theses and Dissertations

Far too many English learners in my district enter elementary school as non-native speakers, gradually developing skills only to plateau at early intermediate levels as determined by the annual proficiency exam. As these students become long-term English learners (LTELs) in junior high, the pattern of failing and retaking the test wears on them, likely exacerbated by the district-mandated curriculum for English language development (ELD) classes. Unit topics such as money matters and U.S. national monuments at advanced levels fail to tap into students’ lived experiences. I responded to this problem of practice through mixed-methods action research, beginning with a quantitative …

Brenda Jackson Final Master's Portfolio, Brenda Jackson

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

Best Practices for English Teachers: Effective Writing Assessment Techniques

How Technical Communicators Enhance Training Knowledge Transfer: A Diverse Approach

Teaching Multicultural Literature In The College Classroom, Jordan K. Fleming

Selected Honors Theses

Due to a lack of research on the topic and events of 2020, this thesis aims to learn how professors teach multicultural literature to traditional undergraduate students and how students respond to these courses. I focus on pedagogical scholarship that notes the structure, challenges, and impact of teaching this genre in K-12 and higher education classrooms. My conclusions provide educators with a repertoire of teaching strategies, materials, and student feedback to help students critically respond to living in a multicultural nation and world. These conclusions also lessen a gap in research, as there is significantly less published information on teaching …

Evaluación De Una Estrategia De Enseñanza Mediante La Plataforma Moodle© Para Promover La Comprensión Lectora En Inglés Como Lengua Extranjera, Javier Ricardo Acosta Méndez, Olga Yurany Acosta Méndez, Mónica Ríos Olarte

Maestría en Didáctica de las Lenguas

Esta investigación se realizó con la población de undécimo grado de la Institución Educativa Departamental Técnico Comercial de Tibacuy. El problema identificado fue la baja comprensión lectora en inglés como lengua extranjera. El proyecto se desarrolló bajo un enfoque cualitativo que permitió que los datos fueran tratados mediante la interpretación. El tipo de investigación correspondió a un estudio de caso debido a que se centró en una población específica con características particulares. Atendiendo a las necesidades, intereses y expectativas propias del grupo, se evaluó la adaptación de una estrategia de enseñanza que buscó promover mediante el uso de entornos virtuales …

Projects To Enhance And Innovate Learning In The High School English Classroom: A Final Master’S Portfolio, Kayla Welch

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

My purpose for this portfolio is for each reader to look at teaching in a new and innovative way that will guide students and educators. I have resources in each project that will push ideas for new projects or encourage readers to try a new writing mode or novel that they have never tried before. I hope my students are engaged in my variety of lessons and research and feel challenged to push themselves in their own research and writing. I encourage the reader to use the following projects to create a positive writing and reading environment in the classroom.

Student Perceptions Regarding The Use Of Purposive English In A Spanish As A Foreign Language Classroom, Kacey Booth

Dissertations

In modern American society, diversity is both challenged and celebrated, and inclusion is imperative. This ideology begins in the classroom. Oftentimes, this celebration of diversity, more specifically linguistic diversity, is most visible in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) classes and similar bilingual educational programs. In TESOL programs, students’ international identities are highlighted and students are often instructed using multilingual educational resources to scaffold their acquisition of English. Historically, foreign language teaching also utilized dual-language instructional methodologies. Such archaic teaching methodologies have since been replaced by more modern and immersive sociopsycholinguistic approaches such as Communicative Language Teaching. Such …

Barriers To Bilingual: How Students Participate In Spanish And English Classes, Bailey Strahan

Masters of Education in Teaching and Learning

While participation has been linked to achievement in the classroom, various external factors can change students’ willingness to participate. In this study the researcher sought to discover what participation looks like in regards to one of these factors, language. Additionally the researcher wanted to discover what students and teachers in a bilingual program thought of their own participation in regards to language. Through the use of surveys, interviews, and observations over the course of several weeks, the researcher was able to determine that many factors including student motivation, preferences, resources available, and misunderstanding all contribute to their willingness to participate …

El Cuento Como Estrategia Didáctica En El Aprendizaje Del Inglés En Los Estudiantes De Primero De Primaria Del Colegio Liceo El Rinconcito Del Saber, Luis Felipe Ríos Carvajal

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

El presente trabajo de grado tiene como fin determinar, ¿Cómo el cuento puede ser una estrategia didáctica en el aprendizaje del inglés en los estudiantes de primero de primaria del colegio Liceo el Rinconcito del Saber?. Por lo cual, el objeto de estudio es describir el cuento como estrategia didáctica en el aprendizaje del inglés, definiendo los elementos teóricos con el fin de establecer el uso del cuento como estrategia de aprendizaje del idioma extranjero, en donde se determine el uso del cuento como herramienta práctica, desarrollando en los estudiantes habilidades en la adquisición de un segundo idioma. Esta investigación …

El Video Como Estrategia De Enseñanza De Vocabulario En Inglés Básico Para Estudiantes Del Sena Centro Internacional Náutico, Fluvial Y Portuario De Cartagena, Irina Margarita Feria Marrugo

Maestría en Didáctica de las Lenguas

Esta investigación se centró en el diseño de una propuesta de intervención pedagógica mediante el video como estrategia de enseñanza de vocabulario básico en inglés para los tecnólogos del SENA: Oficial de Cubierta y en Oficial de Máquinas del Centro Internacional Náutico, Fluvial y Portuario de Cartagena. El estudio contó con un enfoque cuantitativo y un método de investigación exploratorio no experimental, el cual permitió el diseño y cualificación de la propuesta mencionada, a partir de la identificación de las necesidades de aprendizaje en el contexto de la investigación y el posterior análisis de sus alcances y limitaciones. Adicionalmente, el …

Desarrollo De La Habilidad Oral En Inglés En Los Niños De Cuarto Grado Mediante La Lúdica Como Herramienta De Aprendizaje, María Camila Nieto Pachón, Lina Paola Salazar Cortés

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

Esta investigación fue realizada en el Colegio Empresarial Los Andes de Facatativá Cundinamarca. Se trabajó con grado cuarto durante los tres primeros bimestres del año escolar 2018. La pregunta de investigación fue: ¿Cómo mediante el uso de recursos lúdicos es posible estimular y desarrollar la producción oral en el proceso de aprendizaje de inglés en los estudiantes de cuarto grado? Esta problemática surgió a partir del análisis del bajo desempeño, en términos colectivos, en la producción oral de la lengua inglesa, ya que se evidenció a través de la participación en clase, insuficiencia de vocabulario y dificultades de pronunciación. Así …

Behavior Incentives In Public Schools, Paige Miller

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The purpose of this project is to see if behavior incentives will work to increase student attention and productivity in the classroom. By improving these two skills, teachers should also see an improvement in the academic performance of their students. In this project, an honors class of 20 students and a general education class of 24 students was compared. Many of these students would show up late to class, spend large periods of time on their cell phones, constantly get out of their seats, and mess around rather than taking advantage of class time to complete assignments. Student grades, and …

Fairy Tales And Adaptations: A Unit Of Study For High School Seniors, Angelica P. Babauta

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

This project is a unit of study designed for high school seniors in an advanced English class. The topic is fairy tales and adaptations, and through these twelve complete lesson plans, students will be led to examine the way fairy tales and society influence one another based on how a classic fairy tale is adapted over time. Students will study Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's "Beauty and the Beast," the Brothers Grimm's "Brier Rose," and Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" as the original fairy tales. The adaptations paired with these texts are Alex Flinn's Beastly, James Finn Gardner's "Sleeping …

Enhancing Language Development For English Learners, Frank L. Silva

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Previously accepted and current research has been reviewed regarding the development of English proficiency for English Language Learners. The particular areas of concern deemed crucial for language development are the domains of reading, writing, listening and speaking. The critical components for effective English Language Development instruction as well as the strategies considered the most effective and efficient were also investigated. The review resulted in the creation of an English Language Development unit that includes the essential components and various strategies that are considered effective in developing English proficiency for English Language Learners.

Estrategia Task-Based Learning Para La Producción Oral En Inglés Por Medio De Second Life® En La Universidad De La Salle, Lina Marcela Quintero Ojeda, Valentina Sáenz Beira

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

El presente trabajo de investigación propone una estrategia Task-Based Learning, usando Second Life® como medio para reforzar la producción oral en inglés de un grupo de estudiantes de la asignatura Language and Communication I de la Licenciatura en Lengua Castellana, Inglés y Francés de La Universidad de la Salle. Para ello se realizó una revisión de investigaciones previas sobre el tema y se desarrollaron conceptos básicos como mundos virtuales, e-learning, enseñanza y aprendizaje, entre otros, con el fin de dar cuenta del uso de Second Life® en la enseñanza y aprendizaje de una lengua extranjera. La investigación contó con metodología …

Didáctica De La Enseñanza Del Inglés En Los Semestres Primero, Quinto Y Octavo De La Licenciatura En Lengua Castellana, Inglés Y Francés En La Universidad De La Salle, Jenifer Pérez Morales, Diana Yessenia Ramírez Roncancio

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

El presente trabajo de investigación da cuenta de la descripción de las didácticas del inglés en la Universidad de La Salle de la Licenciatura en Lengua Castellana, Inglés y Francés, así como la identificación de los procesos de enseñanza, la revisión del rol de los actores principales en el proceso didáctico (docente-estudiante) y la explicación de la didácticas de la enseñanza del inglés. Para la fundamentación teórica, se tuvieron en cuenta algunos autores como Alicia Camillioni (2007), Jeremy Harmer (2011) y Nunan (1999) citando a Stephen Krashen, entre otros autores importantes en el tema de esta investigación, la didáctica (didáctica …

Games Worth A Thousand Words: Critical Approaches And Ludonarrative Harmony In Interactive Narratives, Travis Pynenburg

Honors Theses and Capstones

This thesis provides a brief summary of contemporary approaches to the study of interactive narratives. After criticizing the approaches of ludology and narratology, the thesis speaks of the advantages of studying ludonarrative harmony and dissonance. Finally, an example of ludonarrative critique is given focusing on the game Journey by thatgamecompany.

An Interdisciplinary, Teaming Approach To History And English Instruction At The Secondary Level, Miles J. Caples

All Graduate Projects

The relationship of integrating history and English objectives to enhance student achievement was studied. A model curriculum has been developed to connect U.S. History and American Literature content. Research has been obtained that indicates improved student learning when subjects are integrated in a relevant fashion. Secondary schools using interdisciplinary curriculum are showing improved GPA's, attendance and standardized test scores. Secondary teachers must align their daily lesson plans and assessments with the state essential learning's in both the history and language arts area.

Metacognitive Prereading Activities To Enhance Reading Comprehension, Katherine Laws

All Graduate Projects

This study investigated metacognitive prereading strategies content area teachers might utilize for process emphasis reading comprehension. The literature review showed the shift in reading comprehension instruction from a word based emphasis to an interactive process emphasis, described content area reading instruction and metacognition. A selection of metacognitive prereading activities was included for use by teachers in content area classrooms. Implications of using the activities were discussed.

Literature Strands For The Enhancement Of Language In The Early Childhood Classroom, Wendy Sue White

All Graduate Projects

Literature and activities which support and enhance language learning in the early childhood classroom were examined. Seventy-six pieces of literature were selected along with thirty-two supporting activities. These were all described and matched for easy reference by the classroom teacher. A discussion of the importance of literature for the early childhood classroom, particularly that in which Engli~h is taught as a second language, has been included.

Ability Grouping In English Classes Of The Secondary Schools: A Survey With Emphasis On Students Of Low And Superior Abilities, Jane Lorraine Gruver

Graduate Student Research Papers

This paper will discuss ability grouping, particularly as applied to the English classes of the secondary school. Special attention will be given to plans recognizing the student of low ability as well as to courses especially evolved for the gifted student. Although guidance and counseling are associated with grouping, they will not enter into the scope of this paper except incidentally.