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The Ecology Of Peer Tutoring: Perspectives Of Student Staff In One High School Writing Center, Cynthia Dean
The Ecology Of Peer Tutoring: Perspectives Of Student Staff In One High School Writing Center, Cynthia Dean
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In high school writing centers that employ students as tutors, staff members can face challenges as they transition into a tutorial role. The purpose of this study was to document the challenges high school writing tutors may encounter as they transition from and between their roles as students and peer tutors. Two conceptual frames, performance theory and social ecology, guided this study. The former framed analysis of peer tutors’ performance in the writing center while social ecology disclosed how the acquisition of identity in one context affects a peer tutor’s activity in others. This qualitative study used a case study …
Unsung Voices : The Transformation Of Writing And Identity Of Korean Esl Students In U.S. Secondary Schools, Cheonghwa Cheong
Unsung Voices : The Transformation Of Writing And Identity Of Korean Esl Students In U.S. Secondary Schools, Cheonghwa Cheong
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
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Exploring Adult Efl Learners' Language Learning Potential : A Sociocultural Approach, Cagri -. Ozkose-Biyik
Exploring Adult Efl Learners' Language Learning Potential : A Sociocultural Approach, Cagri -. Ozkose-Biyik
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Close scrutiny of the research on language aptitude reveals that it has been considered a quintessentially cognitive construct. No studies, to the researcher's knowledge, have examined language learning ability from a sociocultural perspective. Therefore, this study seeks to reconceptualize the cognitively oriented concept of language aptitude by looking at it through a sociocultural lens. This reconceptualization is achieved first, by reframing language aptitude and offering a new term, language learning potential, and second, by analyzing the dialogic interactions between an EFL teacher (i.e., the author of this dissertation) and two adult learners in a foreign language context in Turkey.
The Role Of Grammar Knowledge For Identifying Language Needs, Anne Toolan Rowley
The Role Of Grammar Knowledge For Identifying Language Needs, Anne Toolan Rowley
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The focus of the study was an interest in discerning the relationship between grammar knowledge and its application for evaluating grammar development at different academic and professional stages. A 3-part questionnaire was completed by first and last semester Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) graduate students, and practicing speech-language pathologists (SLPs). The first section gathered data related to educational background, perceptions related to grammar knowledge, and recall of undergraduate instruction on grammar topics. A Grammar Test (GT), which reviewed typically developing grammar elements and sentence structures, and a Language Sample Analysis (LSA) comprised the latter two sections. With this data, the …
English As A Foreign Language And Cultural Capital In South Korea : A Mixed Methods Study, Eun Hi Seo
English As A Foreign Language And Cultural Capital In South Korea : A Mixed Methods Study, Eun Hi Seo
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Relying on Bourdieu's cultural reproduction theory, this mixed methods study examined the direct and indirect trajectories of social and economic benefits in the home in improving ninth and college-track twelfth graders English language performance, focusing on their participation in cultural capital activities.