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Should An Effective Language Learning Be Through The Development Of Just One Language Skill?, Victor Daniel Gil Vera Vdgv, Bairon Jaramillo Valencia, Nancy Biviana Cardona, María Alejandra Cifuentes, Shirley Alejandra Jimenez, Laura Marcela Martínez Nov 2019

Should An Effective Language Learning Be Through The Development Of Just One Language Skill?, Victor Daniel Gil Vera Vdgv, Bairon Jaramillo Valencia, Nancy Biviana Cardona, María Alejandra Cifuentes, Shirley Alejandra Jimenez, Laura Marcela Martínez

The Qualitative Report

This paper is intended to identify how teachers’ emphasis on writing influence the learning process in an English class, taking into account that the development of the four language skills is essential for learning a second language to gain an effective communication. this study adopts some main concepts related to English teaching and learning, which are: language skills, writing and learning process. Then, in order to recognize this educational case, this study follows a qualitative approach, a hermeneutic paradigm and a case study, using a non-participant observation, a participant observation, a semi-structured interview and some task-based learning (TBL) sessions which …


Barriers To Bilingual: How Students Participate In Spanish And English Classes, Bailey Strahan May 2019

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 …


Learning The Language Of Academic Writing: Using The C3wp As A Scaffold In The Secondary English Classroom, John Lennon Apr 2019

Learning The Language Of Academic Writing: Using The C3wp As A Scaffold In The Secondary English Classroom, John Lennon

Language Arts Journal of Michigan

Using academic language and employing textual evidence as support is a critical component of academic writing. However, many secondary students struggle to join academic conversations because of the skills associated with this type of writing. Through the implementation of the National Writing Project's College, Career, and Community Writing Program (C3WP) (2018) and focusing on the moves of academic writers presented by Harris (2006) and Graff and Birkenstein (2017), students can find ways to use evidence in a more constructive way in their research and argumentative writing. This essay will analyze student writing samples at various levels of skill development and …


Readability Levels Of Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Online Patient Education Materials In English And Spanish, Astrid Olivera, Sarah Gallagher, Dana Bitetti Apr 2019

Readability Levels Of Speech-Language Pathology And Audiology Online Patient Education Materials In English And Spanish, Astrid Olivera, Sarah Gallagher, Dana Bitetti

Undergraduate Research

Clinicians have role in educating patients and their families about communication disorders. Therefore patient materials must have an appropriate level of readability. Studies are needed that investigate the readability of online patient education materials. This study investigated 30 online patient handouts in English and Spanish using several readability indices. The results indicated that few handouts met the recommended readability levels.


Data Diving Into “Noticing Poetry”: An Analysis Of Student Engagement With The “I Notice” Method, Scot Slaby, Jordan Benedict Feb 2019

Data Diving Into “Noticing Poetry”: An Analysis Of Student Engagement With The “I Notice” Method, Scot Slaby, Jordan Benedict

Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education

This paper explores students’ engagement in reading poems, examining data on their self perceptions of their confidence and competence in reading poems before, during, and after using the “I Notice” methodology as adapted from The Academy of American Poets’ unit plan, “Noticing Poetry” (Slaby, 2017). The data was collected over the course of a month from January 9 through January 30, 2018 and involved five classes of one hundred general English tenth grade students across three teachers’ classrooms at Shanghai American School’s Puxi High School Campus. Data indicates that the “I Notice” method and the “Noticing Poetry” unit and its …


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 Jan 2019

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 …


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 Jan 2019

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 …


Examining Predictor Measures For Students' Testing In The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Shannon Siebe Jan 2019

Examining Predictor Measures For Students' Testing In The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, Shannon Siebe

Ed.D. Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships between both student achievement and growth in 9th and 10th grade English and math courses and achievement on International Baccalaureate English and math exams. The researcher examined student end-of-course exam scores, student growth values, and International Baccalaureate English and math exam scores from an International Baccalaureate World School across 4 graduating cohorts, including 305 students. The researcher concluded that while 9th grade math end-of-course exam achievement does not significantly predict International Baccalaureate math exam scores, student growth in 9th grade math does. The researcher also concluded that Advanced Placement Language …