Book Review: Ophelia After All,
2023
View Ridge Middle School, Lehi UT
Book Review: Ophelia After All, Madison Simpson
The Utah English Journal
Ophelia Rojas has always been the girl who is obsessed with boys. As a senior in high school, she can't remember a time when she wasn't crushing on a cute boy or dreaming of a perfect prom night. Ophelia is also curating her perfect garden as she dreams of studying botany at university, much to her English professor mother's chagrin. When Ophelia starts developing an unexpected crush, she begins to rethink everything she thought she knew about herself.
Book Review: The Girl From The Sea,
2023
Utah Valley University, Orem UT
Book Review: The Girl From The Sea, Austin Andruski
The Utah English Journal
The Girl from the Sea, a graphic novel by Molly Knox Ostertag, is an emotionally rejuvenating tale of young love and self-identity. For Morgan, she wants nothing more than to fit in until she can graduate from high school and leave her island home, finally able to be herself away from people who might judge her.
Teaching Culture In The Argentinian Efl Classroom: Beliefs, Practice And Challenges,
2023
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Teaching Culture In The Argentinian Efl Classroom: Beliefs, Practice And Challenges, María Mercedes Sempé
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
The need to address culture in EFL/ESL classrooms has been stressed by scholars in the SLA field for decades (see Kramsch, 1993, 2009, 2011; Byram, 1988; Liddicoat & Scarino, 2013). The original intention of working with culture in the English classes as a means to develop language proficiency –sociocultural competence– was expanded, and nowadays, the focus is on the role culture instruction has in developing empathy and respect for other ways of living and in promoting reflection about learners’ own lifestyle –intercultural competence (Byram, 1988, 2008; Deardoff, 2006). This new focus on cultural instruction is reflected in national curriculums around …
Fostering Engagement With Voicethread In Online Intermediate Spanish Language Classes,
2023
Valdosta State University
Fostering Engagement With Voicethread In Online Intermediate Spanish Language Classes, Karen Acosta, Ericka H. Parra Dr
The Coastal Review
It is estimated that more than 1.5 billion students have been affected during the course of the global coronavirus pandemic by school and university closures. As a way to navigate this new instructional landscape, the researchers aimed to find a tool that would allow students to develop and practice communicative language skills in their online Spanish classes. In this research study, participants used VoiceThread over the course of a semester and then reflected on their comfort level using communicative skills in Spanish before and after using the tool, as well as whether they perceived that using the platform in their …
การพัฒนากิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ตามแนวคิดการเรียนรู้แบบพหุวิธีเพื่อส่งเสริมความสามารถในการอ่านเพื่อความเข้าใจของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาในโรงเรียนนานาชาติ,
2023
คณะครุศาสตร์
การพัฒนากิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ตามแนวคิดการเรียนรู้แบบพหุวิธีเพื่อส่งเสริมความสามารถในการอ่านเพื่อความเข้าใจของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาในโรงเรียนนานาชาติ, พีรดา เมลานี โรเบิร์ตสัน
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
การวิจัยและพัฒนานี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อ 1) พัฒนากิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ตามแนวคิดการเรียนรู้แบบพหุวิธี และ 2) ศึกษาผลการจัดกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ตามแนวคิดการเรียนรู้แบบพหุวิธีที่มีต่อความสามารถในการอ่านเพื่อความเข้าใจของนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาตอนต้น ในโรงเรียนนานาชาติขนาดใหญ่ การศึกษาวิจัยนี้เป็นการวิจัยและพัฒนา ที่ศึกษาประสิทธิผลของกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ที่พัฒนาขึ้นโดยใช้การวิจัยกึ่งทดลอง ประชากรคือนักเรียนไทยระดับมัธยมศึกษาที่เรียนในโรงเรียนนานาชาติขนาดใหญ่ในกรุงเทพ ฯ จำนวน 13 โรงเรียน กลุ่มตัวอย่าง เป็นนักเรียนมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 1 ในโรงเรียนนานาชาติขนาดใหญ่แห่งหนึ่ง ในกรุงเทพมหานครที่โรงเรียนและอาจารย์ภาษาไทยยินดีให้ทดลองใช้นวัตกรรมที่จัดทำนี้ เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการเก็บรวบรวมข้อมูล คือ แบบวัดความสามารถในการอ่านเพื่อความเข้าใจและแบบสะท้อนผลการอ่าน เครื่องมือที่ใช้ในการทดลอง คือ แผนการจัดการเรียนรู้วรรณคดีไทยตามกิจกรมการเรียนรู้การอ่านที่พัฒนาขึ้น สถิติที่ใช้ในการวิเคราะห์ข้อมูล คือ ค่าเฉลี่ยมัชฉิมเลขคณิต ส่วนเบี่ยงเบนมาตรฐาน (SD) และการวิเคราะห์ผู้เรียนรายบุคคล ผลการวิจัยพบว่ากิจกรรมการเรียนรู้การอ่านตามแนวคิดการเรียนรู้แบบพหุวิธีที่พัฒนาขึ้นมี 2 ขั้นหลัก คือ ขั้นเตรียมชุดสื่อพหุวิธีที่มีเนื้อความสัมพันธ์กันประกอบด้วย คลิปวีดิทัศน์ หนังสือภาพหรือการ์ตูน และชุดบทอ่านแบบบรรยายที่มีเนื้อหาสัมพันธ์กัน และขั้นการจัดการเรียนรู้ ประกอบด้วย ขั้นการดูและฟังคลิปวีดิทัศน์เพื่อสรุปความ ขั้นการอ่านวิเคราะห์สารหนังสือภาพ/การ์ตูน และขั้นการอ่านประเมินค่าบทอ่านแบบบรรยาย เมื่อนำกิจกรรมการเรียนรู้ที่พัฒนาขึ้นไปทดลองใช้กับกลุ่มตัวอย่าง ผลปรากฏว่านักเรียนมีความสามารถในการอ่านเพื่อความเข้าใจสูงกว่าก่อนการทดลอง
Translanguaging, Multiliteracy, And Sociocultural Dynamics: Exploring Diasporic Identity And Belonging,
2023
Old Dominion University
Translanguaging, Multiliteracy, And Sociocultural Dynamics: Exploring Diasporic Identity And Belonging, Seongryeong Yu
Teaching & Learning Faculty Publications
This ethnographic study delves into the language and literacy practices of immigrant children in a public elementary school setting. The purpose of the study is to understand the role of multiliteracy in their learning, their ability to connect with the curriculum and instruction, and their sense of belonging within their peer groups, classrooms, and home countries. To explore how these children utilized their linguistic and cultural repertoires to engage in language and literacy activities in different contexts (Kwon, 2019), the study focused on 10-year-old students from various linguistic backgrounds, including Korean and Chinese students in a United States classroom. Through …
Engl 6360 - Descriptive Linguistics For Teachers,
2023
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Engl 6360 - Descriptive Linguistics For Teachers, Ramsés Ortín
Open Educational Resources - Books
No abstract provided.
Language Values Guide,
2023
Bank Street College of Education
Language Values Guide, Bank Street College Of Education. School For Children
All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations
Designed to be used as a tool and to provide useful information on our daily interactions with both adults and children. The purpose of this guide is to continue educating our community toward maintaining a safe and inclusive community by recognizing what we say does matter. This guide will be used as a support document throughout the College, including with our partners, so we share a common language that respects both individuals and groups.
Synergic Concepts And Lexical Idiosyncrasies As Means Of Reconceptualization To Develop Bilingual Pragmatic Competence : A Study Of Sequential Bilingual Students In Different Sociocultural Contexts,
2023
University at Albany, State University of New York
Synergic Concepts And Lexical Idiosyncrasies As Means Of Reconceptualization To Develop Bilingual Pragmatic Competence : A Study Of Sequential Bilingual Students In Different Sociocultural Contexts, Truong My Hanh Dinh
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This dissertation uses the Conceptual Blending Hypothesis from the socio-cognitive method presented and refined by Kecskes (2002, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2020) to explain how the lexical choice of bilinguals differs across sociocultural situations. Quantitative (lexical density, lexical diversity, and lexical sophistication) and qualitative (lexical concepts) processes demonstrate this variance. Hence, the thesis shows the interplay between two aspects of the bilingual’s word choice, namely conceptualizing and selecting words in the linguistic system, which influence word choice in context (i.e. individual words via words used in essay writing). It is hypothesized that a conceptual blending of the sociocultural loads of the …
In-House Efforts To Enhance Pre-Service Language Teachers’ Intercultural Competence,
2023
Social Sciences University of Ankara, Ankara
In-House Efforts To Enhance Pre-Service Language Teachers’ Intercultural Competence, Nur Gedik Bal
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
The goal of the current study was to ascertain pre-service English language teachers’ impressions of the impact of thematic speaking tasks on the development of their intercultural competence in an online Spoken English course. Moreover, the effect of certain demographic variables on pre-service teachers’ cultural intelligence (CQ) was also investigated. The findings revealed a significant difference between the CQ of students with and without overseas experience. Pre-service teachers who could speak languages other than their mother tongue and English had significantly higher CQ scores than students who could not speak other languages. However, there was not a significant difference between …
Student Teachers As Readers: The Reading Experiences And Reading Pedagogy Of Finnish And British Student Teachers,
2023
University of Turku
Student Teachers As Readers: The Reading Experiences And Reading Pedagogy Of Finnish And British Student Teachers, Juli-Anna Aerila, Merja Kauppinen, Teresa Cremin, Mari Siipola, Sarah Jane Mukherjee, Johanna Lähteelä
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
As the pedagogy of teachers depends partly on their earlier life experiences, investigating the prior reading practices of student teachers is crucial. This study investigated Finnish and English student teachers’ (N = 353) own reading, the importance of their own reading to their reading pedagogy, and the relationship of these to teachers’ content knowledge of reading pedagogy. The data were collected via an online questionnaire and analysed via quantitative methods. According to the findings, nearly all the student teachers enjoy reading, have a positive attitude towards reading, and consider the teachers’ own reading important for the pedagogy they implement. However, …
Span 46302 Spanish In Contact In The United States,
2023
CUNY City College
Span 46302 Spanish In Contact In The United States, Francisco Salgado-Robles
Open Educational Resources
According to the latest US Census Bureau report, the US Hispanic population reached a record mark of 62.6 million (18.9% of the total population) in 2021, making people of Hispanic origin the nation’s largest racial or ethnic minority. This course provides a descriptive and critical overview of the linguistic practices of the different Spanish-speaking communities in the United States and specifically those spoken in New York City (e.g., Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Colombian, Salvadoran, Honduran, Guatemalan, Cuban communities, among others). The main objective of the course is to develop critical and linguistic awareness about the relationship between language, individual, and …
Home Language Policy And Identity In Multilingual Families In Ouagadougou,
2023
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Home Language Policy And Identity In Multilingual Families In Ouagadougou, Inoussa Malgoubri
Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Theses and Other Student Research
Language functions as both a social practice and an identity marker through which communities express themselves in arts and literature. It is intrinsically linked to culture and, by extension, identity. Consequently, "losing one's language is equivalent to losing one's identity" (G. Kedrebégo, 1998, p. 181). In an era where English serves as a lingua franca and colonial legacy languages remain the official languages throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Indigenous African languages are at risk. This collective qualitative case study aims to explore how parents navigate language choices as they strive to preserve their identity while ensuring their children are well-prepared for a …
An Education In Democracy: Understanding And Subverting Censorship In The English Classroom,
2023
Missouri State University
An Education In Democracy: Understanding And Subverting Censorship In The English Classroom, Hannah R. Woolsey
Graduate Theses/Dissertations
The politicization of education has presented a challenge to offering students diverse English Language Arts instruction. Across the county, lawmakers have proposed legislation that limits discussion about race and sex or allows parents to restrict their child’s exposure to materials that violate their moral or religious beliefs. In this tug-of-war, teachers will be forced to decide between avoiding controversial topics or risking dismissal. Increasing censorship, now codified by law in many states, is rooted in our polarized political landscape, divided along cultural and geographic lines. The challenge facing educators, then, is how to create space for inclusive, social justice-oriented instruction …
Instructional Practices That Promote Reading Growth In K-3 Students: A Qualitative Study Of Highly Effective Reading Teachers,
2023
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Instructional Practices That Promote Reading Growth In K-3 Students: A Qualitative Study Of Highly Effective Reading Teachers, Valora J. Unowsky
All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects
The focus of this study was to examine the effective instructional practices, philosophies, values, and beliefs of highly effective reading teachers, as evidenced by their students’ rate of reading growth over the course of one academic year across all demographic subgroups. Teacher instructional strategies, approaches to tier one and tier two instruction, planning, preparation, and philosophical beliefs about teaching were investigated. The primary goal of this study was to identify and examine teacher practices and characteristics which result in high reading growth, so as to benefit students. This qualitative grounded theory study used targeted teacher interviews and extensive coding methodologies …
Willingness To Communicate In English Of Thai Undergraduate Students In Online English Classrooms,
2023
Faculty of Education
Willingness To Communicate In English Of Thai Undergraduate Students In Online English Classrooms, Koravick Thiangtham
Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)
The purposes of this mixed-method study were to 1) investigate the level of WTC among undergraduate students in Thailand, and 2) investigate the relationship of English language online classroom environment and WTC among undergraduate students in Thailand. Following the sequential explanatory design, the study was divided into 2 phases 1) the quantitative phase which participants are 406 undergraduate students from universities in Bangkok area. The survey questionnaire which consisted of WTC section and English language online classroom environment section is deployed. 2) the qualitative phase, which the participants consisted of seven undergraduate students who were purposively selected from the WTC …
Information Literacy, Media Literacy, And The Attitudinal Positioning Of Wpas Combatting Mis/Disinformation,
2023
Old Dominion University
Information Literacy, Media Literacy, And The Attitudinal Positioning Of Wpas Combatting Mis/Disinformation, Joshua Nieubuurt
English Faculty Publications
Informational flow is paramount to the success of interpersonal communication as well as macro communication that allows for people to engage with the overarching sociopolitical apparatuses as a citizen. Chief among hindering informational flow are the obstacles of mis/disinformation. This research project is an exploratory study into the attitudinal positioning of a wide range of WPAs across R1 research institutions. Results found that WPA's perceptions are positively aligned in agreement with the value of IL and ML. Furthermore, WPAs are utilizing IL and ML within their programs both knowingly and serendipitously. Despite the positive attitudes toward interdisciplinary approaches to combating …
The Impact Of Competency Based Education On Educational Equity,
2023
University of Central Florida
The Impact Of Competency Based Education On Educational Equity, Ndifor Manjong
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
For centuries, minority groups, students from low socio-economic background, and girls in public schools especially K-12 educational institutions in the United States have experienced prejudice, injustice, and bigotry. Unfortunately, the conventional approach of education, based on a one-size-fits-all approach, has failed to deal with these obstacles. In the past decades, however, there has been an increasing demand for the adoption of the Competency-Based system of education, a personalized learning approach that focuses on the acquisition of concrete skills rather than abstract knowledge. In a Competency-Based model, students advance based on the demonstration of mastery of knowledge and skills other than …
National Assessment Program: Ict Literacy 2022: Technical Report,
2023
Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
National Assessment Program: Ict Literacy 2022: Technical Report, Dominique Hall, Kate O'Malley, Renee Kwong, Emma Camus, Tim Friedman, Kristy Osborne, Zachary Watts, Dulce Lay
ICT - Digital Literacy
This report describes the various technical, operational and administrative procedures of the NAP– ICT Literacy 2022 assessment. It should be read in conjunction with the NAP–ICT Literacy 2022 Public Report, which presents a summary of the cognitive and contextual analysis of the data collected in the 2022 cycle. The assessment instrument used in NAP–ICT Literacy 2022 was based on the design principles established for NAP–ICT Literacy 2005, which continued through the assessment cycles in 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017. The assessment was computer-based and included a broad range of task formats including multiple-choice, short text response, and simulated and authentic …
A Complicated Legacy Defines School Librarians As Teachers,
2023
Old Dominion University
A Complicated Legacy Defines School Librarians As Teachers, Mary Keeling
STEMPS Faculty Publications
The article analyzes how the legacy of school librarianship inform the future of school librarians as teachers. Topics discussed include lower test scores and fewer opportunities to develop critical thinking and digital literacy skills among students, need for the federal government to recognize the importance of school libraries and how well-staffed school library with a qualified librarian can provide essential services and resources.
