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Intensifying English Vocabulary Instruction For English Language Learners, Lisa A. Fitton Ph.D., Kristina Nichole Bustamante, Mary Claire Wofford, Dana Brown, Clariebelle Gabas, Rachel Hoge, Carla Wood

Faculty Publications

English vocabulary development is a key component of language and literacy development for English language learners (ELLs) living in the United States. With the increase in the number of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) with ELLs on their caseloads, it has become increasingly important for SLPs to be able to facilitate vocabulary growth in ELLs. To assist SLPs working with ELLs in schools, the present paper provides an overview of strategies to enhance English vocabulary instruction for ELLs, drawing on evidence from research with both monolingual and bilingual students. Strategies included are: leveraging the native language, teaching comprehension monitoring, embedding instruction in …

Of Blue Jays, Mockingbirds, And (Atticus) Finches: Go Set A Watchman Reveals A More Complex - And, Sadly, Still Relevant - View On Racial Equality, Cedric Bryant

Colby Magazine

Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s much-anticipated second novel, has now been released, and among the wide range of first impressions about it is a palpable ambivalence, tending towards hostility, concerning what may be called the moral decentering or collapse of Atticus Finch.

Bilinguals' Emotional Responses In American English And Korean, Jihoon Lee

Community of Scholars Day—Posters

The presenter shares an initial plan for her Independent Study. Lee devised this study to explore linguistic characteristics of English-Korean bilinguals in showing sympathy. This is her second experiment that investigates showing sympathy between American English and Korean inspired by the data-collection method in Panayiotou (2004). The participants are to verbally respond to a same sympathy-enticing scenario in English first and in Korean with a one-month interval. The study aims to examine whether and when they use code-switching, and whether there are frequently used vocabulary or syntactic characteristics in their respective languages. This study may contribute to providing language teachers …

Peace Building In Bosnia And Herzegovina: Effects Of Ingroup Identification, Outgroup Trust And Intergroup Forgiveness On Intergroup Contact, Melinda A. Leonard, Branka Damjanovic, Goran Simic, Gul Aldikacti Marshall

Peace and Conflict Studies

The current study examines the effects of ingroup identification, outgroup trust, and intergroup forgiveness on intergroup contact quantity in the diverse cities of Sarajevo and Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A total of 455 individuals ranging in age from 14 to 102 self-reported as either Muslim, Roman Catholic, Orthodox Christian, or Other completed a questionnaire. Analyses revealed that ingroup identification was significantly and negatively correlated with intergroup contact quantity; however, ingroup identification was not significantly correlated with outgroup trust or intergroup forgiveness. The comparison between groups revealed significant group differences across all predictor and criterion variables. To confirm whether age …

Senior Recital: Jonathan Fallin, Trumpet, Jonathan Fallin, Judy Cole, Jonathan Klausman, Pablo Gonzalez, Devin Witt, Andrew Pellom

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Mr. Fallin studies trumpet with Dr. Douglas Lindsey.

Mobile Banking: The Answer For The Unbanked In America?, Catherine Martin Christopher

Catholic University Law Review

In the United States, the poor often lack access to mainstream banking services. Instead, they rely on expensive, poorly regulated alternatives like check cashers, payday lenders, pawnshops, and auto title lenders. These financial products jeopardize poor people’s financial and physical security. In pushing adoption of traditional banking products, both government officials and private enterprise have attempted to craft solutions to the banking access problem, but so far these attempts have fallen short. This Article asserts that mobile banking may be a transformative technology that can significantly increase financial inclusion in the United States.

The Article discusses current statistics and demographics …

2016 Community Of Scholars Day Program, Lesley University

Community of Scholars Day—Programs

A Celebration of Research and Inquiry Across the Disciplines at Lesley University. The program of events, sessions, presentations, and posters for Community of Scholars Day 2016–March 30th. Themes of the day: Arts and Education; Health and Wellness; Inquiry; Science; Social Justice; Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics; Teaching and Learning.

Exploring Parent-Teacher Partnerships As Border Pedagogy: Supporting Emergent Bilingual Student Learning, Sandra Mercuri

Bilingual and Literacy Studies Faculty Publications

Developed by a bilingual teacher educator in the U.S. working with in-service teachers serving predominantly bilingual students from U.S. and Mexico, this study is uniquely positioned to use innovative research in bilingual teacher education for empowering teachers to develop culturally and linguistically responsive border pedagogies. Specifically, this study explores parent-teacher partnerships as border pedagogy that supports emergent bilingual student teaching and learning. Aimed at disrupting traditional modes of research and practice grounded in monolingualism, this qualitative critical study uses the concept of border pedagogy as a theoretical framework to explore how 16 bilingual in-service teachers enrolled in a master’s program …

A Concomitant Of Conflict And Consensus: Case Of A Chieftaincy Succession In Ghana, Kaderi Noagah Bukari

Peace and Conflict Studies

Ghana is often seen as peaceful, but is faced with many chieftaincy conflicts that result mainly from succession to the throne (skin or stool) for traditional political power. Ghana has more than 230 chieftaincy disputes dotted across many parts of the country. However, the Bulsa Traditional Area (Buluk) of Ghana has had a stable and resilient chieftaincy succession despite conflicts arising out of the selection of chiefs. In the selection of chiefs, the adoption of a voting system is said to lead to consensus based decision-making which is largely responsible for the non-violent nature of the Buluk chieftaincy …

The Construction Of Latino Im/Migrant Families In U.S. News Media: Parents’ Responses And Self-Representations, Jason Edward Miller

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Latino im/migrants are often portrayed in negative and stereotypical ways in mainstream U.S. media. This dissertation utilizes Ethnographic Content Analysis to analyze news segments about Latino im/migrants from Fox News, MSNBC and Univisión between 2010 and 2012 and digital storytelling with a group of Latino im/migrant parents in central Florida.

First, I questioned if a Spanish-language news media source constructed Latino im/migrant family-focused stories differently than mainstream English-language sources. Utilizing Critical Race Theory as a theoretical lens, I conclude that English and Spanish-language news stations portray Latino im/migrants in different ways. Fox News portrays Latino im/migrants in a generally neutral …

Pengembangan Bahan Ajar Keterampilan Berbicara Bahasa Indonesia Bagi Penutur Asing Tingkat Pemula, Rizki Putri Ramadhani, Widodo Hs, Titik Harsiati

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

Need fulfilment of instructional material is part of IFL instruction improvement effort. The speaking skill instructional material is developed to fulfil the need of IFL instruction at beginner level. The development is undertaken through Borg & Gall’s stages of development. The developed instructional material is validated by an IFL instructional expert, an Indonesian studies expert, a graphical design expert, two IFL teachers, and ten IFL beginner learners. The result of IFL instructional expert’s validation is categorised excellent (94%). The result of Indonesian studies expert’s validation is categorised excellent (93%). The result of graphical design expert’s validation is categorised excellent (89%).

Characteristics Of Effective Junior High School English Teachers In Kabupaten Pacitan Based On Students’ And Teachers’ Perceptions, Diska Fatima Virgiyanti, Utami Widiati, Suharmanto Suharmanto

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This survey study wasdan guru intended to investigate the characteristics of effective English teachers in Kabupaten Pacitan based on students’ and teachers’ perceptions. The study involved 108 students and 12 teachers who were randomly selected from the available data from Education Office of Kabupaten Pacitan, East Java. The data were collected using students’ questionnaire and teacher-self assessment covering 37 items and interview guide asking about students’ and teachers’ perceptions about characteristics of effective Junior High School English teachers in Kabupaten Pacitan. The findings show that students and teachers have different perceptions on the characteristics of effective English teachers.

The Role Of Traditional Knowledge About And Management Of Seaworms (Polychaeta) In Making Austronesian Worlds, Cynthia Twyford Fowler

Faculty Scholarship

This paper discusses how Kodi make their worlds cognitively as well as experientially, and how these worlds relate to sustainability and wellbeing. Kodi construct their cognitive worlds as well as their biophysical landscapes whilst interacting with many other species. This presentation focuses on human-polychaete interactions in order to illustrate world making processes. Seaworm traditions have deep historical roots in Austronesian societies and continue to be crucial for the wellbeing of contemporary communities. World-making processes are evident in what Kodi people say about seaworms and how they move through space relative to seaworms. While Kodi construct time they simultaneously construct space …

Starts And Stops: Multimodal Practices For Walking As A Group In An Augmented Reality Place Based Game, Adam Mcfaul Jones

Dissertations and Theses

Augmented reality, place-based games utilize GPS-enabled maps and mobile media recording devices to shift traditional classroom activities into real-world contexts. AR-games for second language learning is a new field of research, and few studies have examined the kinds of face-to-face interactions players engage in during AR-games. Using intensive, multi-camera video data of English language learners playing an AR-game, ChronoOps, this thesis describes how groups start and stop walking during gameplay. The method used is conversation analysis, and this study draws from theories of embodied and distributed cognition, situated learning, and interactional competence Walking to and from various destinations as a …

Implementation Research And Asian American/Pacific Islander Health, Jenny Hsin-Chun Tsai, Shin-Ping Tu, Nancy A. Perrin, Erica S. Breslau

Asian/Pacific Island Nursing Journal

Numerous barriers prevent the translation of research into practice, especially in settings with diverse populations. Nurses are in contact with diverse populations across settings and can be an important influence to further implementation research. This paper describes conceptual approaches and methodological issues pertinent to implementation research and implications for Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) health research. The authors discussed the values of using theory to guide implementation research, levels of theory that are commonly used in interventions, and decisions for theory selection. They also articulated the shortcoming of randomized controlled trials, the gold standard for testing efficacy of interventions, and present …

The Jury's Role In Patent Cases: Markman V. Westview Instruments, Inc., Paul N. Higbee Jr.

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Catching Smoke, Nailing Jell-O To A Wall: The Vanna White Case And The Limits Of Celebrity Rights, David S. Welkowitz

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Metaphors Of Infringement And Equivalence: The Solution Of Our Problems, Robert M. Meeks

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

No abstract provided.

Reducing Disparities To Transform Practice: Connecting The Dots Between Student Success And Linguistically Modified Exams, Jo Ann Mulready-Shick, Jean Edward

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016:

The primary purpose of this funded nursing education research study was to specifically explore the impact of linguistic modification on multiple-choice exam-type test items for Asian American nursing students who identified as non-native speakers of English.

The Bg News March 29, 2016, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. March 29, 2016. Volume 95-Issue 54.

Ucc Minutes, March 29, 2016, University Curriculum Council

UCC Agendas/Minutes

No abstract provided.

Authentic Learning: A Concept Analysis, Gugu Ndawo

Nursing Education Research Conference (NERC)

Session presented on Saturday, April 9, 2016: Higher education is generally characterised by decontextualised and abstract teaching that do not engage learners in authentic learning. Failure to engage learner nurses in authentic learning leads learners to acquire superficial atomistic learning. This type of instructivistic teaching ignores the integration of theory to practice, and such ignorance makes it difficult for learner nurses to retrieve and use the knowledge when it is needed in real-life contexts. Superficial learning leads to solid, rigid and contextualised knowledge, hence failure to solve problems and make rational decisions in real-life situations. Although authentic learning can be …

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