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Tutoring Esl Students For Improvements In Language Skills, Hollie R. Craddock
Tutoring Esl Students For Improvements In Language Skills, Hollie R. Craddock
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
Much research has been conducted from the framework of Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory, and on the concept of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). SCT has a wide application in many fields, including Second Language Acquisition (SLA).
This study collected and analyzed audio-recordings of voluntary, one-on-one tutoring sessions that took place over a six-week period in an Intensive English Program at an American University. The participants included both faculty and peer tutors and English Language Learners (ELLs) in the IE program. The recordings were analyzed to determine if any patterns emerged regarding the target language features on which the tutoring sessions …
College And Career Readiness Anchor Standards For English: Preparedness Of Students And Teachers As Perceived By West Virginia English Language Arts Teachers In Grades Six Through Twelve, Mary Ann Triplett
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to determine how prepared students are to learn the competencies outlined in the College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for English Language Arts and how prepared teachers are to teach those same competencies as perceived by West Virginia English Language Arts teachers in grades six through twelve. In addition, this study examined differences, if any, between student preparedness and teacher preparedness as well as differences among respondents with different demographic or attribute variables. Finally, this study described effective instructional strategies and beneficial professional development topics identified by respondents. Data obtained from responses …