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Reading Strategies In A Second Language Spanish Classroom, Wendy Gorman
Reading Strategies In A Second Language Spanish Classroom, Wendy Gorman
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
Reading in a second language can be a challenge for many students. This project seeks to answer the question ““ What are the most effective reading strategies to use in a middle school comprehensible input Spanish classroom? The project is a website designed to show teachers of Spanish ways to implement reading strategies that word in Spanish in their classrooms. Grounded in research on both language acquisition and reading strategies, this project keeps the basis of several key components in mind at all times- the specific needs of middle school students, how to teach language, how students acquire language skills, …
Teaching World Language As A Push-In Class With Teaching Proficiency Through Reading And Storytelling, Leah Mark
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
This project will describe in detail a world language program that could be offered in an elementary school for those interested in implementing or modifying an existing program. This world language program is unique in that it depends on two essential components, those being co-teaching and using comprehensible input methodologies, such as Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS), working in unison to provide a highly effective and positive world language experience for students. The reader will be provided with the details of how this model would exactly look for anyone interested in rolling out such a program. The project, …
Effectively Enabling Translanguaging In The Classroom, Kelly Miller
Effectively Enabling Translanguaging In The Classroom, Kelly Miller
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
Bilingual students have historically been pushed to become as fluent in English as quickly as possible in order to have the students keep up with the rigor of the mainstream classroom. This has the potential to push those students to lose their native languages (L1) and a part of their culture in order to maintain the norm of language within the American public school. This capstone explores the concept of translanguaging through a website, professional development, survey, scholarly research to answer the question How does an educator effectively implement translanguaging strategies in a classroom? Research shows that translanguaging is an …