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Prospective Teachers Of English Learners' Error Detection In Oral Output Of Nonnative English Speakers, Begüm Yengel
Prospective Teachers Of English Learners' Error Detection In Oral Output Of Nonnative English Speakers, Begüm Yengel
Theses Digitization Project
This project is designed to present the extent to which native English speakers (NESs) and nonnative English speakers NNESs) detect errors in NNESs' oral output. It also aims to shed light on the error of perception of participants from different first-language (L1) backgrounds, and intends to uncover the possible underlying reasons of the variations in their detection rates.
Interactive Whiteboard: Benefits Of Interactive Whiteboard Technology In The Classroom, Laura Susana MáRquez
Interactive Whiteboard: Benefits Of Interactive Whiteboard Technology In The Classroom, Laura Susana MáRquez
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to inform educators of the benefits of integrating the interactive whiteboards technology in their pedagogy, and to possibly influence its impact in the academic of English language learners in the content areas.
A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Language Policy In California, Steven Gomez
A Critical Discourse Analysis Of Language Policy In California, Steven Gomez
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis aims to investigate the issues surrounding California's Proposition 227, an important language policy passed in June of 1998 which drastically limited bilingual education. This proposition requires that all public school systems be in English only. Using a method known as Critical Discourse Analysis, this study exposes the underlying bias embedded in the discourse of newspaper articles from: the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, and the Sacramento Bee. After analyzing articles from these newspapers various themes emerged which indicated that each newspaper adhered to either assimilationists' position which is conservative, or a pluralist position which is backed …
English Literacy Development In The Spanish Speaking Home: The Effects Of Training Parents In The Use Of Reading Comprehension Strategies While Their Children Read, Rommel Manuel Guerrero
English Literacy Development In The Spanish Speaking Home: The Effects Of Training Parents In The Use Of Reading Comprehension Strategies While Their Children Read, Rommel Manuel Guerrero
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to measure the impact Spanish speaking parents can have on the English reading comprehension of their children who are learning English. This study also investigated the effect of training monolingual Spanish speaking parents is reading comprehension strategies in Spanish while their children read English text.
Research On Autonomous English-Learning Strategies Of American Culture And Language Students, Jing Xu
Research On Autonomous English-Learning Strategies Of American Culture And Language Students, Jing Xu
Theses Digitization Project
This study will serve as a guideline for adult second-language learners who want to strengthen the effectiveness of self-directed learning outcomes or develop their self-directed learning strategies. Through the understanding of learning factors, fossilized language elements, and their own learning strategies, learners will be more confident and motivated to pursue their personal second-language acquisition goals and aspirations. These strategies are designed to help Taiwanese second-language learners.
Prospective English-As-A-Second-Language Educators' Use Of Vygotskian Scaffolding In Mentoring Academic Writing, Ixchell Alejandra Keller
Prospective English-As-A-Second-Language Educators' Use Of Vygotskian Scaffolding In Mentoring Academic Writing, Ixchell Alejandra Keller
Theses Digitization Project
This study focuses on two prospective teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) who were enrolled in a master's program and were being tutored as they prepared to write a scholarly review of literature. The methodology involved videotaping four tutoring sessions, each tutor was assigned to participate in two tutoring sessions each with the same participant. The videotaped data was then transcribed and analyzed for significant scaffolding occurrences that may have promoted successful transfer of responsibility facilitating autonomy for the learner. The goal of this project was to promote autonomous learning and to help find ways for students …
Antidote To Marginalism: An Alternative Method Of Instruction For English Language Learners, Robert Gabriel Arias
Antidote To Marginalism: An Alternative Method Of Instruction For English Language Learners, Robert Gabriel Arias
Theses Digitization Project
This study will conclusively demonstrate that a two-way or dual-language immersion strategy works best to achieve the goal of bilingualism and biliteracy for our ELLs (English Language Learners).
Teaching Reading To Adults Where English Is Their Second Language, Judith Ann Powell
Teaching Reading To Adults Where English Is Their Second Language, Judith Ann Powell
Theses Digitization Project
This project sought to identify methods that will work best for Second Language (ESL) adults and identify ways in which ESL can be taught to help facilitate learning for the older adult over 40 years of age. This project identified some of the problems caused by the nature of the English language and the grammatical issues older ESL students face when attempting to learn to speak and read English.
Fossilization In Japanese Adult Advanced English Learners And Linked Instruction As Intervention, Misuzu Shimabukuro
Fossilization In Japanese Adult Advanced English Learners And Linked Instruction As Intervention, Misuzu Shimabukuro
Theses Digitization Project
The objective of this project is to investigate the items and factors that may be prematurely stabilized in advanced adult second-language learners' interlanguage, in order to propose effective instructional interventions.
Broadcast News Production In The Classroom As A Student Mediation For Bilingual And Cross-Cultural Education, Kristina Fabricius
Broadcast News Production In The Classroom As A Student Mediation For Bilingual And Cross-Cultural Education, Kristina Fabricius
Theses Digitization Project
"Broadcast News Production in the Classroom as a Student Mediation for Bilingual Education" describes a curricular design to meet interactive literacy projects for the K-12 Bilingual Education classroom. The author has designed or adapted mediation structures for use to implement "Broadcast News Production" in the classroom specifically for Bilingual and Cross-cultural Education. The study is theoretical and based on research.
Strategic Spelling Instruction, Casie Dawn James
Strategic Spelling Instruction, Casie Dawn James
Theses Digitization Project
The study proposes an alternative way for elementary school educators to instruct students in spelling. It suggests that spelling instruction should allow ample time for students to manipulate letters and patterns in their spelling words and provide time for writing. It also offers a two-week lesson plan of spelling instruction backed by research. The study was conducted using a mixed design with a predominantly Hispanic 6th grade class at a Title I school, with 60% of the students classified as English Language Learners. The study design consisted of observations of the students manipulating the spelling words, anecdotal notes taken while …
Innovative Literacy Content, Methods, And Assessment In English-As-A-Foreign Language Primary Instruction, Tzu-Ru Tsai
Innovative Literacy Content, Methods, And Assessment In English-As-A-Foreign Language Primary Instruction, Tzu-Ru Tsai
Theses Digitization Project
The primary goal of this project is to offer Taiwanese teachers diverse innovative literacy instruction and assessments to motivate students' reading processes. Sample curriculum/lesson plans are included.
The Role Of Native Target Cultures In The High School English-As-A-Foreign-Language Classroom, Gwendolyne Claudine Mamanua
The Role Of Native Target Cultures In The High School English-As-A-Foreign-Language Classroom, Gwendolyne Claudine Mamanua
Theses Digitization Project
The goal of this project is to provide a curriculum that allows EFL students to learn through various social settings. Learning English through various classroom activities also enables the learner to apply the knowledge outside of the classroom setting.
A Study Of The Interlanguage Of Apology By Taiwanese English-Language Learners, Ching-Yi Shih
A Study Of The Interlanguage Of Apology By Taiwanese English-Language Learners, Ching-Yi Shih
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis presents a study of the interlanguage of the speech act of apology by Taiwanese learners of English. It compares the way Taiwanese learners apoologize in English and how they apologize in Mandarin Chinese, as well as how native speakers of American English apologize.
Promoting Oral Fluency For English Learners Using Differentiated Corrective Feedback, Chien-Fang Lin
Promoting Oral Fluency For English Learners Using Differentiated Corrective Feedback, Chien-Fang Lin
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to address the need from helping English learners to improve their oral expression. The research mainly focuses on oral expression stategies with which students can overcome their fear of speaking in public and be better understood in society. Sample curriculum/lesson plans included.
Electronic Dictionaries In The Esl Composition Class, Rebecca Lynn Rudd
Electronic Dictionaries In The Esl Composition Class, Rebecca Lynn Rudd
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis examines the use of electronic dictionaries by ESL students. In particular, it considers how, when and why students use electronic dictionaries in their writing processes. It also explores the extent to which students use words found in an electronic dictionary appropriately in their texts and whether electronic dictionary use influences their long-term acquisition of vocabulary.
Constructivism And Mediated Learning In Designing English-As-A Foreign-Language Instruction, Chun-Hsiu Chen
Constructivism And Mediated Learning In Designing English-As-A Foreign-Language Instruction, Chun-Hsiu Chen
Theses Digitization Project
Social interaction is the foundation of knowledge construction in a constructivist classroom. This project proposes a mediated instruction that is based on the theory of constructivism and social interaction to help new adult immigrants successfully achieve English competence and adapt quickly to the culture of the United States.
Developing Oral Proficiency Through Poem Recitation In Elementary English As A Second Language, Anne Picpican-Bell
Developing Oral Proficiency Through Poem Recitation In Elementary English As A Second Language, Anne Picpican-Bell
Theses Digitization Project
This project addresses the need for a performance-based language-development curriculum to serve the growing number of non-English-speaker immigrants in California's public schools.
Design For High-Intensity Reading In English As A Foreign Language, Ting Zhang
Design For High-Intensity Reading In English As A Foreign Language, Ting Zhang
Theses Digitization Project
The primary aim of this project is to address the demonstrated need for effective English reading training for advanced speakers of English as a second language (EFL).
Has The Passage Of Proposition 227 Had An Effect On The Redesignation Rates Of English Language Learners In The Rialto Unified School District?, Moises Mauricio Merlos
Has The Passage Of Proposition 227 Had An Effect On The Redesignation Rates Of English Language Learners In The Rialto Unified School District?, Moises Mauricio Merlos
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the project was to develop a study that would test whether the promise of students learning to speak English fluently in a shorter amount of time was met by Proposition 227.
The Effects Of Computer Assisted Language Learning And Specially Designed Academic Instruction In English On Second Language Acquisition, George Edward Williams
The Effects Of Computer Assisted Language Learning And Specially Designed Academic Instruction In English On Second Language Acquisition, George Edward Williams
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two methods of instruction for second language acquisition. The first method used a computer based software program known as English Language Learning Instructional System (ELLIS). The second method used Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE).
Examining English As A Second Language: Textbooks From A Constructivist Perspective, Juliana Theresa Reineman
Examining English As A Second Language: Textbooks From A Constructivist Perspective, Juliana Theresa Reineman
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this thesis is to question the methodological practices of ESL textbooks.
Promoting Creative English Teaching Using Chinese Culture For Elementary Schooling In Taiwan, Ya-Chi Lee
Promoting Creative English Teaching Using Chinese Culture For Elementary Schooling In Taiwan, Ya-Chi Lee
Theses Digitization Project
To make English an interesting subject for elementary school students, teachers need to know what material attracts students, how to motivate students, and how to release students' creativity. Therefore, This project incorporates the concepts of multiple intelligences, motivation, culture and language, and development of creativity to provide a model for promoting creative English teaching in the elementary schools of Taiwan. In addition, the content of the unit, based on Chinese culture and the comparison of Chinese and American cultures, is an innovative curriculum designed to motivate students to learn English.
Strategy-Based Listening Comprehension For Junior High School Students Of English In Taiwan, Yu-Chi Yang
Strategy-Based Listening Comprehension For Junior High School Students Of English In Taiwan, Yu-Chi Yang
Theses Digitization Project
This project provides research on listening-process pedagogies for teachers and learning strategies that can assist learners' listening comprehhension. Based on these perspectives, a theorectical model of strategy-based listening process instruction is offered for the purpose of promoting listening comprehension.
Enhancing Academic Competence In English As A Foreign Language Through Multiple Strategies, Mei-Hwa Yeh
Enhancing Academic Competence In English As A Foreign Language Through Multiple Strategies, Mei-Hwa Yeh
Theses Digitization Project
In Taiwan, English has always been taught mostly by the grammar t ransalation method. Learning strategies and metacognitive strategies are seldom introduced during classroom instruction. Therefore, students learn a lot of gragmented knowledge but do not know how to apply the knowledge in their learning process. For my target teaching level, secondary school, the ability to utilize different strategies with in the learning process is critically important in order for the students to integrate their knowledge and use language effectively. This project is designed to address the problems of teaching English in Taiwan employing a strategy-based curriculum.
A Model Of The Reading Process Applied In Efl Reading In Taiwan, I-Chen Wang
A Model Of The Reading Process Applied In Efl Reading In Taiwan, I-Chen Wang
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Cooperative Learning And Second Language Acquisition: Parallels For Success In The Regular Classroom, Lisa Ann Lindberg
Cooperative Learning And Second Language Acquisition: Parallels For Success In The Regular Classroom, Lisa Ann Lindberg
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Help: A Holistic English Literacy Program For Multicultural Elementary Classrooms Of Students Acquiring English As A Second Language, Monica A. Ford
Help: A Holistic English Literacy Program For Multicultural Elementary Classrooms Of Students Acquiring English As A Second Language, Monica A. Ford
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.