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Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education

Second language acquisition

1993

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The Natural Approach And The Audiolingual Method: A Question Of Student Gains And Retention, Jeffrey Robert Richards Jul 1993

The Natural Approach And The Audiolingual Method: A Question Of Student Gains And Retention, Jeffrey Robert Richards

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in the short term and and long term second language (L2) gains of first year Spanish students exposed to the Audiolingual Method (ALM) and the Natural Approach. The experiment consisted of two randomly selected groups which were exposed to four presentations. Two of these presentations delivered content material following a Natural Approach lesson design while the other two delivered content material following an ALM lesson design in such a way that both groups were exposed to two ALM lessons and two Natural Approach lessons. All subjects were pre-tested prior to …


The Development Of Writing Using Funds Of Knowledge And Whole Language With Secondary Esl Students, Madeleine Marie Haas Jan 1993

The Development Of Writing Using Funds Of Knowledge And Whole Language With Secondary Esl Students, Madeleine Marie Haas

Theses Digitization Project

Whole language approach.


Using Directed Listening-Thinking Activities To Increase Production In English For Spanish Speaking Fourth And Fifth Graders, Alma Rosa Gonzáles Jan 1993

Using Directed Listening-Thinking Activities To Increase Production In English For Spanish Speaking Fourth And Fifth Graders, Alma Rosa Gonzáles

Theses Digitization Project

This project used an active research approach in order to measure how the incorporation of Directed Listening-Thinking Activities (DLTA) in the classroom promoted increased production in English oral language skills for Spanish speaking fourth and fifth graders.