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Teaching Grammar Through Music, Katie Monson
Teaching Grammar Through Music, Katie Monson
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations
The research questions addressed in this action research project were How can repeatedly singing songs in Spanish containing temporal words and past tense vocabulary impact Spanish immersion second graders’ use of past tense verbs when speaking Spanish?; And how will learners perceive the songs and their effect on their learning? A pre-assessment was given to evaluate students’ abilities to use past tense verbs in speaking. The same assessment was given after a teaching intervention in which the students sang three songs containing the six verbs every day for two weeks. Students were then interviewed about how they felt about the …
A Family Approach To Family Literacy With Latino Parents, Jessica L. Davies-Lopez
A Family Approach To Family Literacy With Latino Parents, Jessica L. Davies-Lopez
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
The research question addressed in this project is, How can Latino parent involvement and direct teaching of literacy skills help to improve their child’s reading skills? Over the years, research has demonstrated the importance of parent involvement in the success of students’ achievement. Furthermore, Latino parent involvement has demonstrated benefits that far exceed expectations. When families and schools work together utilizing different Family Literacy programs, students and families succeed. This Capstone reviewed different literature to help understand Latino family involvement, in addition to reviewing different family literacy programs to help answer the research question. The Capstone also included a project …
In What Ways Do Language Lessons That Incorporate Student- And Teacher-Generated Gestures Support Language Learning In An 8th Grade Beginning-Level Spanish Classroom?, Simone Johnson
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations
In this six-week action research study, 18 participants between the ages of 12 and 14 were given four week-long gesture-based vocabulary lessons to determine the role that gestures have on L2 vocabulary acquisition in an eighth-grade beginning-level Spanish classroom. Each week, students were encouraged to learn and practice a list of vocabulary words using gesture-based activities, seeing that gestures, a form of embodied learning, has proven to positively affect L2 vocabulary acquisition and address the needs of diverse learners. The first and third lessons consisted of teacher-generated gestures, while the second and fourth were student-generated gesture-based lessons and the two …
Comprehensible Input And Output In The Math Immersion Classroom: A Professional Development Series, Kimberly Kulhanek
Comprehensible Input And Output In The Math Immersion Classroom: A Professional Development Series, Kimberly Kulhanek
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
The one-way immersion classroom provides a unique environment for students to learn content through instruction in their non-native language. However, students in early elementary grades typically have not had enough exposure to the target language to maintain sentence-level dialogue. The professional development series designed for this project uses the concepts of growth mindset, cognitively guided instruction, comprehensible input, and comprehensible output to increase students' ability to process and explain their mathematical thinking in the target language. Both growth mindset and cognitively guided instruction have been used in classrooms for years, but there has been little research into their implementation in …
Learning Science In A Second Language, Alisha Tomsen
Learning Science In A Second Language, Alisha Tomsen
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
This project addresses the question, how to enrich and expand the vocabulary of kindergarteners in a Spanish immersion program through science lessons and science-focused learning objectives. The project was born from the author’s experience as a language-immersion primary teacher and her desire to create a space for more science in the classroom while also facilitating target language growth. Literature concerning second language acquisition, language immersion education, inquiry-based learning, national science standards, and connections between science and literacy were researched and consulted to create this project. A five-part professional development was created, directed towards primary-level immersion educators that focuses on supporting …
How New Chinese Immersion School Teachers Can Improve Their Teaching Skills And Have A Mindset Of Supporting And Inspiring Students?, Mi Gu
School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects
The research question in this article is to find out how new Chinese immersion school teachers can improve their teaching skills and have a mindset of supporting and inspiring students. The project consists of a literature review and a website. Based on large amount of literature review and intensive research, conclusion have been drawn to answer the research question, The research conclusions are presented in a well-designed website aiming to help new teachers who are in transition to teach in Chinese immersion school in U.S. The findings are combined into four representative aspects: social ideologies, patterns of teacher-student interaction, classroom …
Réduction De L’Égocentrisme À Travers La Méthode Socratique En Cours De Fle, Daniel Eduardo Avella Miranda, César David Silva Díaz
Réduction De L’Égocentrisme À Travers La Méthode Socratique En Cours De Fle, Daniel Eduardo Avella Miranda, César David Silva Díaz
Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras
Este Proyecto de investigación se centra en la necesidad de disminuir el nivel de egocentrismo de los estudiantes en clase de FLE. Para esto, empleamos el método socrático con el fin de determinar las estrategias que disminuirían el egocentrismo. Adoptamos un enfoque cualitativo usando 4 etapas de la investigación acción; la observación, la planificación, la acción y la reflexión. Este proceso fue hecho en el colegio Latino Francés con estudiantes de 10 a 12 años. La información fue recolectada a través de diarios de campo, entrevistas y observaciones que fueron objeto de un análisis categorial. Finalmente, notamos que la utilización …
El Uso Del Aula Invertida Como Estrategia Docente Para La Enseñanza De Contenidos A Través Del Inglés A Niños En Etapa Inicial Del Colegio Bilingüe Hispanoamericano Conde Ansúrez De Bogotá, Laura Victoria Fonseca Villa, Luisa Alejandra Melo Londoño
El Uso Del Aula Invertida Como Estrategia Docente Para La Enseñanza De Contenidos A Través Del Inglés A Niños En Etapa Inicial Del Colegio Bilingüe Hispanoamericano Conde Ansúrez De Bogotá, Laura Victoria Fonseca Villa, Luisa Alejandra Melo Londoño
Maestría en Didáctica de las Lenguas
En la actualidad la educación inicial se ha transformado en una educación que involucra el desarrollo de distintas competencias especialmente la competencia comunicativa. En el Colegio Bilingüe Hispanoamericano Conde Ansúrez los estudiantes desde una etapa inicial se ven expuestos a ambientes bilingües con el fin de aprender una lengua extranjera y potenciar esta habilidad, además se logra desde diferentes asignaturas, favoreciendo el aprendizaje de contenidos a través de la metodología CLIL en las diferentes áreas del aprendizaje. Con la intención de generar un aprendizaje más significativo y en vista de la falta de estrategias metodológicas pertinentes para dicho contexto, durante …
El Taller Como Herramienta Para La Potencialización Del Pensamiento Crítico Por Medio Del Enfoque Accional En Lengua Inglesa En Estudiantes De Grado Undécimo Del Colegio Bilingüe Ciudad Montes De Bogotá, Daniel Esteban Gómez Velandia, Juan Camilo Moreno Sanabria
El Taller Como Herramienta Para La Potencialización Del Pensamiento Crítico Por Medio Del Enfoque Accional En Lengua Inglesa En Estudiantes De Grado Undécimo Del Colegio Bilingüe Ciudad Montes De Bogotá, Daniel Esteban Gómez Velandia, Juan Camilo Moreno Sanabria
Maestría en Didáctica de las Lenguas
Esta investigación se centra en exponer el impacto de la implementación de un taller realmente pensado desde el enfoque accional en función de la potencialización del pensamiento crítico en inglés de los estudiantes de grado undécimo del Colegio Bilingüe Ciudad Montes de Bogotá. Surge mediante un proceso de investigación-acción que se encuentra en dos ciclos de intervención que posibilita la consolidación del taller: ¡Pensando críticamente !, con el cual se pudo contrastar la percepción de los estudiantes frente a su utilidad antes y después de su implementación, establecer la incidencia del enfoque accional como fundamento del taller e identificar los …
L’Accroissement De La Créativité Grâce À L’Adaptation De L’Environnement Préparé, Michael Manuel Hernández Bohórquez, Liliana Alexandra Murillo Gutiérrez
L’Accroissement De La Créativité Grâce À L’Adaptation De L’Environnement Préparé, Michael Manuel Hernández Bohórquez, Liliana Alexandra Murillo Gutiérrez
Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras
El objetivo principal de esta investigación es favorecer la creatividad en los estudiantes de segunda infancia del colegio Gustavo Restrepo a través de la adaptación del ambiente preparado propuesto por María Montessori. Se realizó un estudio cualitativo de investigación- acción, con una población de 32 estudiantes entre los 7 y 8 años, niñas y niños de segundo grado de primaria. La investigación se desarrolló en dos momentos en los cuales se recolecto la información a través del diario de campo y la observación directa. El primer momento consistió en la identificación de la problemática en relación con la creatividad y …