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Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 18, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Centro Cultural de Oñate 1
A mí no me Invitan 2
The Taos Rebellion 3
The Taos Rebellion Continued 4
Juan Estevan Arellano 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 17, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Don Quijote de la Mancha 1
Unas Palabras de Don Quijote 2
What was el Siglo de Oro? 3
Don Quixote- one of the world's favorite books 4
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 16, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Los Ranchos 1
Una Canción 2
Why Do Some Pronghorn Antelope Live on the Ranches? 3
What is the Controversy Over Grazing Fees all About? 4
El Antílope Pronghorn 5
Una Actividad 6

Attitudes Of Black Secondary School Teachers Toward School Guidance In The Potchefstroom Area, South Africa, Elias H. Masibi

Dissertations

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American Students' Expectations Of Teachers In The Japanese Language Classroom, Nariyo Kono

Dissertations and Theses

The Japanese as a foreign language classroom in the United States is full of information about the target culture and cross-cultural interaction between American students and Japanese instructors. This cross-cultural interaction promotes culture learning but sometimes produces potential conflicts due to American students and Japanese instructors having different expectations of each other.

The purpose of this study was to investigate student expectations of their Japanese teachers and to explore similarities and differences among Japanese and American expectations. The research questions addressed were 1) What do American students expect of their Japanese teachers in the Japanese language classroom? Do their expectations …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 15, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Roberto Rodríguez y Patrisia Gonzales 1
Unas Personas Importantes para Patrisia y Roberto 2
Dancer Embraces all Cultures 3
Dancer Embraces all Cultures Continued 4
Periódicos 5
Escriban Un Periódico 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 14, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Los Pastores 1
Unos Versos de los Pastores 2
Let's Eat Some More! 3
Let's Eat Sweets! 4
Los Carácteres de los Pastores 5
Una Canción 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 13, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Anselmo Arellano 1
Un Poema 2
Oral History Center at Las Vegas 3
Some Small Communities Near Las Vegas 4
El Cerro Del Hermitaño 5
Una Actividad 6

The Use Of The First Language (L1) And The Target Language (Tl) In The Foreign Language Classroom, Jeanine L. Huber

Dissertations and Theses

Oftentimes it is the foreign language classroom that provides the basic foundation for language exposure and acquisition. In the context of the foreign language classroom there is not much exposure to the TL outside of this setting. This being the case, the quantity of the TL should be relatively high as it is an essential requisite for language acquisition. In addition, most recent research tends to suggest that high quantities of TL from the instructor is ideal. The main purpose of this study has been to focus on university-level foreign language classrooms to explore the issue of language choice, Ll …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 12, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Los 4 Grupos Básicos de Comidas 1
Unas Recomendaciones de Alimentos para Comer 2
A Fifth Food Group in New Mexico- Chile 3
A Fifth Food Group in New Mexico- Chocolate 4
Los Vegetales y las Frutas 5
Una Actividad 6

Russian-Speaking Pentecostal Refugees And Adult Esl Programs: Barriers To Participation, Elena Valerijevna Zaitseva

Dissertations and Theses

Pentecostals from the former Soviet Union are the most recent and fastest growing refugee group in Oregon. Because the refugee population's low English skills may increase their dependence upon welfare assistance, their nonparticipation in ESL programs is treated as a social issue. Efforts to increase the English literacy levels of Russian-speaking Pentecostal refugees are limited by lack of empirical data regarding forces that affect this population's decision to participate or not to participate in educational activities. The purpose of this study was to gather information about barriers to participation in ESL programs by adult Russian-speaking Pentecostal refugees. To this end …

American Deaf Students In Ennl Classes: A Case Study, Janice Elisabeth Ruhl

Dissertations and Theses

Many deaf students who seek post secondary education need some sort of developmental education in reading and writing to ensure success in college. These students often end up in college preparatory or remedial classes that are designed for native speakers of English. For many of the deaf students entering college, English is a second language or a first language that they have failed to achieve fluency in.

This study describes the experience of two deaf students enrolled in English as a Non-Native Language classes for the first time at an Oregon community college. The Office of Students with Disabilities and …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 11, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Robert Velasco 1
Unos sitios cerca de Tucumcari 2
Route 66 3
The Legend of Tucumcari Mountain 4
Tucumcari, Nuevo México 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 10, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Gatos 1
12 Dichos de los Gatos y uno de la Tortuga 2
An Activity 3
Turtles As Pets 4
Las Tortugas 5
Los Animales 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 9, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Elena Avila 1
La Llorona 2
Amor Nuevo 3
Collaboration 4
Jerry Mondragón 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 8, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Anne Frank en el Mundo 1
Vicente Younis 2
Some Words from the Diary of Anne Frank 3
Some Words from Shine Boys 4
Shine Boys 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 7, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Isabel Gonzales 1
Fotos de Isabel Gonzales 2
Selection from Adobe Angels 3
Las Mañanitas 4
Adobe Angels, The Ghosts of Santa Fe and Taos 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 6, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Correa Enterprises 1
Dichos de Negocios 2
A New Project for Correa Enterprises, Inc. 3
Some Dreams of Ron Tafoya 4
Andrés Alfredo (Ronald) Tafoya 5
Una Actividad 6

Use Of Language Learning Strategies By Proficient And Less Proficient Learners, Charlene Frances Mills

Dissertations and Theses

Recent research has found that the use of good language learning strategies can affect students' chances of gaining proficiency in a second language. The purpose of this study was to see if there is a relationship between strategy use and language learning proficiency. It sought to answer these questions: (1) Does a successful learner use different strategies on specific tasks than does a less successful learner? and (2) Will the successful learner use more metacognitive and affective strategies while doing tasks than will a less successful learner? For the first part of the study, 17 students in an ESL program …

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 5, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Ray John de Aragón 1
Cuadros de Ray 2
The Legend of la Llorona 3
From Words from the Legend of la Llorona 4
Hermanos de la Luz 5
Una Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Bill Richardson 1
Otros Congresistas Hispanos 2
How to make a Law 3
What are the committees of the house of representatives? 4
Los Tres Brazos del Gobierno 5
Una Actividad 6

The Chicano Educational Experience: A Framework For Effective Schools In Chicano Communities, Daniel Solórzano, Ronald Solórzano

Ronald Solórzano

Explores Chicanos' educational conditions and related outcomes from elementary school through college. Examines the theoretical models used to explain Chicanos' low achievement and educational attainment. Investigates the Effective Schools and Accelerated Schools intervention models and adapts them for use with Chicano students. This research shifts primary responsibility for academic failure to schools' structure, resources, and processes.

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 3, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

El Mes de la Herencia Hispana 1
Celebraciones durante el mes 2
Some Other Important Dates in Hispano History 3
Some Other Important Dates in Hispano History Continued 4
Nuevo México, Cuna de la cultura hispana en los Estados Unidos 5
Unas Actividades 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 2, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Un Centro de Agricultura Sostenible 1
Función y Recreo 2
A Natural Insecticide -Bats 3
Building a Bat House 4
Los Mercados de Sembradores 5
Actividad 6

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 6, Número 1, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Arsenio Córdova 1
Un Poema 2
The Talking Burro 3
The Talking Burro Continúa 4
Unas Obras Tradicionales del Teatro 5
Actividades 6

Making The Transition From East To West: Evangelical Christian High School Students From The Former Soviet Union, Sharon Kay Link

Dissertations and Theses

Soviet Evangelical high school students have experienced a slow and difficult transition to the American classroom. The students were often negatively characterized by their ESL teachers and other school personnel as "difficult" due to their classroom behaviors. Many times, these behaviors did not meet the ESL teacher's expectations, resulting in a culture clash between the teacher and the Soviet Evangelical students. The study found that Soviet Evangelical high school students came to the United States with high expectations of a new life, but little knowledge of the U.S. or the American classroom. Feelings of loneliness, homesickness and frustration quickly set …

English-Speaking Three-Year-Olds In A Spanish Language Immersion Program, Alice Golstein

Dissertations and Theses

Foreign language immersion programs, wherein the regular school curriculum is taught through the foreign language, have become increasingly widespread in recent years. Although there have been a plethora of studies reporting on second language immersion programs involving school-age programs, there is a dearth of information describing such programs for preschoolers. The purpose of this study was to observe and describe an immersion program for three-year-olds, particularly with respect to specific features of early stages of the language acquisition process.

The primary area of interest was to determine the existence of and features of a silent period for these children. Secondary …

Multiple Intelligences And The Gifted Identification Of African-American Students, Oscar Scott Jr.

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education

There have been three national reports addressing giftedness: Education of the Gifted and Talented: Report to the Congress of the United States by the U.S. Commissioner of Education (1972) AKA the Marland Report; The National Report on Identification: Assessment and Recommendations for Comprehensive Identification of Gifted and Talented Youth (1982) AKA the National Report on Identification; and National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's Talent (1993) AKA National Excellence. All have documented the underrepresentation of African-American students in programs for the gifted and talented and the disproportionate reliance on standardized intelligence and achievenent tests for gifted and talented program selection. …

Student Attitudes Toward Word Processing And Writing In The English As A Second Or Other Language Classroom, Greg Lynn Buchan

Dissertations and Theses

This study examined the attitudes of English as a second or other language (ESOL) students who used computers/word processors to develop skills in writing English. Two primary questions were investigated: what are students' attitudes toward using computers to write English and what are students' attitudes toward learning computer and word processing skills? The subjects were 40 ESOL students enrolled at South Seattle Community College (SSCC) in technical programs and were required to complete a transitional English class that included business and technical writing . Students received 10 weeks of writing instruction on word processors. A 38-item attitude inventory created by …

Teaching English Grapheme-Phoneme Correspondences To Chinese Students, Li-Ching Lin

Dissertations and Theses

This study investigates whether or not instruction of English graphophonic correspondences, i.e., the link between letters and sounds, will help Chinese students in learning English vocabulary. Following other related research, I assume that Chinese students can benefit from instruction of English grapheme-phoneme correspondences in learning English words. If this assumption is true, there should be a statistically significant difference between students who have instruction of English graphophonic correspondences for learning English words and students who do not. 1. Chinese students who have been given lessons in both pronunciation and grapheme-phoneme correspondences will recall more English words on a short-term vocabulary …