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Effective Practices For Developing Academic Language And Writing Skills In English Language Learners In The Elementary School Setting, Jenna N. Emadzadeh

Dissertations, Masters Theses, Capstones, and Culminating Projects

With an increased population of English Language Learners (ELLs), educators are in need of programs and strategies that help their students learn academic content while learning to understand, speak, read, and write English (Duessen, Autio, Roccegrandi & Hanita, 2014). ELLs face several obstacles while learning in an elementary school classroom.

Studies have shown the positive effects of word analysis and vocabulary learning strategies on student achievement (Carlo, August, McLaughlin, Snow, Dressler, Lippman, Lively & White, 2004). Project GLAD is a model of professional development in the area of language acquisition and literacy that focuses on such instruction. According to Echevarria …

The Relationship Among Esol Services, Vocabulary, And Reading Comprehension In Primary Grades, Cassandra Marie Arcila-Knortz

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

With the growing English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) population in the United States, English instruction is becoming vitally important in schools. Despite this growing need, many schools are eliminating ESOL support services that promote English learning, and some schools are eliminating ESOL support services in primary grades. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether providing ESOL support in kindergarten improved students' reading level, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Vygotsky's social learning theory and theory of proximal development provided the theoretical framework of the study. The research questions concerned differences in comprehension scores, vocabulary scores, and reading …

Imágenes Como Recurso Pedagógico Para La Enseñanza De Vocabulario En Inglés En Estudiantes De Primaria Del Colegio Francisco De Paula Santander Ied, Zuleika Guzmán Torres, Ángela María Lozano Rodríguez, Viviana Brigitte Ruda Espitia, Laura María Vargas Jiménez

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

Este trabajo de investigación se realizó durante el primer y segundo semestre del 2013 y el primer semestre del 2014. Los objetivos de esta investigación buscan diagnosticar el nivel de inglés de los estudiantes, implementar imágenes como estrategia para la enseñanza de inglés y finalmente evidenciar qué tan efectiva es ésta estrategia. La investigación se realizó bajo la metodología Investigación – Acción con análisis de contenidos. En los resultados se evidencia la efectividad que tuvieron las ayudas visuales desarrolladas durante la práctica pedagógica en el aprendizaje de vocabulario en inglés en los aspectos fonológico, semántico y ortográfico. En el aspecto …