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The Use Of Digital Storytelling In Bilingual/Multilingual Students' Meaning-Making: A Systematic Literature Review, Qianhui Ma
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This thesis is a systematic literature review of 24 empirical studies on using digital storytelling for bilingual/multilingual students’ meaning-making. Through thematic and scientific analyses, this review identifies the contextual backgrounds of the reviewed studies; for example, most of them were conducted in secondary schools in America. The strength analysis reveals that more than half of the papers lack sufficient details in analyzing and presenting data, and this may impact the trustworthiness of the claimed results. The reported uses of digital storytelling for bilingual/multilingual students include supporting learners as designers, promoting education equity, and incorporating multiliteracies pedagogy. The review also reported …
Leveraging Innovative Digital Media Technology: Voicing Scholarship On Multilingual Education, Ming Zhu
Leveraging Innovative Digital Media Technology: Voicing Scholarship On Multilingual Education, Ming Zhu
Journal of Multilingual Education Research
Volume 12 of the Journal of Multilingual Education Research introduces their first two podcast episodes. These provide an insightful look at the editors of the journal. The first features an interview with JMER’s senior editor, Dr. Aída A. Nevárez-La Torre, in which she spoke about how inspiration, passion, and motivation led her to create JMER. The second presents JMER’s associate editors and editorial assistants, as well as their roles within JMER. This episode informs listeners about the journal’s sections, including Theory and Research, Practice, and Book/Multimedia Reviews and what the editors look for when screening submissions. …
Improving Second Language Learning Through Performance-Based Assessment Practices, Maria Granados
Improving Second Language Learning Through Performance-Based Assessment Practices, Maria Granados
Dissertations
From the time of the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) to the present day, standardized testing has become the benchmark measure for student assessment and school accountability in the United States. Multilingual learners are a vulnerable population with more testing and accountability requirements than mainstream students. Not only are they required to learn a second language, but they are also assessed within the same standardized testing paradigms as their peers - native speakers of the English language. This study aimed to examine and evaluate the benefits of instructional practices and assessments that provide multilingual students and teachers prompt and …