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After-School Programs For English Learners: A Consideration Of Age And Proficiency Levels In Effective Reading Remediation, Darrel P. Nickolaisen Jan 2003

After-School Programs For English Learners: A Consideration Of Age And Proficiency Levels In Effective Reading Remediation, Darrel P. Nickolaisen

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This study reviews characteristics and needs of struggling readers from different age groups. It summarizes special needs characterizing english language learners in relation to reading remediation programs and compare such programs relative effectiveness for younger and older elementary students at various levels of English proficiency.


Coaching As A Teaching Model In English As A Foreign Language Classroom, Sunhwa Won Jan 2003

Coaching As A Teaching Model In English As A Foreign Language Classroom, Sunhwa Won

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The purpose of this project is to examine interactive methodologies which provide effective EFL instruction and curricula that foster listening, speaking, and reading through the teaching of writing, peer review, and oral presentation skills.


A Parent Workshop For Motivating Emergent Literacy In English, Patricia Jean Bohanan Jan 2002

A Parent Workshop For Motivating Emergent Literacy In English, Patricia Jean Bohanan

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The goal of this project is to help teachers create a motivation-enhancing literacy environment that increases students' reading ability, improves the understanding of written material, fosters a love of reading, and develops life-long learners.


Social Distance, Motivation And Other Factors Contributing To Success In Language Acquisition And Achievement Among Adolescent Mexican Immigrants, Alice Yvette Muniz-Cornejo Jan 2002

Social Distance, Motivation And Other Factors Contributing To Success In Language Acquisition And Achievement Among Adolescent Mexican Immigrants, Alice Yvette Muniz-Cornejo

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Adolescent immigrant English learners who enter U.S. schools at the secondary level are faced with challenges that distinguish their experience in second language acquisition from that of children and adults. Some of the challenges they face include limited time to acquire academic English proficiencey in reading and writing, difficulty in assimilating into English speaking American culture, and limited programs and services at the secondary level.


Understanding And Using Multicultural Literature In The Primary Grades: A Guide For Teachers, Shirley Ann Williams Jan 2001

Understanding And Using Multicultural Literature In The Primary Grades: A Guide For Teachers, Shirley Ann Williams

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Many studies have shown that an overwhelming number of classroom teachers are encountering increasing diversity issues in both the content of what they teach and among the students they are teaching The purpose of this project is to provide elementary teachers with a resource of multicultural literature that can be integrated into any curriculum, whether it is Language Arts, Social Studies, or story time.


Mini Shared Reading: A Mediational Reading Strategy, Delia Villagomez Jan 2000

Mini Shared Reading: A Mediational Reading Strategy, Delia Villagomez

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This project presents a reading strategy in which students who are learning to read are introduced to the reading process in a comprehensible manner regardless if it is in the student's primary language.


A Literacy Journey Of Empowerment For Adult Hispanic Students In A Community College's Learning Center, Cecilia Torres Best Jan 1996

A Literacy Journey Of Empowerment For Adult Hispanic Students In A Community College's Learning Center, Cecilia Torres Best

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No abstract provided.


Oral Tradition In The Classroom: The Relationship Between The Use Of Culturally Appropriate Reading Material And Reading Comprehension, Celina Lynn Arredondo-Montoya Jan 1994

Oral Tradition In The Classroom: The Relationship Between The Use Of Culturally Appropriate Reading Material And Reading Comprehension, Celina Lynn Arredondo-Montoya

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This research project explores the relationship between the use of culturally sensitive reading material and reading comprehension among Spanish-speaking language minority students of elementary school age. Text includes Spanish and English transcriptions of stories.


The Role Of Primary Language In Kindergarten Interactive Journals, Margie Zamora Estupiñan Jan 1993

The Role Of Primary Language In Kindergarten Interactive Journals, Margie Zamora Estupiñan

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No abstract provided.