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Supporting English Language Learners Inside The Mathematics Classroom: One Teacher’S Unique Perspective Working With Students During Their First Years In America, Amy Marie Fendrick

Research and Evaluation in Education, Technology, Art, and Design

Reflecting upon my personal experiences teaching mathematics to English Language Learners (ELL) in a public high school in Lincoln, Nebraska, this essay largely focuses on the time I spent as the only Accelerated Math teacher in my school building. From 2012 – 2017, I taught three different subjects at this high school: Advanced Algebra, Algebra, and Accelerated Math. This essay highlights why I chose to become a math and ELL teacher, as well as the challenges, issues, struggles, and successes I experienced during my time teaching. I focus on the challenges I faced teaching students who did not share my …

Teachers’ Response To Infants’ Nonverbal Communication And Use Of Response To Facilitate A Dialogue, Stephanie Stephens

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Beginning with birth, typically developing children use strategies to communicate, and the functions of their language change with maturation and interaction. Since communication cannot exist if both parties do not participate, it is important to not only study the ability of the child, but also the behavior of the adult. Numerous studies have examined the behavior of the parent or other domestic adult, but few have included the study of teacher behaviors.

This study investigated teachers’ response to four types of nonverbal communication attempts made by infants. The gestures included: deictic, affect signaling, object-related, and conventional. The type of response …

Perspectives From The Streets And The Classrooms In The Same 'Hood: Linguistic Landscapes Of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Luis Guzman Valerio

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation studies the linguistic landscape of the neighborhood of Sunset Park, in Brooklyn, New York by taking into account both a main commercial avenue and a public school with a dual language bilingual program in English and Spanish. Sunset Park is a multi-ethnic and immigrant neighborhood (Hum, 2014). While research has been done into the linguistic landscape of streets, cities, and communities, on the one hand, and about the linguistic landscape in education, on the other, the co-existence of these two in the same context has barely been studied (cf. Maldonado, 2015). This dissertation makes a contribution to the …

Exploring Spanish Heritage Language Learning And Task Design For Virtual Worlds, Brandon J. King

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In this exploratory case study, I take a constant comparative methods type approach to exploring a shift in second language acquisition (SLA) away from approaches built on the assumption that language participants in the U.S. are monolingual English speakers (Block, 2003; Ortega, 2009, 2013; Thompson, 2013; Valdés, 2005), with little initial investment in the language or its culture (Rivera-Mills, 2012; Valdés, Fishman, Chavéz, & Pérez, 2006). This bias has entrenched a monolingual speaker baseline for statistical analysis within many experimental designs (Block, 2003; Ortega, 2009, 2013; Thompson, 2013; Valdés, 2005). Further, I redress this methodological bias by applying sociocultural theoretical …

The Social Factors Of Fossilization, Ashley Brigham

MA TESOL Collection

The notion of fossilization has been one of the most controversial, yet enduring topics in second language acquisition (SLA) theory since its first appearance in Selinker’s 1972 seminal article “Interlanguage.” In the past, work regarding fossilization sought to either support or challenge its existence, to determine the putative causes and to predict what linguistic items were prone to becoming fossilized. Initially, the possible causes which enjoyed the most attention were first language interference and the learner’s age and length of residency in the target language community. Now, however, with the current climate of SLA acknowledging that both learning and non-learning …

Educator Perceptions Of Gifted English Language Learners, Michelle C. Lynch

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This paper explores educator perceptions of gifted and talented (GT) English language (ELL) students. This study identifies barriers for identification and service for GT/ELL students and highlights ways to support students through current efforts for students who fit these criteria. Educators from two elementary schools were interviewed in this qualitative study. The schools were chosen due to their high population of ELL students. The roles of professional development (PD) and best practices for identification of underrepresented students are discussed. Five main themes emerged from interviews of educators that work with GT/ELL students. The themes are obstacles, perception, referral, professional development, …

Addressing The Assumption; A Case Study On Student Motivations And Barriers To Study Second Language Abroad, Rebecca Schano

Capstone Collection

Historically, second language learning and study abroad programming have run in natural conjunction. However, in recent years there has been a slow but steady decline in the number of foreign language students in higher education who are choosing to study abroad to further their second language acquisition. This study explores this topic through a case study at Marquette University, and aims to answer the research question: What are the motivations and barriers of foreign language students to study their second language abroad? Using a student survey and in-person interviews with professionals in the field, data is collected on the most …

The Walking Dead Genealogy: Unsubstantiated Criticisms Of Qualitative Data Analysis Software (Qdas) And The Failure To Put Them To Rest, Kristi Jackson, Trena Paulus, Nicholas H. Woolf

The Qualitative Report

The authors conduct an exposé on the deterministic denunciations of Qualitative Data Analysis Software (QDAS) and how citation errors keep these criticisms alive. They use a zombie metaphor to describe more than two decades of battling these seemingly mindless assessments of QDAS that keep coming –despite their decay – and simply will not die. Focusing exclusively on the criticism of separation/distancing, which alleges that the computer and the software interfere with the researcher’s familiarity with the data, the authors trace one current strand of this criticism through a literature genealogy. Three citation errors (half-truth, proxy, and hearsay) are identified to …

Diversifikasi Desain Produk Sentra Keramik Dinoyo Bersumber Ide Budaya Lokal Malang, Ponimin Ponimin

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Ceramic craft in Sentra Keramik Dinoyo of Malang has been produced in more or less four generations long. In the beginning, local crafters made potteries in traditional kitchenware. The increasing demand of consumer made room for decorative ceramic. Unfortunately, their product design development didn’t reflect local culture nuance. It because crafters weren’t able to develop the design. Through this activity, researcher tried to solve design problem, extracted from local culture as ceramic creation idea. So that local culture could appear as local ceramic characters. Ceramic product design development is done by formulating design concept, manifesting concept into product design image. …

Situating The Self: Overcoming Subjection And Subjectivity In Toni Morrison’S Sula, Dr. T.S. Ramesh

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Individual Autonomy is a prominent feature of women writers. It plans to advance a dream of self-governing self as basically autonomous and independent, a dream that precludes the inevitable connectedness from securing selves and the way that their inundation in systems of connections frames their wants, yearnings, to be sure their extremely personalities. As such, what is denied is that the self is basically social. Toni Morrison, an Afro-American woman writer, works strenuously to get autonomous self to her female protagonist. In her novels, she clearly describes the life of African-American women in white dominated in American society. Combining the …

Morphological And Phonological Varying System Of Gorontalo Language And The Problem Of Organizing Them In Custom Terms Dictionary, Kartin Lihawa, Rasuna Thalib, Agus Lahinta, Adimawati Helingo

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

The objective of this research is to describe the morphological and phonological varying system of Gorontalo language, and its problem in organizing them in custom terms dictionary. The method used is qualitative with the data collection techniques involved observing, recording the language in a practical poem of the traditional ceremony, and other published books. The agreement of word-writing problems through workshop alignment and standardization are (1) deletion of sound y and w in certain words, (2) there is no unique phonetic symbols of apostrophe for glottal sound between two sequence vowels written side by side in a row, (3) selection …

Respon Mahasiswa Terhadap Penugasan Musikalisasi Puisi Melalui Media Sosial, Ely Nurmaily

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims to find a new method in learning and teaching literature to the students in practical terms and to perceive the students’ response toward the assignment of musical poetry project through social media. Studying literature in the writer's environment (Lampung) is a monotonous activity for students. By having a musical poetry project, students have some creativities in creating, composing, showing and recording and then uploading the result through social media. In the end, the hidden talents of the students can be seen and they are expected to become musicians, writers, event organizers, and others. In addition, the students …

Epiphany Of Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim As Author, Susilo Mansurudin

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Epiphany is a crucial event encountered by an individual which gives him/her an insight in his/her journey of meaning making to life. This qualitative research aims at finding out epiphany of RII represented in her anthology of short stories, novelets, novels. The research has found out that RII, as a diffable figure, is mentally capable of creating extraordinary works which are: (a) useful for others, (b) inspiring, (c) affecting surrounding people to be stronger, and (d) mostly true-story based. As a writer, RII's epiphany covers three main issues, i.e. (i) humanity epiphany, (ii) femininity epiphany, and (iii) diffability epiphany.

Humor Dalam Madihin John Tralala Dan Hendra (Kajian Jenis Humor Perspektif Veatch, Gruner, Dan Hobbes), M. Rafiek

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims to describe and explain the types of humor in Madihin John Tralala and Hendra from Veatch, Gruner, and Hobbes perspectives. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with content analysis technique. The results of this study are (1) Tight answers humor based on the emotional transformation theory of Veatch, (2) Praise and jokes humor based on Hobbes' theory of excellence, (3) Defense, clarification, not to be outdone humor based on the theory of aggression from Gruner, (4) ) Narrative, association, and contradictory conditions humor according to the emotional transformation theory of Veatch, (5) Rhetorical questions …

Kesalahan Gramatikal Dan Penerjemahan Literal Buku Durusun Iqtishadiyatun Min Ramadlan, Ridlo Inshofa Kamil, Irhamni Irhamni, Nurul Murtadho

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This study aims to describe the grammatical meaning of the translation errors and the use of literal translation in the translation procedure book Durusun Iqtishadiyatun min Ramadlan. This research is qualitative, descriptive, in accordance with the data collected in the form of words, phrases and sentences. Researchers found: (1) the translation of the meanings of grammatical errors include (a) error of morphology, which is caused by three factors, among others errors recognize form words, diction selection mistakes and errors recognize variations of word meaning, and (b) the syntax error is caused by an error in the interpretation of syntax elements …

تطبيق أسلوب المناقشة الفئوية الصغرى والندوة لترقية مهارة الكلام لطلبة قسم الأدب العربي بجامعة مالانج الحكومية, كرميلا أندرينا, إمام أسراري, هنيء محلية الصحة

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

اﻟﻤﻠﺨﺺ: ﯾﮭﺪف ھﺬا اﻟﺒﺤﺚ إﻟﻰ وﺻﻒ إﺟﺮاءات ﺗﻄﺒﯿﻖ أﺳﻠﻮب اﻟﻤﻨﺎﻗﺸﺔ اﻟﻔﺌﻮﯾﺔ اﻟﺼﻐﺮى واﻟﻨﺪوة ﻟﺘﺮﻗﯿﺔ ﻣﮭﺎرة اﻟﻜﻼم ﻟﻄﻠﺒﺔ ﻗﺴﻢ اﻷدب اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻲ ﺑﺠﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﻣﺎﻻﻧﺞ اﻟﺤﻜﻮﻣﯿﺔ. ووﺻﻒ ﻣﺪى ﻓﻌﺎﻟﯿﺔ ﺗﻄﺒﯿﻖ أﺳﻠﻮب اﻟﻤﻨﺎﻗﺸﺔ اﻟﻔﺌﻮﯾﺔ اﻟﺼﻐﺮى واﻟﻨﺪوة ﻟﺘﺮﻗﯿﺔ ﻣﮭﺎرة اﻟﻜﻼم ﻟﻄﻠﺒﺔ ﻗﺴﻢ اﻷدب اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻲ ﺑﺠﺎﻣﻌﺔ ﻣﺎﻻﻧﺞ ( إن1اﻟﺤﻜﻮﻣﯿﺔ. واﻟﻤﮭﻨﺞ اﻟﻤﺴﺘﺨﺪم ﻓﻲ ھﺬا اﻟﺒﺤﺚ ھﻮ اﻟﻤﻨﮭﺞ اﻟﺼﻔﻲ اﻹﺟﺮاﺋﻲ. وﻧﺘﺎﺋﺞ ھﺬا اﻟﺒﺤﺚ ) إﺟﺮاء ھﺬا اﻟﺒﺤﺚ اﻟﺼﻔﻲ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺪورﯾﻦ وﻟﻜﻞ دور ﻟﻘﺎءان. وﯾﺘﻢ ﺗﻄﺒﯿﻖ ھﺬﯾﻦ اﻷﺳﻠﻮﺑﯿﻦ ﻋﻠﻰ ﺧﻤﺲ ﻣﺮاﺣﻞ: اﻟﻤﻼﺣﻈﺔ وطﺮح اﻷﺳﺌﻠﺔ واﺳﺘﻜﺸﺎف واﻟﺮﺑﻂ واﻟﺘﻮاﺻﻞ. وﺟﻌﻞ ھﺬان اﻷﺳﻠﻮﺑﺎن أﻛﺜﺮ ﻧﺸﺎطﺎ ( ﺗﺮﺗﻘﻲ ﻧﺘﯿﺠﺔ اﻟﻄﻠﺒﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻣﺴﺘﻮى "ﺟﯿﺪ ﺟﺪا" ﺑﻤﻌﺪل ﻧﺘﯿﺠﺘﮭﻢ2وﻓﻌﺎﻟﯿﺎ ﻟﻠﻄﻠﺒﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻣﺸﺎرﻛﺔ ﻋﻤﻠﯿﺔ اﻟﺘﻌﻠﻢ ) ﺑﻞ …

Variasi Pronomina Persona Bahasa Bali Dalam Layanan Kesehatan Masyarakat, Ni Made Suryati, Ni Made Dhanawaty, I Made Budiarsa, I Wayan Simpen

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Balinese language is divided into two dialects, namely Bali Dataran(DBD), and Bali Aga (DBA) dialect. The DBD variation happens vertically, but not in DBA. Some vocabularies in DBD that are classified into low(Tak-Alus/TA) are classified as common variants in DBA. This research aims to explore the Balinese personal pronoun variations in DBD which DBA in Sembiran(DS), and Seraya Timur(DST). The results, by applying the dialectology theory and correlation method or metode padan, showed that the personal pronouns of DS and DST varied lexically and phonologically. Lexically, the personal pronoun of first person singular in DBD /(ti)tiyaŋ/(A), /(i)–caŋ/ and /yaŋ/(TA) was …

En Busca Del Diamante: Using Tasks To Mitigate Word Reduction In Spoken Learner Spanish, Sergio Ruiz-Pérez, Lorena Alarcón, Avizia Long

Faculty Publications

A common feature of second language Spanish, particularly in the case of native English-speaking learners, is to shorten or reduce segments within words (Schwegler & Kempff, 2007). This is particularly noticeable with multi-syllabic words (e.g., ingeniería, floristería, cafetería), and mispronunciations during second language interaction influence speech intelligibility. To address this pronunciation challenge and provide learners with opportunities for practice of words that demonstrate this reduction, we designed a two-way information gap task to draw learners' attention to these words in second language Spanish interaction. We specifically used principles of task-based language teaching and learning (e.g., Ellis, 2009; M. H. Long, …

Does The Test Work? Evaluating A Web-Based Language Placement Test, Avizia Long, Sun-Young Shin, Kimberly Geeslin, Erik Willis

Faculty Publications

In response to the need for examples of test validation from which everyday language programs can benefit, this paper reports on a study that used Bachman’s (2005) assessment use argument (AUA) framework to examine evidence to support claims made about the intended interpretations and uses of scores based on a new web-based Spanish language placement test. The test, which consisted of 100 items distributed across five item types (sound discrimination, grammar, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and vocabulary), was tested with 2,201 incoming first-year and transfer students at a large, Midwestern public university. Analyses of internal consistency and validity revealed the …

Elementos Persuasivos De La Citación En El Discurso Académico De Posgrado: Los Verbos Introductores De Las Citas En La Sección De La Conclusión, David Sánchez-Jiménez

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

How Do We Teach Them All? A Needs Analysis For A Pre-Sessional Egap Curricular Review, Angela Meyer Sterzik

Faculty & Staff Publications - ELI

Making EAP course outcomes congruent with post-secondary demands requires a needs analysis, in which a target situation analysis is imperative (Bocanegra-Valle, 2016; Hyland, 2016; Cabinda, 2013; Rosenfeld, Leung, & Oltman, 2001; Upton, 2012). This article details the theoretical considerations for a needs analysis, and reports the quantitative findings of a target situation analysis completed for a pre-sessional EGAP program at a Canadian College. 51 Professors from the college and a university completed questionnaires ranking academic tasks necessary for postsecondary success in all four language skill areas (reading, writing, listening, and speaking). 25 of the 43 language tasks were identified as …

Deaf In Her Own Way: The Role Of Identity In Social Justice Leadership, Judy Drescher

Student Coursework: Ed.D. program

The following fieldwork chronicles the personal and professional trajectory of Cindy Greenspun, a social justice leader at Yale University Library. At the age of eighteen months, Greenspun suffered an illness that resulted in the loss of her hearing and spent nearly the first half of her life fully immersed in the hearing world. Through significant self-reflection and perseverance, Greenspun evolved beyond the binary paradigm of oralism–the exclusive use of speech and lip reading–to ultimately embrace the essence of being both bilingual (speech and sign) and bicultural (hearing and non-hearing). These attributes not only enabled Greenspun to navigate between two distinctly …

Pedagogical Approaches To The Teaching And Learning Of Formulaic Language, Ana Pellicer-Sánchez, Frank Boers

Education Publications

No abstract provided.

Bursting The Filter Bubble: Information Literacy And Questions Of Valuation, Navigation, And Control In A Digital Landscape, Komysha Hassan

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The evolution of social media platforms and other public forums in the digital realm has created an explosion of user-generated content and data as a component of the already content-saturated digital landscape. The distributed, horizontal nature of the internet as a platform makes it difficult to ascertain value and differentiate between texts of varying validity, bias, and purpose. In addition, the internet is not an inanimate interface. As Pariser (2011) argues, content aggregators, such as Google, actively filter, personalize, and therefore limit each individual's access to information, in both range and type. This has created a crisis of information valuation …

Language, Literacy, And Conscientização In American Public Schools, Julie Ward

Theses and Dissertations

Language, Literacy, and Conscientização in American Public Schools synthesizes poststructural language theory to critique literacy teaching and assessment norms in American public schools in order to theorize a pedagogy of racial and economic justice that embraces globalization and immigration. Chapter I creates a theoretical framework for language that rests firmly on both Lev Vygotsky’s and Jacques Lacan’s sociohistorical approach to language acquisition and language use. Mikhail Bakhtin’s work demonstrates the heteroglossic nature of discourse, while Antonio Gramsci politicizes this framework through an understanding of hegemony. Chapter II sketches ethnographic research on teaching practices of various American communities, focusing on ideology …

The Impact Of Animacy And Positioning On The Production Of Second Language Referring Expressions, Adonis De Carvalho Borges

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

Researches have investigated how referring expressions are produced based upon second language acquisition and psycholinguistics theories. A study of monolingual English speakers demonstrated that referent's salience and discourse factors might impact referring expression choice between noun phrases and pronouns. Participants demonstrated a higher production of pronouns when the referent expression was animate rather than inanimate and a preference for noun phrases when the referent was the second noun phrase of the referent's context sentence (Fukumura & Van Gompel, 2011). In addition, an investigation with Hispanic bilinguals, whose L2 is English, demonstrated, in general, a greater preference for pronouns rather than …

La Aculturación En La Comprensión Lectora De Los Estudiantes Universitarios: La Valoración En El Uso Polifónico De Las Citas, David Sánchez-Jiménez

Publications and Research

El acceso de los alumnos universitarios a los estudios de nivel superior implica un proceso de adaptación y aculturación que encuentra respuesta principalmente en la lectura y en la escritura académica. Esta transformación genera al principio altos grados de ansiedad en los sujetos, quienes en este nivel carecen aún de las coordenadas necesarias para la interpretación de textos científicos codificados en géneros discursivos que en muchas ocasiones han sido expresamente elaborados por escritores expertos para otros especialistas de la disciplina.

El cambio conceptual que se produce en el individuo que trata de integrarse en una nueva comunidad discursiva viene marcado …

Pampanitikang Gawain Ang Pagsasalin, Michael M. Coroza

Filipino Faculty Publications

Binibigyang-diin sa maikling pagtalakay na ito na ang pagsasaling pampanitikan ay isang pampanitikang gawain. Kaugnay kung hindi man tunay na isang sangay ng mga araling pampanitikan ang pagsasalin. Lampas sa tumbasan ng mga salita o parirala, higit sa paghanap ng literal na kahulugan o praktikal na aral ng teksto, ang pampanitikang pagsasalin ay nakatuon sa pagkapanitikan ng panitikan. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit para kay Clifford E. Landers ay mahirap ipatanggap o ipaunawa sa maraming nasa larang ng pragmatikong pagsasalin ang pagsasaling pampanitikan. Hindi ang ibig sabihin lamang ang mahalaga, madalas na mas mahalaga pa ang paraan ng pagsasabi. Wika …

Language Attitudes In Algeria, Kamal Belmihoub

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Effective Characteristics Of Rural English Learner Programs, Sarah Huseby

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine specific characteristics of English learner programs in a rural areas in order to determine possible factors that promoted higher English language proficiency growth for English learners. The subjects in this study were English learner teachers and administrators from five micropolitan school districts in a rural Midwestern state. The school districts in this study were identified and recruited based on two specific criteria: a mircopolitan community and a student population of English language learners. The study utilized both survey and archival data. The survey was administered to all EL teachers and administrators …