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Austin R. Waters; Perla L. Vaca Lopez; Luis Rios; Amy Chevrier; Maria Guadarrama; Julie Contreras; Judy Y. Ou; Matt Slonaker; Anne C. Kirchhoff – Health Education & Behavior, 2025
Background: Equitable access to health care services for Hispanic and Latine populations requires that systems go beyond working to increase enrollment in health insurance but also addressing health insurance literacy--the knowledge, ability, and confidence to find and use health insurance. Methods: In collaboration with a local health policy…
Descriptors: Health Insurance, Health Promotion, Access to Health Care, Knowledge Level
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Rossella Latorraca – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2024
In the growing market of the translation industry, where 90% of the global output consists of specialised translation, the acquisition of familiarity with different specialised genres is critical for translation trainees to confidently prepare for their future professional challenges. Not only do professionals report dealing with a high diversity…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Translation, Self Efficacy, Second Languages
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Ashley M. Stack; Kausalai Wijekumar; Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2024
Reading comprehension is the ultimate goal of learning to read, as the understanding of text is at the root of the purpose for reading, whether reading for pleasure or reading to learn. At-home reading practices can vary widely family to family -- some families have the knowledge and resources to read effectively with their children, while others…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literacy Education, Program Descriptions, Spanish
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Danlei Chen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study examined how parents, teachers, and administrators conceptualised dual-language immersion (DLI) education and its goals at Bobcat Canyon School (BCS, pseudonym), a private preschool in the Southwestern USA where 64% students were White and 36% were students of colour. Through interviews with 15 parents, eight teachers, and two school…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
John W. Derks – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Do assimilationist restrictions on a minority language lead to greater national unity or a more rebellious minority population? Under what conditions might short-term backlash to language assimilation evolve into greater national unity in the long term? While much of the literature on ethnic politics implicitly treats language simply as an…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Cost Effectiveness, Acculturation, Political Influences