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Rosen, Dana – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Although students' literacy practices are influenced by a variety of sources, including texts, teachers, peers, the media, and their home culture (Dyson, 1993), the process of becoming literate is truly grounded in their cultural beliefs (Ferdman, 1990). Literacy skills are embedded in cultural practice, and cultural practice is learned implicitly…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Children, Acculturation, Literacy Education
Rosborough, Alessandro A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this sociocultural study was to investigate gesture as a mediational tool for meaning-making in learning and teaching a second language. Gesture was observed between a teacher and her immigrant students in a second grade elementary classroom designed specifically for second language learners of English. This study provides an…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Teaching Methods, Interpersonal Communication, Sociocultural Patterns