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Jackie E. Relyea; Dennis S. Davis; Corrie Dobis; Becky Huang; Courtney Samuelson – Grantee Submission, 2025
This study evaluated the feasibility of the Knowledge, Language, and Inquiry (K.L.I.) intervention, designed to support Grades 3-5 multilingual students classified as English learners (ML-ELs) in building content knowledge, language skills, and reading comprehension through inquiry-based small-group instruction. Feasibility was examined across…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students
Spycher, Pamela – WestEd, 2021
Reading critically involves examining the language choices authors make to "get the job done" -- in other words, to communicate effectively in specific ways with particular audiences. Not all students in middle and high school intuit this type of reading and may experience challenges when they go to write for academic purposes. Their…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Writing Instruction
Wijekumar, Kausalai; Meyer, Bonnie J. F.; Lei, Puiwa; Hernandez, Anita C.; August, Diane L. – Grantee Submission, 2018
Reading and comprehending content area texts is important for academic and professional success as well as life skills necessary to maintain good health and quality lifestyle. Spanish speaking English language learners have shown poor performance on high-stakes assessments in reading comprehension. The number of Spanish speaking English learners…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners
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Babino, Alexandra, Ed.; Cossa, Nedra, Ed.; Araujo, Juan J., Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2019
The theme for the 62nd annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers was Educating for a Just Society. Connie Briggs, previous Program Chair, reminded us that, "Education has always been the foundation of a democratic nation. It is important that our students understand the principles upon which our nation was…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Social Justice, Arabs, Culture
Schulze, Joshua – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the potential of Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) pedagogy to support English language learners (ELLs) in enhancing their meaning making potential as they engage in persuasive writing practices within academic contexts. The dissertation results from a teacher action research project in which the…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, English Language Learners