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Moglen, Daniel – CATESOL Journal, 2014
Vast amounts of daily news content are widely available and easily accessible, and they can be converted into materials for intermediate and advanced ESL classes. This article will describe the why and how for integrating news media sources into a multiskills ESL classroom. Through the news, students are immediately engaged with the material…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, News Media
Malupa-Kim, Miralynn Faigao – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The Problem: The purpose of this study was to identify and analyze the information structure of native-English speaking (NES) ESOL teachers in giving explanations in a grammar class at an Intensive English Program (IEP) at a university in southern California Method: This mixed-method study employed a sequential-exploratory design. Six grammar…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Ajayi, Lasisi – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2008
This study was an exploration of how high school language learners and their teacher jointly constructed word meanings through multimodal representation and the sociopolitical reality of learners' lives as mediating factors in the context of simultaneous multiple learning activities. Thirty-three high school Advanced ESL 3 students were taught…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Vocabulary
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Martin-Beltran, Melinda – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2009
Grounded in sociocultural theory, this study uses an ecological approach to examine how student interactions within a dual-language school context may offer affordances for increased linguistic and conceptual understanding. Using qualitative analysis of student discourse, this paper focuses on data from recorded interactions between pairs of…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Holistic Approach, Grade 5, Minority Groups
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Hayes, Katherine; Rueda, Robert; Chilton, Susan – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2009
This article contains a description of the Dual Proficiency (DP) program in an urban elementary school located in the heart of a large south-western city, as well as the teachers who designed and now implement DP, and the immigrant community participating by choice in DP. We write from a context where, ironically, the number of English language…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Academic Discourse, Language Dominance, Second Language Learning
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Manyak, Patrick C. – Multicultural Perspectives, 2004
Drawing on data from a yearlong qualitative study of a primary-grade English immersion class of Spanish-dominant Latina and Latino students, the author analyzes bilingual children's acts of translation during classroom activities. After pointing out the numerous positive benefits that resulted from these acts, the author suggests that encouraging…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Hispanic American Students, Bilingual Students, Immersion Programs
Dome, Nancy; Prado-Olmos, Patricia; Ulanoff, Sharon H.; Garcia Ramos, Reyna G.; Vega-Castaneda, Lillian; Quiocho, Alice M. L. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2005
This article is representative of a larger body of work on reflective narratives and narrative reflection that has been ongoing for a number of years. The authors have pursued various iterations of the research topic in various classes at various institutions. They have documented that students focus on skills and attitudes that place them in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Class Activities, Teacher Education Programs