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Direct linkClaudia H. Sánchez-Gutiérrez; Pablo Robles-García; Mercedes Pérez Serrano – Language Teaching Research, 2025
Studies on teachers' beliefs about vocabulary learning and teaching have focused, so far, on English as a second language (L2), or foreign language (FL), in different contexts but little attention has been given to other L2s and FLs. In this study, 15 Spanish L2 instructors at large universities were interviewed in order to better understand where…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Rosalinda Melchor – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This case study explored Spanish-speaking educators' perceptions and experiences of dual-language immersion (DLI) professional learning (PL). The study aimed to understand how PL offerings could best support and meet the needs of DLI Spanish teachers' best practices in the target language. The perceptions and experiences of seven Spanish DLI…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Park, Sun Young – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Teachers in a new school setting tend to display lower teacher efficacy, which negatively affects teaching performance and student learning. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the perceptions of teacher efficacy in pre-service teachers and explore key factors influencing the perceptions as a result of pre-service training.…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Self Efficacy, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kimiko Elaine Lange Verdera – ProQuest LLC, 2023
At a time of heightened discourse on multilingual education in the United States, there is a need to question what is meant by the term and how its understandings may be perpetuating harmful power asymmetries. Specifically, California has declared its goal of supporting multilingual education from kindergarten through twelfth grade, yet the…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Cheng, Yonghong; Wang, Yan; Chen, Wei – Applied Language Learning, 2022
Language instruction at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC), as it does at colleges and universities, focuses on developing linguistic competence. There is no textbook or teaching materials that explicitly and systematically teach students the pragmatic knowledge of the target language. Such knowledge is either…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
McManus-White, Annita – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Though there is a great deal of research concerning second language instruction, the same cannot be said of research meant to guide the design and delivery of instruction for English Learners and how teachers' perceptions of their effectiveness can influence their daily instructional practices. Through this mixed method action research study, the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teacher Attitudes
Valadez, Marcela Denise – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study investigated whether collaboration between science teachers and ELD teachers would result in changes to teachers' perceptions about their role and responsibility to support English Learners in their science classes and whether professional learning opportunities provided would result in planned implementation of strategies and practices…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, English Language Learners, Language Teachers
Download full textGilpin, Ansley; Mennen, Ferol; Pakulak, Eric; Sommer, Teresa Eckrich; Dwyer, Kathleen M.; Cannon, Erin; Bell, Theodore; Boxmeyer, Caroline; Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay; Chor, Elise; DeCaro, Jason; Dela Cruz, Kenn Lacsamana; Giuliano, Ryan; Gomsrud, Melissa; Karns, Christina; Klein, Scott; Lochman, John; Longoria, Zayra; Molina, Abigail Palmer; Monro, William; Neville, Helen; O'Neil, Lauren; Reynolds, Mary Margaret; Sabol, Terri J.; Sclafani, Marisa; Tighe, Lauren A. – Administration for Children & Families, 2020
This brief introduces four research projects testing promising interventions funded under the Head Start University Partnerships (HSUP): Dual-Generation Approaches1 grant program. Two-generation approaches are typically designed to address problems associated with poverty by combining child-focused services with adult-focused services. Head Start…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Childhood Needs
Sussman, Joshua; Draney, Karen; Wilson, Mark – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
Using a large sample of longitudinal assessment data from children in publicly funded infant/toddler care, preschool, and kindergarten (analytic N = 453,468), this study modeled language and literacy trajectories from early infancy through kindergarten for dual language learners (DLLs) from homes representing many different languages and their…
Descriptors: Language Classification, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Jen Stacy; Nallely Arteaga; Yesenia Fernández; Elexia Reyes McGovern; Pablo C. Ramirez – TESOL Journal, 2025
In California, multilingual (ML) teachers seeking Bilingual Authorization or ongoing professional development must confront the field's sedimentary tensions. Cultivating culturally sustaining approaches to language learning in PreK-12 school communities requires embedding humanizing practices at the core of ML teacher education and professional…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Blake, Robert J. – L2 Journal, 2020
L2 lexical studies have established that learners need to acquire knowledge of the first 3,000 most frequent words in order to enjoy 95% coverage of the vocabulary used in spontaneous speech (Nation 2006). However, there has been little data available that reveal how many of these most frequent words can be recognized by university language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Bilingualism
Ee, Jongyeon – Teachers College Record, 2023
Background/Context: As dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs expand nationwide, parental feedback becomes crucial in evaluating their effectiveness and ensuring equitable access. Understanding the perspectives of diverse parental groups, including marginalized and privileged communities, is essential for developing inclusive and…
Descriptors: Korean, Parent Attitudes, Bilingual Education Programs, Program Effectiveness
Moran-Lanier, Miguel C. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation examines individual, constricted agency in a multilingual environment within the context of a language discussion group and the form of social capital possessed by their Mexican Indigenous diasporic community living on the California Central Coast. The research is based on participant-observation ethnographic work with a language…
Descriptors: Spanish, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Literacy
Alex Jacobson; Lorna Porter; Lucy Hadley; Lupita Alcalá; Jason Willis – WestEd, 2025
Research increasingly highlights the significant benefits of multilingual instructional programs for English Learners. Yet, these programs remain relatively rare across California. Regional and local practitioners play an essential role in driving meaningful change by implementing strategies that enhance these programs--ultimately improving the…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, English Learners, Multilingualism, English (Second Language)
Alvarez, Laura; De Loney, Marguerite; Capitelli, Sarah; Valdés, Guadalupe; Julia Biernacki, Paulina – Language and Education, 2023
In teaching newcomer students, educators must envision how to provide opportunities for language use and development through age-appropriate content instruction. This article describes a design research study, in which we developed and piloted 5th grade science units and studied the participation of two newcomer students in sense-making…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Language Usage, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
