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General Education Teacher Educators and English Language Learner Teacher Preparation: Infusion as Curricular Change
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de Jong, Ester; Naranjo, Cindy – New Educator, 2019
To address the needs of English Language Leaners (ELLs) in grade-level content-area classrooms, teacher education programs are moving toward "infused" models of instruction where preservice general education courses include ELL-specific content. Little is known about how this curricular change is accomplished. To address this gap, this…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners
Cross-Cultural Memoir as Borderland Negotiation of Identity in Language Education
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McPherron, Paul; McIntosh, Kyle – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2019
In this article, we discuss three cross-cultural memoirs used in three different university courses that introduced students to the complex identities that form both inside and outside of language classrooms. In arguing for the value of using such memoirs as content in university courses, we provide a detailed thematic analysis of Peter Hessler's…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Self Concept
The Impact of Academic Vocabulary Instruction on Reading Performance of Sophomore Students on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test from 2008 and 2009
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McMillen, Margaret – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigated the change in sophomore reading scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test after the implementation of an academic vocabulary program and the change in teacher knowledge and professional practice after a program of staff development in academic vocabulary. The purpose was to determine if the impact of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Economically Disadvantaged, Vocabulary, Pretests Posttests
Marginalizing English as a Second Language Teacher Expertise: The Exclusionary Consequence of "No Child Left Behind"
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Harper, Candace A.; de Jong, Ester J.; Platt, Elizabeth J. – Language Policy, 2008
"No Child Left Behind" (NCLB, 2001) fails to recognize English as a second language (ESL) as a specialized academic discipline in which teachers should be "highly qualified." In this paper we examine the impact of this policy failure on the practice of teachers of K-12 English language learners (ELLs), particularly in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Legislation, Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning