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Ritz, Catherine; Sherf, Nicole – Foreign Language Annals, 2022
This large-scale study used a survey to collect data on K-12 world language program leadership and instructional practices in Massachusetts public schools, investigating associations between the presence of a program leader or primary evaluator who is a world language specialist and instructional practices, curriculum, and assessment. The study…
Descriptors: Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Kindergarten
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Dobbs, Christina L.; Leider, Christine Montecillo; Tigert, Johanna – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2022
When considering access to broader learning opportunities beyond the core curriculum for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners (CLDLs), the world language classroom is rarely a space that offers such access, despite the fact that CLDLs should have as much access to the development of multilingualism through school curricula as dominant…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Education Programs
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Oliveira, Gabrielle; Chang-Bacon, Chris K.; Cho, Eunhye; Baez-Cruz, Maria – Bilingual Research Journal, 2020
As the popularity of two-way immersion (TWI) programs increases across the U.S., recent scholarship has drawn attention to inequities in who benefits from these programs and how they are implemented. These findings have drawn the field's attention to the instrumental part played by particular stakeholders in TWI program implementation. While this…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Portuguese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Hafner, Andrew Habana; Ortiz, Floris Wilma – Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 2021
This article reports on the findings from Years 1-3 of a practitioner research study on infusing critical pedagogy in mandated Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) courses for preservice teachers (PSTs) in a public, predominantly white institution (PWI). Our analysis problematizes discourses of transformation and reproduction of in/equity in…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Chang-Bacon, Chris K. – Critical Studies in Education, 2022
This paper critically examines the notion of 'sheltered' pedagogies for English language teaching in English-dominant contexts. I specifically explore how the increasingly popular Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) model has been interpreted in certain contexts to further monolingual language ideologies. Drawing on critical and poststructural…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Language Attitudes, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
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Lima Becker, Mariana; Chang-Bacon, Chris K.; Oliveira, Gabrielle – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This study documents the notion of unilateral translanguaging--the configuration of translanguaging spaces to disproportionately privilege a dominant language or its speakers. We analyze four teachers' translanguaging practices in a Portuguese-English two-way immersion (TWI) program in the United States. Rather than focusing on whether and how…
Descriptors: Portuguese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Johnson, Erica – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Foreign language telecollaboration pairs learners so that they may improve their language and intercultural skills. A lesser known model, intergenerational telecollaboration, uses senior citizens as native language partners instead of peers. This paper presents the results of an intergenerational videoconferencing project between learners in…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Intercultural Communication, Older Adults, Videoconferencing
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Pumpki Lei Su; Raúl Rojas; Jill de Villiers; Roberta Golinkoff; Aquiles Iglesias – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Bilingual children demonstrate varying levels of proficiency in each of the two languages to which they are exposed. Even though it is widely acknowledged that bilingual children are not a homogenous group, existing studies on dual-language profiles in bilingual children have focused on expressive language profiles. In this study, we used the…
Descriptors: Receptive Language, Bilingualism, Spanish, English (Second Language)
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Ritz, Catherine; Sherf, Nicole – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
This large-scale study used a survey to collect data on K-12 world language programming in Massachusetts public schools. Building off work by Pufahl and Rhodes (2011), this study focused on world language programs, program types, and languages offered, as well as student exclusion, program leadership, and the Seal of Biliteracy. The study resulted…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Literacy, Bilingualism
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Chang-Bacon, Chris K. – Educational Policy, 2022
With U.S. classrooms increasingly characterized by linguistic diversity, policies mandating teacher training around English learning have proliferated. Recent federal oversight prompted Massachusetts to implement an initiative to endorse its 70,000+ teachers in Sheltered English Immersion (SEI). While policy research has productively emphasized…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Educational Policy, Language Attitudes, Multilingualism
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Di Stefano, Marialuisa; Villanueva Alarcón, Idalis; McEneaney, Elizabeth; Marte Zorrilla, Edwin; Esquinca, Alberto – Bilingual Research Journal, 2022
In this article, we report on a mixed method study conducted through a previously validated bilingual instrument. The purpose was to understand elementary bilingual and dual language (BDL) teachers' perspectives of science and engineering (S&E) teaching in Massachusetts and Puerto Rico with the goal of developing situated professional…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Science Instruction, Engineering Education
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Kaveh, Yalda M.; Bernstein, Katie A.; Cervantes-Soon, Claudia; Rodriguez-Martinez, Sara; Mohamed, Saida – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2022
In spring 2019, without controversy or fanfare and without violating the voter mandate of Proposition 203, emergent bilinguals in Arizona were once again granted unrestricted access to dual language bilingual education after nearly 20 years. The policy change was accomplished through a seemingly small piece of legislation that reduced the daily…
Descriptors: Voting, Bilingualism, Access to Education, Bilingual Education
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Berdrow, Iris; Dayal, Samir; Hauserman, Shawn; Schlegel, Natalie; Schuller, Lauren – Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 2021
Since 2009, Bentley University has engaged in assessment of intercultural effectiveness in undergraduate students. The instrument used was the Intercultural Effectiveness Scale, which measures six dimensions using a self-report instrument. The longitudinal data analysis showing results in correlation and causation indicated that while…
Descriptors: Universities, Undergraduate Students, Measures (Individuals), Cultural Awareness
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Mollica, Jennie – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2020
Employers and labor organizations in the United States use apprenticeships to provide workers with technical education and paid on-the-job training leading to wage increases and higher-skilled jobs. When English learners participate in apprenticeships, employers benefit from an expanded pipeline of qualified employees and a more diverse workforce,…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, English Language Learners, On the Job Training, Skilled Occupations
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Byrd, David R.; Alexander, Melina – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2015
The population of English learners (ELs) is increasing dramatically and teachers need to learn how advocate for these often marginalized students. This study investigates various syllabi from English as a second language pre-service teacher course work that are aimed at preparing future teachers to advocate for ELs. The researchers employed…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Second Language Learning
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