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Adam K. Stein – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Despite its status as a wealthy, developed nation, the United States is plagued by widespread deficiencies in adult literacy. The problem is quite severe among individuals who were born in country, yet the situation for the nation's immigrant population is nothing short of alarming. Using the U.S. portion of the data set for the international…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Immigrants, English Language Learners, Participant Characteristics
Yue, Weiwei – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This comparative case study analysis investigated the effect of a flipped classroom model on college students' foreign language learning, under the Constructivist theoretical framework and Bloom's taxonomy. Flipped classroom model, also called flipped learning, emerged a decade ago in the education system as an innovative instruction method for it…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Flipped Classroom, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning
Cuishan Shi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In light of the lack of research on intercultural learning and acculturation in the music education field, the purpose of this multiple case study was to explore international graduate music education students' (IGMES') perspectives on their intercultural learning experiences while studying at two Midwestern universities in the United States. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Music Education, Learning Experience
Emilia Gracia – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examines the impact of High-Immersion Virtual Reality (HiVR) as a tool for teaching English L2 pragmatics to international students enrolled in an Intensive English Program at a US university. This research focuses on integrating HiVR into explicit L2 pragmatics instructional treatments. A quasi-experimental design was employed to…
Descriptors: Intensive Language Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Maria de Lourdes Marisol Irwig – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this comparative study is to determine whether the linguistic input approach based on Krashen's (1989) comprehensible input (CI) and supported by Kolb's (2015) experiential learning (ELT) and Siemens' (2005) connectivism theory (CT) to improve eighth graders' Spanish speaking and writing linguistic proficiencies. Previous research…
Descriptors: Language Fluency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Stephanie B. Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This three-manuscript dissertation attempts to answer the question: "How does students' English language proficiency (ELP) inform the availability, structure, and use of English language accommodations and intervention to support the academic achievement of English learner (EL) students?" The question is addressed using three independent…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Tamar Housen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
English learners (ELs) are a growing demographic in schools nationwide. ELs are expected to demonstrate proficiency in core subjects like their non-EL counterparts. However, an achievement gap exists. To address the achievement disparity for ELs, schools seek certified ESOL (English to Speakers of Other Languages) teachers to provide the support…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Certification
Alfaifi, Adel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Native Arabic speakers used idiomatic expressions such as idioms, formulas, and collocations, in their daily communications. In learning Arabic as a second language (L2), effective communication requires "the ability to understand and use idioms appropriately and accurately in a variety of sociocultural contexts, in a manner like that of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Figurative Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Iraal, Xavier Levon – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Stakeholders at DoD language training organizations seek to improve foreign language learner test scores. The method selected for the researched organization was to add foreign language immersive virtual reality games into the learning environment at the current institute. Earlier studies provided evidence of other organizations pursuing similar…
Descriptors: Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Armed Forces
Vanessa Felten – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The digital age has profoundly changed the film industry and how consumers are able to access media. To foster language development, this mixed methods study takes advantage of this technological progress and investigates how an audiovisual media-based curriculum can be designed for and implemented in an intermediate German language course. In…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Audiovisual Instruction
Ta, Ngan Ha Thanh – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Professional training for language instructors needs to be more accessible and high-leverage in order to meet the growing demand for proficient users of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese languages. More specifically, teachers of these languages need exposure to effective teaching methods designed to meet the language-specific needs required to help…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Margaret Hui Chen – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study examines how large scale assessments like the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), developed for students proficient in academic English, may not produce reliable and valid outcomes for academically vulnerable students, namely English Language Learners (ELLs). This mixed-methods study was conducted to uncover differences between the old and…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Standardized Tests, Mathematics Tests, Comparative Analysis
Marissa C. Young – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation focused on comparing the academic achievement and language proficiency in both English and Spanish of students at risk for language and learning difficulties, with bilingual typically developing students in two bilingual educational contexts: English as a Second Language program and Spanish two-way immersion program. Data was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
Samira M. Edres – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study examined the effects of three subtitle conditions on English vocabulary learning, form recognition and meaning recall, from TED Talks videos while controlling for vocabulary size and initial knowledge of the target words. The participants, 105 Libyan students (16 males and 89 females) at intermediate English proficiency level, were…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Hitoshi Nishizawa – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Many studies evidence the flexibility of speech perception in the first language (L1), which allows rapid adaptation to unfamiliar foreign accents. Two influential studies by Bradlow and Bent (2008) and a follow-up study by Baese-Berk et al. (2013) found that increased variability as a function of the number of talkers and accents facilitated the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Auditory Perception, Pronunciation