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Lazaroff, Emma Esther Vieira – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Science learning is important for the well-being of individuals and society. Acquiring the knowledge necessary for success in science is not easy because science involves relational thinking, or the ability to abstract and generalize from similarities between concepts. Using relational words, or shared linguistic labels that identify commonalities…
Descriptors: Correlation, Science Instruction, Vocabulary Skills, Thinking Skills
Lauren Hickman McMahon – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Interpersonal interactions between teachers and students are a site where students may encounter negative experiences with mathematics; they are also a site where students can experience mathematics in empowering and positive ways. The aim of this study is to understand the work of communicating mathematics in ways that empower, rather than…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Teacher Student Relationship
Hwang, Jihye – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The number of multilingual international students in post-secondary mathematics classrooms in the United States is increasing. As language is related to students' access to mathematics learning and their (mathematics) identities, it shapes their experiences as a doer of mathematics. However, as multilingual international students move to the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Foreign Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Anna Kristina Moroz – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The present dissertation discusses the importance of rootedness, defined as orientation towards place, and how it factors into sociolinguistic studies. Although rootedness is not a new concept in sociolinguistics, it has been infrequently operationalized to understand its role in language change. Linguists have discussed concepts similar to…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Place Based Education, Language Variation, Community Role
Greses Perez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Even though engineering and science are tasked with developing solutions and knowledge for a diverse population, Black and Brown communities remain severely underrepresented in these disciplines. The problem exceeds easy solutions like "a seat at the table" and requires rethinking with whom and for whom the field designs ideas and…
Descriptors: Sciences, Engineering, Linguistics, Language Role
Jolene Gregory – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The recent theoretical debate over the role of translanguaging in dual language programs can be described as moving from prohibition to promotion. Indeed, many researchers, theorists, and educators are now encouraging translanguaging. At the center of the debate are teachers and their beliefs, which some argue influence their practice. Teachers'…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Mathematics Instruction, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Delin Deng – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In this work, based on an oral corpus of semi-directed interviews conducted in French with 40 L1 Chinese speakers learning French in France and in English with 29 L1 Chinese speakers learning English in the United States, I investigated the quotative system in non-native speech of English and French as it is used in the Chinese diaspora in Paris…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Computational Linguistics, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Junnier, Frances M. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Drawing on theories from Applied Linguistics research, this doctoral dissertation brings together European perspectives on "language," "identity," and "voice" in an examination of English as the international language of science (EILS). Using the theoretical frame of Dynamic Systems Theory (DST), each of the chapters…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Discourse Analysis, Applied Linguistics
Swift, Marinka – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation presents findings from an ethnographic exploration of the role of language in the academic experiences of Chicanx and Latinx university students at an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution. Specifically, this dissertation presents an extensive analysis of the language ideologies encountered, enacted, and described by…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Hispanic American Students, Ethnography
Gandhi-Lee, Eshani N. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Because language provides the framework through which knowledge is constructed, it is crucial to consider the ways in which students with limited English proficiencies are able to express their understanding. English language learners (ELLs) make up a significant portion of the student body in the education system and represent many ethnic and…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, STEM Education, Student Evaluation, Science Tests
Gao, Katie B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The study of language contact epitomizes the dynamics of language as a system of human communication. The competing linguistic forces at work when speakers of different language varieties come into contact can be narrowed down to two basic concepts--convergence and divergence. Looking at linguistic areas using a macro approach, languages in…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Language Variation, Foreign Countries, Ethnicity
Long, Craig M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the Greek verbal system has become the subject of various dissertations and monographs, the future tense-form has been generally overlooked in the discussion. This dissertation seeks to overcome this lacuna by suggesting that the future tense-form functions as a rhetorical feature that expresses the author's expectation of an alternative state…
Descriptors: Greek, Morphemes, Computational Linguistics, Language Research
Adetunji, Akinbiyi – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Although much research has gone into the sociolinguistics of the linguistic landscape (space for and language of public signs) in the "peripheral," non-native contexts of English Language use and users, none has been specifically devoted to a Nigerian context. This dissertation is intended to fill this wide gap. Focusing on the Ibadan…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Qualitative Research, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Morse, Kira Gulko – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The existing literature views the phenomenon of language shift mostly on the societal, or macro, level, which takes the focus away from individual cases. This investigation provides an alternative perspective to the currently prevalent view. The purpose of this phenomenological study is to develop an understanding of the role of personal choice in…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Skill Attrition, Phenomenology, Individual Differences
Sussbauer, Erik J. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Though attention to academic language is a key component of the Teacher Performance Assessment and the new Common Core Standards, little has been researched regarding how pre-service teachers build academic language knowledge and integrate it into their practice teaching experience. This study focuses on the construction and delivery of academic…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Interviews, Observation
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