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Takehiro Iizuka – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study examined the significance of the mode of delivery--aural versus written--in second language (L2) vocabulary knowledge and L2 comprehension skills. One of the unique aspects of listening comprehension that sets it apart from reading comprehension is the mode of delivery--language input is delivered not visually but aurally. Somewhat…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Language Skills, Error of Measurement
Shakhlo Nematova – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Prior research has extensively explored audiovisual speech perception and literacy skills in various linguistic contexts. Studies have shown that children's ability to integrate auditory and visual speech cues plays a crucial role in language acquisition and development (Erdener & Burnham, 2013; Lalonde & Werner, 2021). Furthermore,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Monolingualism, Speech Communication, Phonological Awareness
Alyssa Vuogan – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Second language (L2) writing has been determined to be influenced by what is read, with language learners tending to borrow words and short phrases from input texts while writing (e.g., Wang & Wang, 2015). This phenomenon is referred to as lexical alignment. Only one empirical study has investigated the influence that the linguistic complexity…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Individual Differences
Dai, Dexin – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present study was focused on acquisition of Chinese relative clauses (RCs) by second language (L2) learners and whether this acquisition was influenced by RC linguistic features, learners' Chinese proficiency levels, and their first language (L1). Data were gathered via a Chinese reading comprehension test, a grammaticality judgment task, a…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Phrase Structure
Margarita Ramos-Rivera – ProQuest LLC, 2023
At schools in the Unites States, English-centric hegemonic policies often hinder emergent bilingual students from fully applying their linguistic skills to read non-fiction texts. This phenomenon necessitates investigation into how culturally sustaining pedagogy (CSP) can be utilized to support fifth-grade bilingual students' understanding of…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Code Switching (Language)
Jonathan Edward Malone – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The tantalizing prospects of learning benefits from multimodal conditions on second language (L2) learning in general, and L2 vocabulary development in particular, have important implications. Indeed, opening a language learning app on any device provides the immediate experience of simultaneous input modalities, and a wide range of input types.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Reading Comprehension
Olson, Collin S. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Gestures and other bodily movements are frequently used as instructional strategies in second language classrooms. Research has demonstrated that gestures are an effective strategy to improve L2 vocabulary recall. However, previous studies have only used vocabulary items that are known to participants in their native languages. Additionally,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Nonverbal Communication
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
Vandall, Andrew W. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This exploratory research study analyzed the relationships between attitude, preference, and achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students in high school from Brazil. The study presented what relationships exist between attitude, preference and achievement in reading for both L1 Portuguese, and L2 English. The Middle and Secondary Reading…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension
Claudia Aracelis Ramos-Landaeta – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Dual language programs are a form of bilingual education in which emergent bilingual students receive instruction for content and literacy in two languages (Thomas & Collier, 2019). Dual language programs are developed from policies founded on ideologies that are based on instruction for monolingual students, therefore favoring predominantly…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers
Misti Shelton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Uganda Baptist Seminary (UBS) is accredited by the Ugandan National Council for Higher Education and teaches church leaders from Uganda and its surrounding seven countries. The required language of educational instruction is English, although the students come from a multitude of different native languages. This research stems from a need to…
Descriptors: Churches, Multilingualism, Trend Analysis, Christianity
Elizabeth C. Bell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study aimed to determine if the T3 framework for technology in education impacts students' vocabulary learning, oral language, and reading comprehension, specifically for students labeled as English Language Learners (ELLs). Students were asked to learn two root words a week for four weeks. During each instructional week, students were asked…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Vocabulary Development, Technology Uses in Education, Oral Language
Fleming, Gemma Mary – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Teachers in Florida are tasked with the insurmountable job of teaching the curriculum, supporting their students socially and emotionally, and differentiating instruction and assessments for all students in inclusion classrooms. In Florida, students labeled as English language learners (ELLs) with varying English language proficiency are placed in…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Individualized Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests
Bandar Ibrahim Alqazlan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Arabic orthography is mainly presented either in shallow orthography (with all diacritics) for novice students or in deep orthography (without diacritics) for superior readers. However, the shallow orthography is heavily loaded with diacritics which may burden the reading process, whereas deep orthography can cause ambiguity (heterophonic…
Descriptors: Arabic, Distinctive Features (Language), Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
Lalitha Balachandran – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Segmentation is a cornerstone of language processing across levels of linguistic analysis, and yet, standard models of linguistic memory leave the role of higher-order segments in online comprehension understudied. This dissertation advances the Context-Sensitive Encoding (CSE) hypothesis: that implicit prosodic boundaries (Bader, 1998; J. Fodor,…
Descriptors: Memory, Cognitive Processes, Sentences, Reading Comprehension
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