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Travelute, Catherine – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The Spanish-speaking Hispano-Latino diaspora demographic is the largest and fastest-growing English-learning population in the United States. In response to the needs present in these student demographics, two Spanish-speaking mothers and two English-speaking teachers participated in semi-structured interviews regarding their purposes and…
Descriptors: Semi Structured Interviews, Academic Achievement, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Spanish Speaking
Lee, Song-Eun – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Writing and its pedagogy have been underemphasized in formal school education in Korea; nevertheless, a number of studies on writing have been conducted in the English education field in Korean higher education. Among these studies, however, few have been conducted to afford a broader understanding of the current situation of English writing…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Writing Instruction, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Harsma, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this case study was to explore the perceptions and experiences of Spanish foreign language graduate teaching assistants in online language instruction through the lens of two theoretical models and their intersections, Teacher Efficacy and Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge. The final purposive sample included two Spanish…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teaching Assistants, Spanish, Language Teachers
Schulz, Yoshiko – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Under the No Child Left Behind's educational accountability requirements, the U.S.'s mainstream classroom teachers were responsible for all students' academic language and content knowledge development regardless of students' academic or linguistic backgrounds. A lack of teachers' language awareness appeared to be responsible for teachers'…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Elementary School Teachers
Bahadorani, Homeira – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Language instructors play a decisive role in adult language learners' learning and retention of vocabulary through planning, selection, and teaching of vocabulary and strategies. However, some professional language schools lack extensive teacher-training programs that prepare instructors with the skills required to select and teach vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Guidelines
Knipe, John – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Scottish Gaelic, among the nearly 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, is endangered. In the 1980s the Gaelic Medium Education (GME) movement emerged with an emphasis on teaching students all subjects via this ancient tongue with the hope of revitalizing the language. Concomitantly, many linguists have called for problematizing traditional…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Language Skill Attrition, Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
Kanakri, Aseel – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this multicase study was to investigate second language teachers' practices in teaching academic writing to English as a second language (ESL) students at the higher education level. This study sought to gain a deeper understanding of how ESL teachers are currently teaching academic writing to ESL students and the particular methods…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, College Second Language Programs, Case Studies, Academic Discourse
Wang, Yu-Chi – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This qualitative research aims to investigate identity positions of elementary school students with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) background in an afterschool book club. The increasing population of CLD students and their learning needs have become a national focus in American schools. Scholars have highlighted that understanding…
Descriptors: Clubs, After School Programs, Elementary School Students, English Language Learners
Li, Shikun – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Theorists agree that adequate knowledge does not guarantee better decisions or performances in the future (Gu, 2007; Dana & Yendol-Hpppery, 2008). Instead, they suggest that in order to comprehend teachers' decision and practices, researchers need to learn about both teachers' belief and knowledge. Meanwhile, in-service teachers were…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Platt, Heidi Halligan – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examined how ESOL teachers working with grades K-6 th provide ESOL services in the general education classroom. ESOL teachers were asked to describe and define their roles and provide examples of different language development activities. In addition, the perceptions and overall experiences of the ESOL teachers were analyzed. A basic…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction
Tartt-Walker, Sheba Hollywood – ProQuest LLC, 2014
In light of the paradigm shift from teacher-centered to learner-centered instruction occurring globally, the need for committed teachers is critical. Due to the influx of foreign nationals securing positions in the U.S. educational system, the teacher workforce has become more diverse. This diversity manifests a broad range of beliefs and values…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Program Implementation
Rodriguez, Migdalia Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Internet technology has made possible for students to be able to have access to continuous learning. Currently, online education has gained credibility and academic leaders' belief about its value has increased in the US (2014 Survey of Online Learning). Studies are no longer solely focused on comparing face-to-face to online learning, but on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Salgado, Herlinda Arlene Galve – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Elementary Spanish language immersion programs have become more popular in the educational field in the United States to support the academic achievement of minority students. The final goal of immersion programs is to develop proficiency in the home language and dominant language, identified as first language (L1) and second language (L2), to…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Hispanic American Students
Wei, Miaochun – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This quant-QUAL sequential explanatory mixed methods study describes a framework for evaluating the communicative competence (Canale & Swain, 1980; Canale, 1983) of non-beginner students of Chinese for placement purposes at U.S. four-year postsecondary institutions. A pragmatic lens was used to collect and analyze data that generated a…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
Darbes, Tasha – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Assessment and placement practices at community colleges that are used to divide students into college ready, ESL and English remedial tracks play a key role in shaping the academic pathways of students (Hughes & Scott-Clayton, 2011). These assessments are based on assumptions of the nature of bilingualism and student needs and thus have…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Immigrants, Bilingualism, Psychological Patterns
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