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Paria Aria – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research studied the impact of language barriers and cultural experiences on students' perceptions at the University of North Texas. The population of this study were students who had taken a class with a non-native speaking instructor and those who hadn't. Following a mixed-method research approach, online surveys were distributed to the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes
Quinn F. Perkins – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) parents of students receiving special education transition services describe involvement experiences, cultural values that influence involvement, and school interventions for parent involvement in the state of Texas. Hirano and Rowe's…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Students with Disabilities, Cultural Differences, English (Second Language)
Maria Daniela Garcia – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This explanatory-sequential mix-methods study explored Northeast Texas rural educators' perceptions of language and emergent bilingual (EB) students, and educators' preparation and practices used in the classroom to meet this ever-growing and diverse multicultural group. Educators' ideologies and practices in the United States, especially in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Bilingualism, Cultural Differences
Larrotta, Clarena; Adversario, Jan – Adult Learning, 2022
This article provides an account of a group of adult Chinese immigrants learning English at a cultural center serving the local Asian community. The focus of this teacher-research descriptive case study is on learner experiences as they relate to "transition" theory and "Confucian learner" principles and as these materialized…
Descriptors: Adults, Immigrants, Chinese Americans, English (Second Language)
Csorvasi, Vera; Colby, Sherri Rae – NABE Journal of Research and Practice, 2021
This narrative inquiry highlights the experiences of three high school students labeled Long-term English learners (LTEL) in a North Texas high school. This narrative inquiry study uses semi-structured interviews to restory the students' lives, emphasizing the emergent themes of family (the strongest pillar) and the language of the home (Spanish).…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, High School Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Sánchez-Suzuki Colegrove, Kiyomi; Zúñiga, Christian E. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2018
The purpose of this article is to examine how a first-grade ESL teacher understands teaching and learning as she explores her agency (and that of her students) in implementing and experimenting with project-based instruction (PBI) in her economically, culturally, and linguistically diverse classroom. Utilizing video-cued ethnography and drawing on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Colegrove, Kiyomi Sánchez-Suzuki; Krause, Gladys Helena – Bilingual Research Journal, 2017
The purpose of this article is to counter widespread deficit discourses about Latino parental involvement in their children's education. In particular, we show Latino immigrant parents' views and understandings of curricular and pedagogical practices in elementary school, especially in mathematics. Using data from the Agency and Young Children…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Immigrants, Hispanic American Students, Elementary School Students
Zoch, Melody – Urban Education, 2017
This article examines how four urban elementary teachers designed their literacy instruction in ways that sought to sustain students' cultural competence--maintaining their language and cultural practices while also gaining access to more dominant ones--amid expectations to prepare students for high-stakes testing. A large part of their teaching…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Cultural Awareness, Urban Schools, Elementary School Teachers
Fayles, Cason – Online Submission, 2018
This research brief provides an analysis of 2017-2018 AISD student data, showing significant gaps in school perceptions and experiences of transgender and gender-nonconforming students relative to their peers, illustrating the need for additional policies and procedures to support AISD transgender and gender-nonconforming students. A separate full…
Descriptors: School Districts, LGBTQ People, Student Attitudes, Educational Experience
Fernandez, Mary Ruth; Guzman, Norma – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2014
This mixed methods study examines factors associated with student learning outcomes for Mexican American students in the public elementary schools. The problem of disproportionate identification of cultural and linguistically diverse students in special education is addressed. This study looks at 23 third and fourth grade students by means of a…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Academic Achievement, Mexican Americans, Student Attitudes
Hammer, Judith; Swaffar, Janet – Modern Language Journal, 2012
The current study investigated the impact of a German television program on changes in 4th-semester German students' reflections on cultural perceptions over the course of 1 semester. Sixty-nine students at the University of Texas at Austin watched 4 episodes of the popular German television program "Lindenstrasse". After viewing,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, German, Television, Competence
Rimikis, Stacey; Smiljanic, Rajka; Calandruccio, Lauren – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine sentence-recognition performance for a large, diverse group of nonnative speakers of English on the recently developed Basic English Lexicon (BEL) sentence materials and to determine whether BEL sentence lists are equated in difficulty for this population. Method: The BEL sentences were presented…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Vocabulary, Sentences
Roberts, Maria Banda; Hernandez, Rosalinda – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2012
This article explains two components in the review process of a university's principal preparation program. A superintendents' focus group session and an analysis of other universities' program profiles revealed a need to eliminate dated courses, include certification in the degree requirements, update the program curriculum with best practice,…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Degree Requirements, Superintendents, Principals
Smith, Valorie Hampton – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teachers and their students increasingly come from different cultural backgrounds (Black, 2006). Aronson (2004) noted that 86% of the teaching populations in public schools were Caucasian and female and failing to connect with students was often cited in schools where the student populations were predominantly African American. Howard (2006)…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Qualitative Research, Phenomenology
National Writing Project (NJ1), 2011
This report presents stories of six teachers who believe in the power and promise of immigrant students and English language learners. Their stories begin to help readers understand the assets these groups of students bring to classrooms, the challenges they--both students and teachers--face, and the role that teachers and schools play in their…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Differences
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