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Tullock, Brandon D.; Fernandez-Villanueva, Marta – Research in the Teaching of English, 2013
In recent years, scholars have voiced the need for research which focuses on the ability of multilinguals to write across multiple languages rather than on the limitations that they face when composing in a non-native language. In order to better understand multilingual writers as resourceful and creative problem-solvers, the current study aims to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Writing (Composition), Problem Solving
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Skerrett, Allison; Bomer, Randy – Research in the Teaching of English, 2013
In this article, we show how two transnational youth, with the instructional support of their teacher, recruited their languages and lifeworlds, particularly their border-crossing experiences, as tools for engaging with school-based literacy practices. We analyze literary texts that the students composed, showing how the students' uses of their…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Student Mobility, Literacy, Personal Narratives
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Martinez, Ramon Antonio – Research in the Teaching of English, 2010
This article reports findings from a qualitative study of Spanish-English code-switching--or "Spanglish"--among bilingual Latina/Latino sixth graders at a middle school in East Los Angeles. Analysis of the data revealed significant parallels between the skills embedded in students' everyday use of "Spanglish" and the skills…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Spanish, English, Qualitative Research
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Rymes, Betsy; Anderson, Kate – Research in the Teaching of English, 2004
Understandings of the ways home and school languages shape classroom dynamics and influence development, identity, and subsequent school success are important for teachers of both bilingual and African American students. This article builds a link between these complementary bodies of research by analyzing interactions in a second grade mainstream…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Sociolinguistics, Monolingualism, Bilingualism
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Estrada, Peggy – Research in the Teaching of English, 2005
A successful collaboration resulted in a researcher and a teacher linking professional development with change in small-group reading instruction and student achievement. The context was a two-way Spanish-English bilingual immersion first-grade classroom with many English language learners (ELLs), located in a low-performing, high-poverty school.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teacher Improvement, Faculty Development, Reading Achievement