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Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola; Jorge E. Gonzalez; Laura Saenz; Heather S. Davis – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
This study was part of a larger three-year investigation of the effectiveness of a small-group, content-focused (science, social studies) preschool shared book reading vocabulary intervention implemented with Spanish-speaking emergent bilinguals enrolled in a one-way dual-language bilingual program. A subset of bilingual preschool teachers (N =…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Preschool Children, Vocabulary Development, Preschool Education
Benjamin Brown – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examines heritage language learners of Spanish enrolled in university Spanish courses, focusing on their strategic use of suprasegmental speech features in two speaking tasks. The research investigates attitudes' influence on heritage language learners' speech production in different task types. Participants engaged in two…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Intonation, Spanish, Oral Language
Diaz, Adriana Raquel; Mejía, Glenda; Villamizar, Andrés Gabriel – L2 Journal, 2022
This paper is motivated by growing, inexorable tensions between societal impetus to advance inclusive (non-binary) linguistic change across many Spanish-speaking communities, and the seemingly removed reality of the Spanish as a world language classroom. As a first step in reconciling these tensions and breaking free from apparent disciplinary…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Usage
Mattson-Prieto, Raquel; Showstack, Rachel – Language Learning, 2022
This study investigated classroom interaction through the framework of "stancetaking" (Du Bois, 2007) to understand how Spanish second language (L2) learners positioned themselves when participating in communicative language learning activities. Data came from transcribed audio and video recordings of three 90-minute lessons in one…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Classroom Communication
Banerjee, Ipshita; Lambert, Joseph M.; Copeland, Bailey A.; Paranczak, Jessica L.; Bailey, Kathryn M.; Standish, Cassandra M. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2022
Little research has highlighted how evidence-based practices (e.g., functional communication training [FCT]) might be adapted for bilingual learners with disabilities. In the current study, we served 2 children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and challenging behavior whose parents primarily spoke Spanish at home, and whose teachers primarily…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Behavior Problems, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Ana B. García-Gámez; Óscar Cervilla; Alba Casado; Pedro Macizo – Language Teaching Research, 2024
We evaluate the impact of gestures during the teaching of vocabulary in a foreign language (FL). Spanish speakers learned words in a FL in four gesture conditions according to the relationship between the meaning of the words and the gestures (congruent gestures, incongruent gestures, gestures without meaning, and no gestures). The participants…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Spanish Speaking, Nonverbal Communication
Helman, Lori; Bear, Donald R.; Invernizzi, Marcia; Templeton, Shane; Johnston, Francine R. – Pearson, 2023
"Word Study: Emergent Sorts for Spanish-Speaking Multilingual Learners" is the ideal stage-specific companion to Word Study with Multilingual Learners. Beginning with picture concept sorts, it provides strategies to help teachers make sorting more meaningful. The text develops a routine for introducing English vocabulary, helping…
Descriptors: Phonics, Spanish Speaking, Spelling, Vocabulary Development
Xu, Yaoying; Chen, Chin-Chih; Spence, Christine; Washington-Nortey, Melissa; Zhang, Fa; Brown, Amber – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
Young English learners (ELs) whose home language is Spanish continue to lag behind in several school readiness areas including language and literacy skills in spite of their strong social skills, which are positively related to language and literacy. The purpose of this article is to identify challenges that preschool Spanish speaking ELs face,…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Peer Teaching, Literacy
Emily Zoeller; Allison Briceño – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2022
Transnational educators can be a tremendous resource for bi/multilingual students, but teacher preparation has not adequately supported their pedagogical development for teaching writing to bi/multilinguals in U.S. contexts. Using three cases from a qualitative self-study, we explore the narratives of three transnational teachers in a biliteracy…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Bilingual Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Writing Instruction
Soledad Pampillo; Sandra Lauría – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2022
This study examines the difficulty shown by Spanish-speaking university students in decoding pre-modified noun phrases (NPs) in English. NPs carry a heavy lexical and conceptual load and foreign language (L2) readers may be challenged by first language (L1) crosslinguistic influence triggered by cognate NPs. Therefore, this study also attempts to…
Descriptors: Nouns, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Schick, Adina R.; Scarola, Lauren; Niño, Silvia; Melzi, Gigliana – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
Teachers' sharing of picture books is a quintessential activity in early childhood classrooms, and has been found to be predictive of children's language and literacy skill development. Although most research, to date, has focused on the manner in which preschool teachers share text-based books with their students, recent work has recommended that…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Preschool Education, Hispanic American Students, English Language Learners
Gregory Warren Orr – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation investigates the impact of cross-modal binding on word reading skills among English Language Learners (ELLs). Using Baddeley's updated working memory model, which includes the Episodic Buffer, this study examines how the ability to bind visual and phonological information in memory influences the reading development of ELL…
Descriptors: Word Recognition, Generalization, Teaching Methods, English Learners
Deborah Ogburn – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Spanish-speaking students, also identified as Hispanic or Latino/a/x, have been reported to have lower high school graduation rates, and lower enrollment and retention rates in higher education than their peers. Research exists describing technology and emergency remote teaching (ERT) as widening the achievement gap, however Spanish-speaking…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes, High School Students
Courtney, Matthew B. – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to document the impact of an 80-h virtual Spanish language immersion program on four elementary school leaders in Kentucky. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a mixed methods approach. Each subject participated in three semi-structured interviews with the researcher and a standardized oral language assessment.…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Instructional Leadership, Spanish, Immersion Programs
McCarthy, Kathryn S.; Soto, Christian Marcelo; Gutierrez de Blume, Antonio P.; Palma, Diego; González, Jordan Ignacio; McNamara, Danielle S. – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
iSTART-E is a web-based intelligent tutor developed for Spanish-speaking students to improve their reading comprehension through self-explanation strategy training. This study examined the effects of a blended comprehension strategy intervention on students' reading comprehension skill. Chilean high school students (N = 22) completed nine iSTART-E…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, High School Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods