Browsing by Subject "ESL"
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Acquiring Academic Vocabulary for Post-Secondary English Learners: A Research Synthesis
(2019-10-01)This research synthesis describes, critiques, and synthesizes intervention studies related to the academic vocabulary acquisition of postsecondary English learners. Using the article matrix and constant-comparative methods ... -
Adult ESL Students and Service-learning: Voices, Experiences, and Perspectives
(2012-10-19)Service-learning is the merging of academic work with real-life community service activities that encourages students to reflect and think critically about their experiences. Although service-learning has been used in ... -
Adult Female English Language Learners: Investment, Identity and Benefits
(2013-07-31)ELLs are a growing community in the United States and their learning needs are significantly different from younger learners, collegiate ELLs or Adult Basic Education students. Additionally, adult female ELLs have their ... -
An Analysis of Performance of ESL Students on Various Social Studies Objectives and Test Items on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) Test
(2013-03-27)The content area of social studies has not been given as much attention as its counterparts despite its inclusion in the state wide TAKS exam in Texas. All students in grades 8, 10, and 11 are required to take the social ... -
An examination of the use of repair strategies of elementary English as a second language (ESL) students
(2009-05-15)The primary purpose of this study was to explore conversational repair strategies employed by elementary level ESL students in their classroom. This study investigated repair strategies that were employed by ESL students ... -
Exploring change in preservice teachers' beliefs about English language learning and teaching
(2009-05-15)Increasing numbers of English language learners (ELLs) and diminishing services for those students is resulting in mainstream teachers across the United States taking on the responsibility of teaching ELLs. This demands ... -
Incidental Noticing and EFL Students’ Subsequent Second Language Learning in Synchronous Text-based Discussion: An Investigation of Both NES-NNES and NNES-NNES Dyads
(2010-10-12)This dissertation investigated Taiwanese English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners' incidental noticing and their subsequent language learning in relation to learner proficiency level and dyadic type in a text-based ... -
Korean ESL learners' pragmatic competence: motivation, amount of contact, and length of residence
(2009-05-15)This study examined the motivation for learning English, the amount of contact with English, and length of residence in the target language area that affects Korean graduate students’ English pragmatic skills studying at ... -
A Qualitative Study of Intergenerational Literacy Connection (ILC) Practices Among Korean ELL Families and Teachers
(2012-07-16)The purpose of this research was to examine the ways in which Korean families of English Language Learners (ELLs) and teachers supported literacy in young children, as well as the kinds of interactions between families and ... -
Spelling English Words: Contributions of Phonological, Morphological and Orthographic Knowledge in Speakers of English and Chinese
(2011-08-08)A growing body of literature has provided evidence of the contribution of various metalinguistic skills to children's English literacy development; however, most of the studies focused on reading outcomes while spelling ... -
The Effect of Instructional Coaching for Teachers in Sheltered Instructional Strategies for English Language Learners in High School
(2019-07-19)Scores on state-mandated assessments indicate English Language Learner students (ELLs) at Happy Town High School (HTHS) are not performing as well as their non-ELL peers. During the 2014-18 school years, the ELL population ... -
The Effect of Instructional Coaching for Teachers in Sheltered Instructional Strategies for English Language Learners in High School
(2019-07-19)Scores on state-mandated assessments indicate English Language Learner students (ELLs) at Happy Town High School (HTHS) are not performing as well as their non-ELL peers. During the 2014-18 school years, the ELL population ...