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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"ESOL"”.
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Place and the ESOL Student in the Middle School Environment
… photography in developing a sense of place among ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) was shaped by American Studies scholarship.</p>
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Teachers' and Roma students' experiences of the ESOL classroom in Yorkshire.
… teachers' and Roma students' experiences of the ESOL classroom within a further education institute in Yorkshire. Since teaching ESOL to teenagers, I began to realise that what influenced students' language development and learning the most was the practice and conduct of the teacher, a finding …
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Using Manipulatives to Investigate ESOL Students' Achievement and Dispositions in Algebra
… of English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) as they employ them to explore linear and exponential functions in high school Sheltered Common Core Coordinate Algebra. Also of interest were the effects concrete and virtual manipulatives have on their disposition towards mathematics and …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Fully Immersive ESOL Elementary Program: A Mixed-Methods Study
… immersive English Speaker of Other Languages (ESOL) program in one elementary school. The purpose was to identify the qualities of successful ESOL programming, and the conditions needed for sustained growth. The primary research question for this study was: What are the qualities of a …
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The quest for belonging: Arab Muslim ESOL students' (re)-construction of linguistic and cultural identities
… theory in order to examine the ways in which the ESOL students negotiate and their identities as they learn English. Findings indicate that students' identities are fluid and constructed in response to different social contexts. The study illustrates the ways in which English Only policy, the ESL …
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An evaluation of the impact of computational interventions (Scratch) on the learning of ESOL students
… and constructionist intervention on young adult ESOL literacy learners in a Sixth Form College in London. The research represents an interdisciplinary project that signifies a synergy between constructionist learning theory and the sociocultural approach to multimodal literacy and new literacy …
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English for Speakers of other Languages: a route to civic integration
… English for Speakers of Other Languages classes (ESOL) are a route to integration in British society. In achieving this aim, this thesis examines whether there is sufficient recognition of the ESOL qualification, whether ESOL course materials promote integration in society, and whether the …
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Understanding and Engaging in Equity Work: A Phenomenological Action Research Study of Community College ESOL Instructors
… of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students in adult education; however, CC ESOL students face lower rates of degree completion and transfer compared to their non-ESOL peers (David & Kanno, 2021; Fink et al., 2023; Raufman et al., 2019). While research has examined factors …
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ESOL for citizenship courses in the UK: Social integration, identity and the role of classroom pedagogy
… of immigrants can be achieved through the ESOL for citizenship course and the ways in which this course can affect their identity. It also investigates the effects of the government’s policy on classroom pedagogy. The data was collected in Manchester and Lancashire county using …
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An investigation of how English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) is shaped by policy, teachers and learners
… of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) changed from a practice of language learning and teaching on the periphery of education, to a position on the centre stage of Government social policy. The positioning of ESOL at centre stage of social policy coincided with an emerging …
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Visualizing the invisible: The role of race and white racial identity in the teaching and pedagogy of new ESOL teachers
… identity has in the teaching and pedagogy of new ESOL teachers. Throughout this dissertation I argue for better understandings of race to raise awareness of how knowledge systems are socially constructed to support a level of inequality that disadvantages ESOL students of color. As ESOL teachers …
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Shifting identities of Bengali female learners in ESOL : a poststructuralist feminist exploration of classed, ‘raced’ and gender identities
… identities of Bengali female learners of ESOL (English for Speakers of other languages) from a post-structuralist feminist position. My research is conducted within the post-compulsory educational context, exploring how Bengali women construct identities in relation to educational …
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"We just learned from each other": ESOL pre-service teachers learning to use digital tools across coursework and student teaching
Educators can use digital tools to meet emergent bilingual students’ unique needs (e.g., Andrei, 2017; Liu, Navarrete, & Wivagg, 2014; Lund, 2008). However, language teachers generally feel unprepared to use technology with students even though many use digital tools in their daily lives (e.g., …
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An investigation into the effect of the Skills for Life Strategy on assessment and classroom practices in ESOL teaching in England
… Life Strategy (2001) on assessment practices in ESOL teaching in England, and whether these assessments resulted in any washback. In this qualitative study, the Henrichsen (1989) model of the diffusion of innovation acted as the framework to explore the assessment of ESOL students in 3 further …
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Person-oriented and process-oriented teachers : an investigation of the links between ESOL teachers' personal belief systems and approaches to teaching
… to investigate the question: Do teachers of ESOL have an identifiable and coherent system of beliefs about teaching and learning that may account for different approaches to teaching? A qualitative approach to research is taken, following a case study tradition, in order to carry out an …
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English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) endorsed elementary teachers’ knowledge and practice of culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy for English learners
… an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) endorsement to prepare with knowledge and skills to support ELs. The purpose of this study was to examine ESOL endorsed elementary teachers’ self-reported knowledge and practices, and the relationship between knowledge and practice of …
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Understanding the Multicultural Experience of Lep Adolescents
… in the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program. Using three strands of inquiry, critical phenomenological, narrative, and anthropological, I addressed three major issues. One, I examined the struggle of LEP students to learn English at a proficiency level to pass the state-mandated …
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Family learning in English for speakers of other languages (FLESOL): a case study of Yemeni women’s perspectives
… and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) programme in the UK. The study addressed three central elements: the ways in which the women conceptualise learning, their motives for engaging in FLESOL, and the barriers to learning they experience. The investigation begins by reviewing …
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Interaction, educational background and identity: Arab women learning English in the UK.
… a significant barrier to social inclusion. Each ESOL student brings a wealth of cultural experience and diversity to the country, but without sufficient proficiency in English to interact outside the home, migrants, refugees and settled communities struggle to integrate, can feel socially …
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