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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"English Language Learner"”.
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Equity Battles: Multicultural Leadership for English Language Learner Students
… awareness to be better multicultural leaders for English Language Learner (ELL) students. This study produced several recommendations to address this issue. During this study, I used improvement science as the methodology and included a variety of stakeholders as participants. The conceptual …
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Latino Immigrant Parents of English Language Learner Students, School Involvement and the Participation Breach
… participants, all Latino immigrant parents of English language learner students. The co-researcher parents collaborated to investigate and create the components of the anti-hegemonic culturally sensitive advocacy-training program. This particular study encountered a contradiction to previous …
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Equal Access To Educational Opportunities In Texas: An Analysis Of English Language Learner Programs
… educational programs that served immigrant and English language learners in Texas. This researcher examined the problem of English Language Acquisition through the lens of outcomes of elementary school students enrolled in seven independent school districts in Texas. Public domain documents …
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English Language Learner Achievement: A Mixed-Methods Examination of a Seven-Week Summer Intervention
… achievements over time against the beliefs of English Language Learner (ELL) teachers’ perceptions of students’ achievement after participation in a seven-week summer intervention. Three types of archived achievement data were analyzed: reading comprehension, English language acquisition and …
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The Effect of Professional Learning Community Principles on English Language Learner Instructional Practices and Reading Achievement
… and effect on the reading achievement of English Language Learner (ELL) students. The cohort of students in this study was followed from grades three through five. The data sources included a principal interview, a focus group discussion with teachers, classroom observations and the …
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The impact of an English language learner professional development program on teacher perception of preparedness and practice
<p>The growing number of English language learners in classrooms today can be seen across the United States. Despite the increase of English language learners in our schools, few teachers have been formally trained to meet their academic and linguistic needs. Training is needed for teachers of …
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A comparison study of the stress levels between English language learner students and native English language speaking students
… this study was to find whether students who are English Language Learners showed significantly higher stress levels than students who spoke English as their native language. A survey was administered to both groups to determine which group showed higher levels of stress. The total sample size was …
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English language learner autonomy in the Vietnamese higher education context: enabling factors and barriers arising from assessment practice
Learner autonomy has gained particular attention in Vietnamese higher education since a major education reform launched in 2005. Although a number of studies have been conducted to investigate the concept in the Vietnamese higher education context, most of them have focused on exploring teachers’ …
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Beyond "English language learner": Second language writers, academic literacy, and issues of identity in the United States high school
… writing experiences of U.S. adolescent second language writers and considers how students' identities as ""English Language Learners (ELL)" contributes to their learning, their sense of self, and their academic writing. Within the perspective that writing is a socially-embedded activity, I …
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Connecticut elementary teachers' knowledge and ability integration of essential reading components for English language learner instruction : a quantitative examination.
… 2000), can help students succeed. Still, some English Language Learner (ELL) teachers do not possess the knowledge or ability to teach the basic language constructs (Hurford et al., 2016; Washburn & Mulcahy, 2014). In turn, ELL students' reading processes are negatively affected (Goldenberg, …
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Examining the Impact of Acquiring the ESL Endorsement on Teacher Knowledge, Dispositions, and English Language Learner Performance on a Standardized Mathematics Test
… States during the 1990s. The percentage of English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. public schools increased from 8% (3.8 million students) in the year 2000 to 10% (5.0 million students) in 2017. Given this change, classroom teachers are expected to meet the needs of students in mainstream …
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A Perspective of the Effectiveness of Project Based Bilingual Curriculum in Personal Empowerment of the Adult English Language Learner: A Case Study
… Bilingual Curriculum in empowering the adult English language learner. The purpose of this study is to examine the English acquisition process of adult Latina women who participate in a project based bilingual language program. This program uses techniques that include different learning …
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A Case Study of Parental Behaviors in an English Language Learner Community Technology Literacy Lab Setting and the Extension of the Behaviors in the Home
… literacy program attempting to teach adult English language learners (ELL) the knowledge and skills that would allow them to support their children's learning at home. The methodology employed was a multi-case study. Fourteen adult participants were interviewed to gather information …
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The Effect On Cumulative Language Acquisition Increase For English Language Learner Students In Kindergarten Through Third Grade Who Attended Multiple Years Of Summer Remediation Programs
… December 2013. The Effect On Cumulative Language Acquisition Increase For English Language Learner Students In Kindergarten Through Third Grade Who Attended Multiple Years Of Summer Remediation Programs. Major Professor: Marilyn A. Hirth</p> <p>Already academically at risk, students in …
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ADVOCATING FOR A TRANSITIONAL BILINGUAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
… of a small Illinois school district’s English Language Learner policy, which advocated for the use of a Transitional Bilingual Education program. A number of challenges were addressed to provide English Language Learners with the same opportunity to attain high levels of academic …
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An evaluation of the college readiness of graduating English language learners in Utah public schools.
… focused on the college readiness of graduating English language learner (ELL) students in one western mountain state. The variables of gender, language proficiency levels, and free or reduced lunch status were studied, seeking to understand if those variables were independent of ELL students …
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English Language Learning through Visual Arts Practices: A Curriculum for Conflict-affected Youth in Secondary Education
… in conflict and education, and presents an English language learner curriculum designed to address the current gap in quality education for conflict-affected youth. The curriculum contains six modules and develops English language literacy through student visual arts projects using text and …
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EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY PARTICIPATION AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS: SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
… among students as a function of status as an English Language Learner. Additionally, the extent to which participation was related to socioeconomic status and length of time in U.S. schools was examined. The secondary purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to ascertain to what extent …
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Language environments in toddler classrooms: the contribution of setting, teacher, and child variables.
… variables to the prediction of the amount of language teachers used in their toddler classrooms as well as the amount of engaged conversations they had with children. The Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) system, Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale (ECERS) and Teacher Beliefs Scale …
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