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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Esl Classroom"”.
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Bringing Pragmatics into the ESL Classroom
… of learners of English as a Second Language (ESL), and (2) to examine whether instruction was effective in improving those learners' pragmatic knowledge. Pragmatic competence was measured quantitatively, through discourse judgment tasks, multiple-choice discourse completion tasks (MDCTs) and …
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Implementing African American Icons into an ESL Classroom
… to incorporate African American icons into an ESL classroom.</p>
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Critical Moments: Exploring Critical Pedagogy in an Adult ESL Classroom
… adult English as a Second Language (ESL) program with a focus on language learners with low proficiency in English. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the limitations and possibilities of developing and carrying out a critical pedagogical approach to ESL teaching in a …
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Perspectives on Introversion and Engagement in the Adult ESL Classroom
… in formal English as a Second Language (ESL) learning environments are a heterogeneous group whose unique needs have gone relatively unexplored in the field of education. Research indicates that ESL instructional strategies typically viewed as “best practices” in North America may not …
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Supplementing ESL Classroom Activities With Social Media For Young Adult Learners
<p>The classroom material currently utilized in English as a second language (ESL) classrooms is often disconnected from the real world. Publishers of ESL instructional materials often attempt to bridge this gap by including topics on popular news, films, songs, and famous persons at the time of …
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Educational policy and literacy learning in an ESL classroom: constraints and opportunities
This dissertation was a qualitative case study of an educational program for English Language Learners (ELL) at an elementary school in a small city in the Midwest. This case study investigated how language ideologies influence the constraints and opportunities for the planning and execution of …
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Blending Lifewriting and Technology to Teach Language, Culture & Identity in the ESL Classroom
… teaching language, culture, and identity in the ESL classroom that also uses both. I call this Transautomedia. I combine analysis (theory), application (original research projects), and activism (vigorous action in support of my cause). This is written (semi) linearly, but is also an art …
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Exploring the impact of the use of children's stories in the ESL classroom
… of the use of children's literature in the ESL classroom. A literature-based program that incorporates children's stories into the language class was designed and implemented for this purpose. This thesis reports and analysis the results of the pilot study and suggests methodological …
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Community College Faculty Perceptions and Use of Pedagogical Translanguaging in the Academic ESL Classroom
… rates and poor progression have plagued academic ESL students for decades. While these students aspire to eventual matriculation into an academic or vocational program, the vast majority will fall victim to attrition. The time has come for administrators and faculty leaders to reject the status …
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When spirituality and pedagogy collide: acknowledging religious beliefs and values in the ESL classroom
… widely accepted and encouraged in the English classroom, training teachers in addressing religious beliefs and values has not been widely addressed. As a significant percentage of students and teachers alike identify with deeply-rooted beliefs, this thesis attempts to answer the important …
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Most common disruptive behavior types in an esl classroom and how to deal with them.
… teachers but also students to learn more about classroom management in a Foreign Language classroom. The study was based on the most common disruptive behavior in an ESL class. This was studied because it is necessary to know which those disruptive behavior types are those. In order to respond …
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The Interaction and Impact on Revision of Peer and Teacher Feedback in an Esl Classroom
… revision. My paper, a case study of a freshman ESL writing class, seeks to fill this gap. Six students in a freshman ESL writing class took part in the study. Over an eight week period, the students produced and responded to three drafts of two essays. Peer response took two forms: first, the …
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Falling Up: Building Language Use and Cultural Awareness Through the Implementation of Humor in the ESL Classroom
… English as a second language/foreign language (ESL/EFL) curricula. Humor is an important human behavior, playing a crucial role in communication, social interactions, and comprehension of a second language (L2) culture. High-level ELLs often lack the linguistic and cultural awareness necessary …
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When In Doubt, Art It Out: A Teacher's Guidebook To Arts Education Incorporation in the ESL Classroom
… instruction, arts education in the elementary classroom, and finally arts education in the ESL classroom. Based on the problems arts education integration meets I have come up with a project that fixes them and hopefully helps teachers, school boards and parents realize just how essential and …
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The Tesol 6 Principles Of Exemplary Teaching Of English Learners: Perceived Effectiveness In The Community College Esl Classroom
… college English as a second language (ESL) programs provide targeted English language support to diverse student populations. Limited research exists pertaining to the instruction taking place within community college ESL programs. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to …
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Patterns of Plagiarism Behavior in the ESL Classroom and the Effectiveness of Instruction in Appropriate Use of Sources
The findings of this study show that these ESL graduate students had knowledge of plagiarism prior to taking the ESL class. However, their understanding of plagiarism did not stop them from plagiarizing in their essays. After receiving instruction in appropriate source use, students' plagiarism …
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"""I want a real native speaker!"": When the teacher's race interferes with language learning in the ESL classroom"
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The Glocal Learning Context in an Adult ESL Classroom: An Interpretivist Case Study of Learners’ Development and Multilingual Identity
… how the glocal learning context (GLC), a classroom environment where global themes are actively integrated with learners’ local repertoires, mediates the holistic development and multilingual identity formation of adult ESL learners. While glocalisation has emerged as a promising …
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