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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"World Language"”.

  1. World language acquisition in early childhood urban immersion programs

    Guisse, MamadouAlverno College2022

    … where the country is lagging: early childhood world language acquisition In the 21st century, most countries around the world teach children a foreign language at an early age, whereas in the United States, it is English only.” Since most countries teach English as a Foreign Language as part of …

    alverno Repository record

  2. Intercultural Learning Perspectives of World Language Educators in Kentucky

    McClees, Ernest LukeEastern Kentucky University

    … other countries” (2013 Kentucky Standard for World Language Proficiency). For educational leaders to improve this current educational inadequacy, it is important to understand teachers’ intercultural beliefs and how they impact their classroom practices. What is not known is the present state …

    eku Repository record

  3. World Language Teachers' Preparation, Beliefs, and Instruction in Central Florida

    Mann-Grosso, Valerie

    … was to investigate: (1) the extent to which world instructors report using specific communicative instructional strategies; (2) the difference between instructional strategies used by ESL only instructors, versus instructors of ESL and foreign languages, or instructors of only foreign …

    ucf

  4. World language requirements for study abroad: impact on student intention and participation

    Gallant, Darren RichardUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2024

    Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms

    uiuc Repository record

  5. Variables that Predict World Language Achievement in One New Jersey School as Measured by the STAMP Test

    Amato, Sharon2011

    shu-thes Repository record

  6. A CASE STUDY OF PRESERVICE WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE ROLE AND IMPACT OF MENTOR TEACHERS

    Ditter, Margaret2019

    … the identity development of two preservice world language teachers during student teaching, and the role that mentor teachers play in their identity formation. Using situated learning theory and symbolic interactionism as complementary theoretical lenses, this study adds to the limited work …

    maryland Repository record

  7. A Phenomenological Study Of The Lived Experience Of Secondary World Language Teachers Who Use Proficiency-Based Rubrics For Assessment

    Donovan, James2023

    … public secondary (middle school/high school) world language teachers who utilized the ACTFL proficiency-based rubrics to evaluate student performance environments (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2012). This study was guided by the research question, “What are the lived …

    une-thes Repository record

  8. ACQUIRING 21ST CENTURY LANGUAGE SKILLS: A CASE STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS' SECOND LANGUAGE SKILLS ON A WORLD LANGUAGE PROGRAM

    Torres, Jr., OscarTemple University. Libraries2011

    … of this study was to identify how middle school language teachers bridge the skills acquired and strategies taught in an elementary school language program with the skills taught and practiced at the middle school level. The study will answer in detail this question: What perceptions do middle …

    temple Repository record

  9. Weaving technology in the design of learning experiences in world language teacher education: the development of a cognitive tool, an instructional device and an exploration

    Rodríguez, Julio2006

    … uses of technology in the context of world language teacher education (WLTE) can be achieved. This work includes (a) the design and development of a prototype of a cognitive tool intended to support the design of language learning experiences; (b) an article that advocates …

    iastate Repository record

  10. Normative discourse and social negotiation

    Hesni, Samia.Massachusetts Institute of Technology2019

    … lies at the intersection of philosophy of language, social and political, and feminist philosophy. The first half of the dissertation is primarily about the ways language can be used to stereotype, denigrate, oppress, or otherwise harm. The second half is about how language can be used to …

    mit Repository record

  11. Student Engagement in Junior High World Languages Classes

    Brittain, John2023

    … study that sought to explore the perspectives of World Languages students and teachers on student engagement in relation to the teachers’ instructional choices. Five kinds of engagement and three components of Self Determination Theory were studied in relation to student behavior. The study …

    kennesaw Repository record

  12. Semantics-based program verification

    Park, DaejunUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2019

    "We present language-independent formal methods that are parameterized by the operational semantics of languages. We provide the theory, implementation, and extensive evaluation of the language-parametric formal methods. Specifically, we consider two formal analyses: program verification and …

    uiuc Repository record

  13. LANGUAGE LEARNER LITERATURE: A MIXED METHODS STUDY

    Mora, Esmeralda2026

    <p>This dissertation, Language Learner Literature: A Mixed Methods Study, by Esmeralda Mora, Ed.D., of National Louis University, specializing in Curriculum, Advocacy, and Policy, investigated the impact of shifting a Midwest high school world language department from a traditional, grammar-focused …

    national-louis Repository record

  14. From Deficit to Diversity: Inviting learners to use their linguistic and cultural repertoires for Literacy Learning

    Runciman, TalyaSchool of Education2018

    … lessons. In South Africa, as elsewhere in the world, language policies tend to favour English as the sole medium of instruction and oppose multilingual teaching (Creese and Blackledge, 2010; McKinney, 2017). However, these linguistic restrictions on teaching are hugely problematic for the …

    cape-town Repository record

  15. Gaining Proficiency in French Through Service Learning: An Action Research Project with Secondary French Students in California and Secondary Students in a French School in France

    Richards, Stephanie R.2017

    … service learning at the high school level in a world language classroom is integral to gaining oral proficiency in the target language. Service learning helps students to see the practical application of the language and it increases student motivation. In many high schools, students have …

    dominican Repository record

  16. Chinese rhythm in second language acquisition

    Lin, JianiUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2024

    … phonology, morphology, syntax, and natural language processing. However, little is known about how non-native speakers process and acquire these constraints. This dissertation investigates whether Chinese second language (L2) learners and heritage learners can acquire such prosodic …

    uiuc Repository record

  17. Nigerian Pidgin: The Identity of a Nigerian Away from Home

    Affia, Precious Isaac2025

    In a rapidly globalizing world, language plays a vital role in shaping identity, especially within diasporic communities. This study explores how Nigerian-Canadian speakers engage with Nigerian Pidgin (NP) and how their linguistic behaviors reflect broader socio-cultural and educational trends. …

    york Repository record

  18. Developing An Assessment Framework For Cultural Responsiveness Through A Japanese Program In A Southeastern University

    Ono, Yumiko2020

    … for students toward an increasingly globalized world, the Japanese program in a state university in North Carolina lists language fluency and cultural responsiveness. In order to evaluate students’ language fluency, the program adopted the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) and the Japanese …

    une-thes Repository record

  19. A Poststructural Discourse Analysis of a Preservice Teacher’s Linguistic Ideological Becoming

    Hemsath, Dustin2024

    … to discourse analysis to investigate how language ideologies of a world language (WL) preservice teacher develop. Prominent discourses about language teaching and learning in U.S. K-12 schools support monolingual ideologies (e.g., Rivers & Robinson, 2012). While many WL preservice-teacher …

    umn Repository record

  20. Digital dialogues : a qualitative single-case study exploring adult patrons’ experiences in online English language classes at a public library.

    Wyatt, Karen R., 1972-Baylor University.2026

    … Antonio Public Library’s (SAPL) online English language class. Public libraries play a pivotal role in fostering adult literacy and English language learning, yet emergent bilinguals (EBs) often underutilize these free community programs. Guided by Kolb and Kolb’s (2017) experiential learning …

    baylor Repository record

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