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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"World Languages"”.
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Student Engagement in Junior High World Languages Classes
… 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 …
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The effectiveness of a multicultural awareness day program
… understanding, awareness, and appreciation of world languages and cultures. The study was based on a quantitative analysis research design. The sample used for this study included 7<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> grade students at Glassboro Intermediate School in the Glassboro Public Schools …
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Toward language-independent program verification
… verification, with focus on verifying real-world software components. Success stories include the verification of operating system kernels and of compilers. This dissertation describes techniques for automatically building efficient correct-by-construction program verifiers for real-world …
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Proměny motivace k učení se češtině: pohled studentů v kurzech češtiny při studijním pobytu v ČR
… extensively, most studies have examined large world languages. This paper brings new insight into the motivation to learn Czech as a second language in the context of study abroad at Charles University in Prague. First, the theoretical part introduces essential theoretical frameworks of …
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Teacher Voices in secondary international travel programs originating in the United States: Perceived systemic barriers to faculty participation
… goal of exposing students to new cultures, learn world languages, and promote global citizenship. Despite emerging research on the educational value these trips offer, teachers face significant challenges in developing and sustaining these travel programs. This study identifies systemic barriers …
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World language acquisition in early childhood urban immersion programs
… 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 …
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Developing An Assessment Framework For Cultural Responsiveness Through A Japanese Program In A Southeastern University
… 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 …
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Increasing the Number of African American Students in Undergraduate Level Classes of Chinese: A Call to Action
… the only ideographic language remaining in the world (Osaka, 1976). It conveys affluent Chinese culture and has great influences on the East Asian countries (Miyake, 2013). In the economic globalization of the world, China's economy and international influence are expanding. For these reasons …
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Inferring human personality from written media
… of English speakers and speakers of additional world languages.
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The Development of a P-20 Educational Campus: A Case Study on Innovation
… academic and career pathways, partnerships, and world languages. These significant innovations were accompanied by postsecondary and workforce readiness (PWR), new instructional technologies, the Campus leadership model, fluid movement of students, and plans of study. Specific themes emerged …
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Teachers' Beliefs about the Factors that Support Successful Second Language Acquisition of Elementary School Students
… demand for native English speakers to learn world languages. The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary teachers' beliefs regarding the factors that contribute to successfully learning a second language, whether students are ELLs learning English as a new language or English …
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Accent services: Considering the perspectives of non-native speakers of English for a culturally affirming practice
<p>Accent “modification” is a type of service offered by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) that is intended to, among other things, help speakers improve their intelligibility in a target second language. This area of practice has been, and continues to be, a controversial topic amongst scholars …
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Using Educational Data Mining Techniques to Analyze the Effect of Instructors’ LMS Tool Use Frequency on Student Learning and Achievement in Online Secondary Courses
… for fine arts YL, 15% for math SL, and 16% for world languages YL. Finally, for the large effects, LMS tools added 29% variance prediction for science YL and 39% variance prediction for social studies YL. Therefore, curricular subject area does have an effect on the predictive power of LMS …
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The effects of songs in the foreign language classroom on text recall and involuntary mental rehearsal
This study investigated the effect of music on text recall and involuntary mental rehearsal (din) with students from four college-level Beginning Spanish classes. Two groups heard texts as songs, one group heard the same texts as speech, and one group was the control group. For the text recall …
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LANGUAGE LEARNER LITERATURE: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
… the impact of shifting a Midwest high school world language department from a traditional, grammar-focused model to a proficiency-based approach centered on Language Learner Literature (LLL). Employing a Modified Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Design, the study first analyzed …