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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"biliteracy"”.
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Bridging Worlds: Fostering Biliteracy in Dual Language Programs
This capstone project reviews best practices for biliteracy in the dual language bilingual education program, with an emphasis on translanguaging and culturally relevant and culturally responsive education. Understanding the theories on the topic of dual language bilingual education (DLBE) aids …
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Developing young children’s biliteracy through translanguaging and multimodal instruction
… multimodalities to support and develop their biliteracy in Spanish and English. The early childhood participants were exposed to translanguaging spaces and multimodal pedagogies while they conducted individual investigations using traditional and digital expository text. A critical lens to …
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The Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy: A Policy Advocacy Document
… participation in the Illinois State Seal of Biliteracy Program, which became law in August, 2013. This program places value on developing bilingual or multilingual citizens. Through the demonstration of proficiency in English and one or more foreign languages, students can earn the State Seal …
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Grammar enhanced biliteracy: Naskapi language structures for facilitating reading in Naskapi
<p>The Naskapi language is the language of instruction in the early primary grades of the school in the Naskapi community. Only recently have Naskapi-speaking teachers received formal instruction in pedagogy, with a cohort of Naskapi teachers following courses for their Bachelor of Education degree …
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BILITERACY AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN A TWO-WAY BILINGUAL IMMERSION PROGRAM
… of a Two Way Bilingual Immersion program on the biliteracy and academic achievement of elementary English learners in southern California. Scores from the California Standards Test (CST) for language arts and mathematics were used to compare the effects of a bilingual curriculum on Hispanic …
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Targeted Professional Learning to Implement a Biliteracy Model: A Change Leadership Plan
… Education model with an emphasis on teaching for biliteracy. Because altering the bilingual program model requires a significant change in teaching practices and beliefs, this plan focuses on implementing a targeted professional learning plan to facilitate the change. Wagner’s (2006) 4 C’s model …
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Latino students and biliteracy at a university: Literacy histories, agency, and writing
… and needs. The study draws on the continua of biliteracy model (Hornberger, 1989; Hornberger & Sklton-Sylvester, 2000) as well as concepts of language as dialogic (Bakhtin, 1986) to understand and theorize participants’ writing and writing experiences. It uses a constructivist paradigm …
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An ecological approach to researching biliteracy development of Indonesian bilingual children in Australian social contexts
… utilising Honberger‟s proposal „the continua of biliteracy (1989, 2002, 2003 & 2004) and Cummins‟ hypothesis of simultaneously bilingual child learning both languages (1984a, 1996). As no longitudinal study of biliteracy development in English and Indonesian has been conducted to date, this …
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Supporting multilingualism in Michigan schools: Educator perspectives on language education and the seal of biliteracy
… educational initiative, known as the Seal of Biliteracy, has received widespread bipartisan support and has been recently enacted in all 50 states. The goal of the current study is to understand the opinions and perceptions of Michigan educators regarding multilingualism, language education, …
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Factors that affect biliteracy development and maintenance of Swahili in bilingual (Swahili-English) speaking children
… qualitative study investigates the bilingual and biliteracy (Swahili-English) development of two elementary and three middle school Kenyan children across home and school contexts in the United States. Guided by sociocognitive and sociocultural theories of language and literacy, the study explores …
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Biliteracy Effects on Phonological Awareness, Oral Language Proficiency and Reading Skills in Taiwanese Mandarin-English Bilingual Children
The present study examined the effect of learning to read a heritage language on Taiwanese Mandarin-English bilingual children's Chinese and English phonological awareness, Chinese and English oral language proficiency, and English reading skills. Participants were 40 Taiwanese Mandarin-English …
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Biliteracy effects on phonological awareness, oral language proficiency and reading skills in Taiwanese Mandarin-English bilingual children
The present study examined the effect of learning to read a heritage language on Taiwanese Mandarin-English bilingual children’s Chinese and English phonological awareness, Chinese and English oral language proficiency, and English reading skills. Participants were 40 Taiwanese Mandarin-English …
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When Hearts Beat in Two Languages: Enabling Access to Biliteracy Pathway Recognitions for Latine Linguistically Expanding Learners (LExLs) in K-8 Schools Across a Southern California School District
… qualitative nested case study examined how Biliteracy Pathway Recognitions (BPRs) are implemented and accessed for Latine Linguistically Expanding Learners (LExLs) in one Southern California school district. Although California has expanded opportunities for students to earn recognitions …
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A Three-Part Dissertation: Staff perceptions of the Newly Restructured Professional Development Program for ELL and Bilingual Teachers; Bilingual Kindergarten Curriculum and Instruction; Biliteracy in Transitional Bilingual Education Programs: A Policy Advocacy Document
<p>The Biliteracy framework capitalizes on the linguistic resources that English language learners bring to their classroom (Escamilla et al., 2014). Research indicates that success for English language learners hinges on comprehensible content instruction and literacy instruction in their native …
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LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: THE PERCEIVED INFLUENCE OF LANGUAGE SELECTION IN IEP DEVELOPMENT–ON BILITERACY FOR BILINGUAL LATINO STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES IN TWO-WAY IMMERSION
… continue to experience disrupted biliteracy development. One underexamined practice contributing to this disruption is the selection of the language of instruction during Individualized Education Program (IEP) development. Grounded in a Latino/a Disability Critical Race Theory …
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A Three-Part Dissertation: Staff perceptions of the Newly Restructured Professional Development Program for ELL and Bilingual Teachers; Bilingual Kindergarten Curriculum and Instruction; Biliteracy in Transitional Bilingual Education Programs: A Policy Advocacy Document
<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>The biliteracy model of instruction for all bilingual students calls for teachers to be familiar with ways to teach reading at all grade levels in Spanish and English. This model seeks to continually develop student literacy skills in both languages so that the …
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THE REAL WORK OF ASSESSMENT: EQUITY-CENTERED SENSEMAKING IN DUAL LANGUAGE LEADERSHIP
… in Quantitative Critical Race Theory, the Biliteracy Trajectories framework, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, and translanguaging perspectives, the study examines how normative benchmarking structures shape statistical representation and institutional meaning-making in dual language …
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