Impact of Imagine Learning English in Two Northern Mississippi Schools

The study, Impact of Imagine Learning English in Two Northern Mississippi Schools, describes an effectiveness study of the impact that the computer program Imagine Learning English (ILE) has on English language learning. The study sought to determine the impact of ILE on the annual yearly progress and reading skills of mid-level English language learners (ELL). The objective of the study was to see if ILE was successful in raising the reading comprehension skill scores of English Language Learners (ELL) who worked the program as a language training tool. This study is the result of data that was collected from students in grades 3 through 5 with English Language Proficiency (ELP) levels of two through four. End-of the year test results were compared in the following categories: World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment's (WIDA), ACCESS for ELLs and Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP). The results were further broken down into grade levels and ELP levels to see if the subgroups shovariance.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Modern Languages

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Modern Languages

Year dc:date.available

2011

Author dc:creator

• Waddell, Dawn M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Esim Erdim
• Tamara Warhol
• Michael Raines

• Computer Assisted Language Learning
• ESL/ELL testing
• Imagine Learning English
• Second Language acquisition
• First and Second Language Acquisition

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1236

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-2235