Browsing College of Education by Subject "English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers"

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From risk to resiliency : academic persistence in Mexican-American high school English as a Second Language students

Temes, Carla A. (2000-03-28)

Five student-researchers and the author engaged in a continually-evolving, student-driven qualitative research study. Despite significant disadvantages, including navigating a. foreign culture without speaking the la ...
Language and learning : a case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting

Davis, Kay Mathews (1995-05-24)

This study was an ethnographic case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting. There were two guiding questions for the study: (1) How does the subject perceive language as it relates to e ...
Participation, persistence, and progression : motivating factors in the success of Hispanic community college students who moved from mastering English as a second language to a certificate or degree program

Bennett, Judith N (1996-05-03)

This interpretive research sought to understand how eight Hispanic students who mastered English as a Second Language (ESL) matriculated at a rural community college, and what motivating factors encouraged or encumbere ...