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Language and learning : a case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting

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Davis, Kay Mathews

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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 educational experience? (2) What kinds of observable personality, cognitive, or affective factors have contributed...

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examining the truth and reality from an individual's perception (Geetz, 1976) within a socially defined
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

Creator:

Bennett, Judith N

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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 encumbered their academic persistence and success. Particularly the study focused on student backgrounds, motivations, and persistence factors influencing their success....

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

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Temes, Carla A.

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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 language, these invulnerable learners succeeded. Ultimately of greatest interest to the six were an analysis of their collective knowledge and experiences, and their individual transformation over...

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education as an intrinsically motivating, life-long process. Their perception of such meaning was a

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Language and learning : a case study of a Vietnamese unaccompanied minor in a post secondary setting

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

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

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