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A Group Informal Reading Inventory : an instrument for the assess-ment of ESL students' reading performance

Creator:: Stark, Merritt William
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: privacy Abstract approved: 4000.02 Dr. Robert Kiekel Purpose of the Study The purpose of the present

The extent of the relationship between reading and writing achievement among international students enrolled in a university freshman composition course

Creator:: Graber-Wilson, Gerri
Abstract:: This study examined the reading-writing relationship for 99 exclusively international students, and used narrative, and timed and untimed expository writing samples. The reading comprehension test was the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP), a test appropriate for use with English as a second language (ESL) learners. Results of the study indicated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ESL students as ethnographers : co-researching communicative practices in an academic discourse community

Creator:: Dantas-Whitney, Maria
Abstract:: No research to date has involved ESL students as researchers in investigations of community language practices. This study examined the research processes of 23 international college students in an advanced ESL course. The students worked on an original curriculum, the Language Research Project, through which they performed ethnographic and discourse...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: community language practices. This study examined the research processes of 23 international college

The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

Creator:: Díaz, Guadalupe
Abstract:: English Language Learners (ELLs) represent a culturally and linguistically diverse population in US schools. ELLs enter kindergarten with a range of academic and self-regulation skills, but can face multiple challenges navigating the school context (Zwiers, 2013). Previous research documents that low-income ELLs lagged behind in academic achievement, self-regulation, and English...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: kindergartners using data from a research-based longitudinal study (the Kindergarten Readiness Study; study 1

A study to determine the competencies necessary for a volunteer teacher of English as a second language

Creator:: La Piana, Kathleen Ann
Abstract:: This study had four objectives, the major one being the identification of minimum competencies for volunteer English as a second language teachers in four settings: the Community College, the University, the Elementary/ Secondary School, and the Volunteer Organization. A second objective was to identify the common competencies required by professional...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: cite the need for detailed study: "Objective evaluation is needed to pinpoint particu- lar gaps in

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

Creator:: Davis, Kay Mathews
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Case Study of a Vietnamese Unaccompanied Minor in a Post Secondary Setting. Abstract approved

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

Creator:: Temes, Carla A.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -evolving, student-driven qualitative research study. Despite significant disadvantages, including

Student involvement and study abroad : exploring Astin's Theory in an overseas program in France

Creator:: Crust, Susan L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to determine whether Alexander Astin's Theory of Student Involvement could be applied to an academic experience in an overseas setting. Using data collected from the program evaluations of 79 students who had participated in the Oregon University System exchange program in Lyon, France during...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Evaluation 95 Appendix B Coder Form 106 Appendix C Study Abroad Year Transcript 120 Appendix D OSU

Language proficiency and self-concept : a study of Japanese exchange students

Creator:: Akobundu, Regina E.
Abstract:: The major purpose of this study was to explore changes in language proficiency and self-concept of Japanese college students participating in an intensive English language program at Tokyo International University of America (TIUA). Another purpose of the study was to determine if there was a relationship between change in English...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Effectiveness of case based method versus traditional lecture in the retention of athletic training knowledge

Creator:: Carter, Lori D.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: education. However, controlled experimental research to study the effectiveness of this teaching method is

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A Group Informal Reading Inventory : an instrument for the assess-ment of ESL students' reading performance

The extent of the relationship between reading and writing achievement among international students enrolled in a university freshman composition course

ESL students as ethnographers : co-researching communicative practices in an academic discourse community

The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

A study to determine the competencies necessary for a volunteer teacher of English as a second language

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

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

Student involvement and study abroad : exploring Astin's Theory in an overseas program in France

Language proficiency and self-concept : a study of Japanese exchange students

Effectiveness of case based method versus traditional lecture in the retention of athletic training knowledge

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