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Yeojoo Yoon; Pool Ip Dong – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2024
This study explores the captivating world of toy unboxing videos as a space for emergent bilingual children to engage in translanguaging practices. Through the lens of translanguaging, which encourages the unrestricted use of full linguistic repertoires, this research examines the experiences of two five-year-old immigrant and emergent bilingual…
Descriptors: Play, Bilingualism, Toys, Second Language Learning
Yolanda K. Jimenez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research captures the experiences of high school graduates who were labeled English Learners while they were enrolled in a public high school in the greater Sacramento area of California. The study examined what these bilingual high school graduates report as beneficial and detrimental experiences faced while completing the course…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Labeling (of Persons), High School Graduates, Educational Experience
Torres, Julio; Yanguas, Íñigo – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021
Investigating task-based synchronous computer-mediated communication (SCMC) interaction has increasingly received scholarly attention. However, studies have focused on negotiation of meaning and the quantity, focus and resolution of language related episodes (LREs). This study aims to broaden our understanding of the role of audio, video, and text…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Interaction
Davaslioglu, Thania Muñoz; Lizarazo, Tania – Journal of Community Engagement and Higher Education, 2022
In this article, we explore digital storytelling as a community-engaged pedagogy to create students' immigration stories in Maryland as part of the project "Intercultural Tales: Learning with Maryland's Immigrant Communities." Stories highlight students' lived experiences of immigration, language, and identity. By envisioning themselves…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Community Involvement, Teaching Methods, Immigrants
Stoehr, Kathleen; Salazar, Fany; Civil, Marta – Teachers College Record, 2022
Background: Making mathematics connections between home and school can have a positive impact on students' mathematics learning. This is particularly important for students whose experiences and perspectives are underrepresented in school curricula. Although there is evidence for how crucial it is to make connections between mathematics…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Mathematics Instruction, Family School Relationship
Leaver, Betty Lou; Campbell, Christine – L2 Journal, 2023
Language-related Study Abroad (SA) experiences can be catalysts for learner transformation in the areas of cognition, socialization, and/or affect by virtue of the location and experience. An Open Architecture Curriculum Design (OACD) framework can support, promote, and enhance such transformation, as evidenced in eight programs for young adults,…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Transformative Learning, Socialization, Curriculum Design
Alvarez, Laura; De Loney, Marguerite; Capitelli, Sarah; Valdés, Guadalupe; Julia Biernacki, Paulina – Language and Education, 2023
In teaching newcomer students, educators must envision how to provide opportunities for language use and development through age-appropriate content instruction. This article describes a design research study, in which we developed and piloted 5th grade science units and studied the participation of two newcomer students in sense-making…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Language Usage, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Collett, Jennifer – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2019
Drawing upon sociocultural theories of learning and social constructivist theories of identity development, this article defines learning and identity as outcomes of participation in order to investigate how an emergent bilingual in elementary school, Roselyn, has opportunities to participate in school-based activities and how these structured…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Bilingualism, Hispanic American Students, Student Attitudes
Buck Bracey, Zoë – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2018
In this article I present a study on learners' conceptions in cosmology by situating the results in the context of broader historical and sociocultural themes. Participants were community college students in California from non-dominant cultural and linguistic backgrounds finishing their first semester of astronomy. Data were collected through a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Freehand Drawing, Misconceptions
Fahmy, Mohsen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Dynamic assessment (DA) is based on Vygotsky's (1978) sociocultural theory and his Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). ZPD is the range of abilities bordered by the learner's assisted and independent performances. Previous studies showed promising results for DA in tutoring settings. However, they did not use proficiency-based rubrics to measure…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Adult Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Johnson, Cathy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
English as a Second Language (ESL) students often have problems progressing in their acquisition of the language and frequently do not know how to solve this dilemma. Many of them think of their second language studies as just another school subject that they must pass in order to move on to the next level, so few of them realize the metacognitive…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Processing, Second Language Learning, Electronic Publishing
Collier, Shartriya; Auerbach, Susan – Multicultural Education, 2011
The social nature of language learning and development has been widely acknowledged, as has the importance of family relationships in language learning processes. The role that the first language plays in the literacy development of English language learners (ELLs) and their families is irrefutable. Advocates of family literacy programs have…
Descriptors: Program Design, Federal Legislation, Program Improvement, Second Language Learning
Huster, Kimberli A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
U.S. higher education institutions are enrolling increasing numbers of long-term immigrant students, who belong to Generation 1.5. Essentially beginning college while still in the process of learning English, these students often struggle in higher education, and they present new challenges to college writing instructors. This study explored the…
Descriptors: Females, Higher Education, Cultural Pluralism, Immigrants
Brassell, Danny; Furtado, Leena – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2008
Vocabulary knowledge has long been considered critical to children's successful reading comprehension. When children increase their reserves of word meaning, they also broaden their thinking and become aware of new semantic and conceptual relationships. Their broadened awareness, in turn, increases reading comprehension and writing abilities. Many…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development
Dresser, Rocio – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2007
In the United States in the last few years, a considerable amount of attention has been given to literacy programs as a way to close the academic gap between English-only (EO) students and English language learners (ELL). Teacher education programs around the country have been dealing with issues of academic inequity for some time. There are no…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Needs, Teacher Education Programs, Second Language Learning