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Dissertation: Learner Socialization and Precarity in an Adult Basic Education English as a Second Language Program
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Benjamin Kaiser – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation explores the experiences of adult English as a Second Language (ESL) learners in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) program. ABE/ESL learners are a unique but integral population within the language learning community and are largely excluded from the scholarly discourse. Research in the context of language learning and instruction…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Socialization, English (Second Language), Educational Practices
The Experiences of Immigrant, English Language Learners in Transitioning to the United States: Language, Community and Becoming an American
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Proulx, David – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) studied the acculturation experiences of six adult immigrant students who were enrolled in a local community college adult basic education (ABE) program. The main study question was seeking how adult (ESOL) students perceive themselves and their overall position in mainstream American society.…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
An Investigation of Knowles' Principles of Andragogy in a Second-Language Environment
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Coker, Catalina Mayoral – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the study was to examine whether teaching via Knowles' andragogical method was associated with English Second Language student performance. The study involved examining the effects of learning strategies on performance of English Second Language adult student learners in adult basic education classes through the application of…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Emerging from the Echo Chamber: An Activity Theory Perspective on L2 Teachers of Adult Emergent Readers
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Farrelly, Rachel Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The surge in second language adult emergent readers and the push for professionalization in the field of adult education has shifted conversations among language teacher educators, program administrators, teachers and researchers alike in the direction of mutual understanding and collaboration in an effort to target the needs of both teachers and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Emergent Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Transition to Community College: The Journey of Adult Basic Education English Learners from Non-Credit to Credit Programs
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Csepelyi, Tunde – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This phenomenological study examined the transition of a group of adult English language learners from an Adult Basic Education program to a community college. The purpose of the study was to gain a deeper understanding of the driving forces of Adult Basic Education English language learners who had successfully transitioned from a non-credit…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Colleges, Developmental Continuity, Adult Students
Expanding Learning and Teaching Processes in an ESL/Civics ABE Classroom Using an Interactive Video Lesson Plan in the U.S. Southwest: An Action Research Study
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Cajar-Bravo, Aristides – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study is an action research project that analyzed the ways in which ESL students improve their language learning processes by using as a teaching tool a media literacy video and Civics Education for social skills; it was presented to two groups of 12 students who were attending an ESL/Civics Education Intermediate-Advanced class in an ABE…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Student Attitudes, Action Research, Second Languages