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The Use of Mobile-Assisted Language Learning to Acquire English by Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education: An Exploratory Case Study
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Martin, Melissa Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Latinx students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE; ages 18-20), not enrolled in school, often do not fully employ mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) strategies to acquire English and may experience barriers to using MALL strategies. The purpose of this study was to explore what MALL strategies Latinx SLIFE (ages 18-20), not…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
How Persevering Latina/o First-Generation College Students Navigate Their College Experience: Keeping Who They Are While Learning and Persisting in the Culture of College
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Balcacer, Angela Judith – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Latina/o first-generation college students, along with their families, are learning a new culture when considering going to four-year universities. While the conversation involving Latina/o first-generation college students can often focus on attrition, I am interested in exploring what, from participants' point of view, are the successes they…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Hispanic American Students, Educational Experience, Barriers
Youth Returning to School: Identities Imposed, Enacted, Resisted, and Explored
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Bickerstaff, Susan E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
While high school attrition is a critical issue in the ongoing effort to reduce disparities in educational equity across race and class, rhetoric on the "high school dropout crisis" frequently overlooks the large number of students who reenroll in school or earn their credentials in alternative schools or GED programs. The number of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Credentials, High Schools, Critical Theory