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Hannah Powell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This case study investigated why high schoolers in a Midwestern school district chose to continue or discontinue studying Spanish after level II. Data was obtained from an analysis of the district's Spanish curriculum for levels I through III, a preliminary questionnaire administered to interested participants, and semi-structured interviews with…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Academic Persistence
Crowell, Michael L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The 21st century perception of students and stakeholders (parents, teachers, administrators, and support staff, etc.) within the realm of world language study in a Midwestern, suburban school district varied sometime subtly and sometimes greatly. No particular study had been done to indicate what inspired students to enroll in world language,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Smith, Stephen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The qualitative research describes the experience of an instructor, participants, and researcher in a community college-based Chinese language class. Tse's (2000) Foreign Language Autobiographies (FLA), classroom observations, student vignette interviews and observations accompanied by field notes were the sources of data for this study.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Community Colleges