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Direct linkDebra A. Giambo; Tunde Szecsi; Hasan Aydin – Educational Forum, 2024
This qualitative phenomenological study explores teachers' and bilingual adolescents' views about heritage language (HL) maintenance and bilingualism. Interviews with twelve teachers and twelve students revealed limited value for bilingualism. English dominance overshadowed the importance of bilingualism and HL maintenance. Findings reveal the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Native Language, Language Maintenance, English (Second Language)
Cavallaro, Christina J.; Sembiante, Sabrina F. – Language and Education, 2021
This paper explores how Culturally Sustaining Systemic Functional Linguistics (CSSFL), a theoretical and pedagogical approach, facilitates emergent bilingual (EB) students' engagement in explicit, equitable literacy practices within the unique context of a middle school intensive reading classroom. This design-based research (DBR) study documents…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Background, Functional Literacy, Middle School Students
Danzak, Robin L.; Wilkinson, Louise C. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2017
This article presents a mixed-methods case study of Diego, a bilingual teen who completed public school in Florida. During adolescence, Diego negotiated multiple identities: successful student, Mexican American, bilingual, and typical U.S. teenager. Diego provided interviews and bilingual (English/Spanish) writing (narrative/expository) in 2008…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Identification (Psychology), Mixed Methods Research, Case Studies
Johnson, Afra Kaletta – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quasi-experimental study examines the effects of reading interventions for bi-lingual and bi-dialectal Broward County School District middle school children using research-based strategies combined with metacognitive and meta-comprehension frameworks. The experimental study reports findings on the effects of an 8-week…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
