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Cordasco, Kristina M.; Homeier, Diana C.; Franco, Idalid; Wang, Pin-Chieh; Sarkisian, Catherine A. – Health Education Journal, 2012
Objective: We describe the performance of Single Item Literacy Screener (SILS) questions, and educational attainment, as screening for inadequate health literacy (IHL) in older monolingual Spanish speakers. Design: We used a cross-sectional design, interviewing participants once at the time of their arrival for a clinic appointment. Setting: We…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Geriatrics, Speech Communication, Monolingualism
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Pritchard, Robert – CATESOL Journal, 2012
This article describes a 6-year, districtwide staff-development project that was implemented in an attempt to change teacher attitudes and practices as they relate to English learners (ELs). The specific goals of the project were (a) to help the district's teachers develop the knowledge base, pedagogical skills, and professional attitudes required…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teacher Attitudes
Gainer, Jesse S.; Larrotta, Clarena – Multicultural Education, 2010
In this article, the authors describe qualitative research conducted in the large and diverse states of California and Texas that examine the beliefs and experiences of preservice teachers in relation to issues of cultural and linguistic diversity and education. In this research, the authors found that even within teacher preparation programs,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, White Students
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Leung, Genevieve; Uchikoshi, Yuuko – Bilingual Research Journal, 2012
This article examines the reported language ideologies and family language policies of the parents of Cantonese-English bilinguals in the U.S. in relation to their children's achievement scores in Cantonese and English. We explore the relationships first by language of instruction. Results show children in bilingual classrooms scored higher than…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Ideology, Bilingualism, Multilingualism
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Gollan, Tamar H.; Slattery, Timothy J.; Goldenberg, Diane; Van Assche, Eva; Duyck, Wouter; Rayner, Keith – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2011
To contrast mechanisms of lexical access in production versus comprehension we compared the effects of word frequency (high, low), context (none, low constraint, high constraint), and level of English proficiency (monolingual, Spanish-English bilingual, Dutch-English bilingual) on picture naming, lexical decision, and eye fixation times. Semantic…
Descriptors: Semantics, Eye Movements, Monolingualism, Language Processing
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Uchikoshi, Yuuko; Maniates, Helen – Bilingual Research Journal, 2010
When literacy instruction is integrated and contextualized in a child's background knowledge and daily experiences, learning is increased. This mixed-methods study describes effective bilingual instruction in second-grade classrooms in the United States where teachers utilize students' linguistic capital and foster home-school connections, two…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Reading Comprehension, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education
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Pease-Alvarez, Lucinda; Samway, Katharine Davies; Cifka-Herrera, Carrie – Language Policy, 2010
In an effort to reverse the reading crisis purported to plague public education, schools and districts are mandating prescriptive reading programs and teacher-centered instructional practices in hopes of improving the academic achievement of minority students, including English learners (ELs). The wide-spread implementation of these programs in…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Academic Achievement, Student Interests, Second Language Learning
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Spycher, Pamela – Elementary School Journal, 2009
This study examined the effectiveness of an intentional versus an implicit approach to English oral language development in young children. A vocabulary intervention in science was developed using previous research on effective vocabulary and science instruction. Participants were 39 English-learning, bilingual, and monolingual English-speaking…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Intervention, Oral Language, Monolingualism
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Rodriguez-Valls, Fernando – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2009
Thousands of students in California learn English as a second language in schools that utilize exclusively monolingual--English Only--literacy programs. With such programs students do not have the opportunity to use the knowledge of their first language in order to acquire and master their second language. The project of cooperative bi-literacy…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Literacy, Teaching Methods, Spanish
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Santa Ana A., Otto – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1993
Critiques controversies about Chicano dialects and, particularly, the linguistic status of Chicano English. Proposes a model of Chicano languages/dialects based on assumptions about the nature of the speech setting of Chicanos. Characterizes Chicano English as the autonomous vernacular dialect of native-English-speaking Chicanos. (70 references)…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialect Studies, Dialects, English
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Ajayi, Lasisi J. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2005
Vocabulary acquisition is a critical component of academic language. This aspect of the school curriculum seems to be more difficult for language learners to acquire. This study therefore examines the language arts conceptual framework and the instructional activities for vocabulary development in a second grade mixed classroom with a view to…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Grade 2, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development
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Godson, Linda – Heritage Language Journal, 2004
This study investigates whether the age at which English becomes dominant for Western Armenian bilinguals in the United States affects their vowel production in Western Armenian. Participating in the study were ten Western-Armenian bilinguals who learned English before age 8, ten bilinguals who did not learn English until adulthood, and one…
Descriptors: Sentences, Language Dominance, Oral Reading, Vowels
Adams, Karen L., Ed.; Brink, Daniel T., Ed. – 1990
Essays on the campaign to establish English as the United States' official language include: "Official Languages and Language Planning" (Richard Ruiz); "Una lingua, una patria?: Is Monolingualism Beneficial or Harmful to a Nation's Unity?" (David F. Marshall and Roseann D. Gonzalez); "Canadian Perspectives on Official…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Communication
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