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Cons, Andrea M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study explores the following research question: How do secondary English learners (ELs) and Re-designated fluent English proficient students (RFEPs) use academic words in analytical writing in comparison to native English speakers (NESs)? It highlights previously overlooked differences in academic word use in the writing of students who are…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Language Proficiency, English for Academic Purposes, Writing (Composition)
Hochstetler, Sarah – Action in Teacher Education, 2007
This case study of three teacher education programs in California colleges aimed to answer two questions through informal interviews of methods course instructors and analysis of the associated course syllabi: First, what assumptions or theories of professional development appear to inform the various methods courses for preservice secondary…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, English Teachers
Olson, Carol Booth; Land, Robert – Research in the Teaching of English, 2007
This study was conducted by members of a site of the California Writing Project in partnership with a large, urban, low-SES school district where 93% of the students speak English as a second language and 69% are designated Limited English Proficient. Over an eight-year period, a relatively stable group of 55 secondary teachers engaged in ongoing…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Writing Ability, Standardized Tests

Hernandez, Anita C. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2001
A study examined writing proficiencies of eight bilingual fifth-graders and their teachers' beliefs about their writing. Writing skills of strong second-language writers equalled those of strong first-language children. Weak second-language writers were not significantly behind first-language writers. Family literacy experiences and the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Childrens Writing, English (Second Language)