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J. Joy Esquierdo; Isela Almaguer – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2025
The U.S. population has become more racially and ethnically diverse over time. The Latinx population growth makes Spanish the most common language encountered in non-native English-speaking populations such as Texas. The research objective of this study was to examine if implementing a One-Way Dual Language Education (DLE) Program could result in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Hispanic American Students, Bilingual Students, Standardized Tests
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Cárdenas Curiel, Lucía; McHolme, Lindsay; Lundeen, Anika R. – Language and Education, 2023
We present an analysis of bilingual pre-service teachers' translanguaging practices when co-teaching bilingual art gallery lessons as a field experience in a Spanish/English bilingual/bicultural teacher education program. Using a critical bilingual literacies approach, we posed an opportunity for bilingual/bicultural pre-service teachers to be…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Translation, Bilingualism, Preservice Teachers
Evan B. Ditmore – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explores working business professionals' perspectives towards the implementation of two-way language immersion programs in Texas public schools. Participants were selected for participation by means of a pre-selection survey that assessed various aspects of the cultural, educational, linguistic, familial, and business background of the…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education Programs, Second Language Learning, Program Implementation
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Melissa Adams Corral; Gladys Helena Krause; Luz Maldonado Rodríguez – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
In this paper we identify, name, and operationalize six borders typically found in school settings that include dual language classrooms: bordered languages, knowledge, content areas, bodies, selves, and teachers. We identify these borders as a point of departure to show an example of how a two-way dual language classroom operated through a form…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Cultural Awareness, Minority Group Students
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Doris Ann Villarreal – Bilingual Research Journal, 2024
This qualitative case study examines how one bilingual teacher draws on their critical consciousness to support immigrant students and their families. Drawing on the construct of conscientization, I argue praxis is the embodiment of critical consciousness through acts of responsiveness and actions educators enact to rewrite unjust spaces and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Activism, Bilingual Education, Spanish
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Ingram, Mitch; Palmer, Deborah – Language and Education, 2023
In university bilingual educator preparation programs, we frequently discuss issues across and around language, culture, and teaching. Topics inevitably emerge regarding the dialogue first generation college students have with their family members about maintaining the 'purity' of a language vis-à-vis navigating the waters of a translanguaging…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Translation, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education
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Magdalena Pando – Language and Education, 2024
This is a qualitative case study framed by a sociosemiotic theoretical framework to explore science and language instruction with three Emergent Bilinguals (EBs) in sixth grade. The study details the modeling and explanatory processes used by EBs to mediate science learning through evidence-based argumentation. A thematic analysis of students'…
Descriptors: Science Education, Second Language Instruction, Bilingual Education, Persuasive Discourse
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Degollado, Enrique David; Bell, Randy Clinton; Salinas, Cinthia S. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2021
In 1940s America, along the Texas-Mexico border, las escuelitas -- or little schools -- were places Mexican American parents sent their young children to begin their academic learning. These escuelitas, however, were no ordinary schools. They did not teach students to read, write, and speak in English. Rather, they sought to develop, maintain and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Mexican Americans, Spanish, Language Maintenance
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Ciriza, Maria del Puy – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
This article compares Spanish proficiency assessments across three states (Texas, Arizona, and California) in relation to four overarching themes: (a) verification methods of proficiency; (b) test-task authenticity; (c) impact of pedagogical content knowledge in test performance; and (d) conceptions of language 'correctness' on the scoring…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Tests, Language Proficiency, Spanish
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García-Alvarado, Socorro; Arreguín, María Guadalupe; Ruiz-Escalante, José Agustín – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2022
This study explores communication and retelling skills that are revealed after Mexican-American preschoolers engaged in culturally sensitive read alouds. Participants, highlighted in this article, included two four-year-old preschool children in a Spanish/English dual language classroom. The children selected culturally relevant texts and engaged…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Hispanic American Students, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Betty Alicia Cárdenas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study employs an exploratory descriptive quantitative statistics design. District-level results in the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) are explored to describe the achievement gaps that exist in districts implementing Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) programs and districts implementing Dual Language (DL)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Transitional Programs
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Jacqueline E. Arroyo-Romano – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
Many bilingual preservice teachers in Texas are not able to get certified because of language limitations. Although they have grown up listening and speaking their native language at home, with family and friends, many face challenges when using academic language in a formal setting. There is a mismatch between their language level and their…
Descriptors: Spanish, Native Speakers, Language Attitudes, Academic Language
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Araceli Enriquez-Andrade; Ma. Glenda Lopez Wui; Jie Zhang; Lana Kharabi-Yamato; Jackie Eunjung Relyea; Sissy S. Wong – Language and Education, 2024
This study explores teachers' use of Spanish in sixth-grade bilingual science classrooms at an urban middle school in Texas. We used a case study approach to study how two Spanish-English bilingual teachers utilized Spanish during instruction in a unit on space exploration and their beliefs on Spanish use in English-dominant science classrooms.…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Faculty Development
Olivia Almanza – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the perception of the principal and teachers regarding what transformational leadership practices meet the needs of EBs in a DLI PK-8th grade campus in South Texas. The research site was selected for having 40% emergent bilingual students. The campus principal has been implementing a…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Transformational Leadership
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Corredor, Lina Martín; Henderson, Kathryn I.; Álvarez, Adriana – Bilingual Research Journal, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine Mexican and Mexican-American mothers' perspectives about the construction of two-way dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs in the context of an urban area in South Texas and to analyze the factors that contribute to their decision about their children's participation in such programs. Our main…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Mother Attitudes, Social Integration, Bilingual Education Programs
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