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Brooke K. Sassi – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation critically examines the Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (READ Act) through the lens of Critical Discourse Analysis, focusing on the discursive construction of the Act and its impact on educational opportunities for multilingual learners. The study explores the role of power and knowledge in shaping the READ…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Equal Education, Multilingualism, Educational Policy
Weldeyesus, Weldu Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this dissertation was to conduct a sociocultural linguistic study on Ethiopian immigrants in the Denver metropolis. It specifically examined language practice of Ethiopian immigrants at home and in church. The study centered on three Ethiopian Orthodox parish churches, taken as separate communities of practice. The study was…
Descriptors: Clergy, Socialization, Linguistic Borrowing, Participant Observation