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J. Eric Campbell – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Emergent bilingual (EB) students are a growing population in the U.S. school system currently comprising over 10% of the total population. U.S. school districts have educated EB students using a myriad of practices, including dual language immersion (DLI). Many studies have looked at the academic achievement of native-Spanish speaking EB students,…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Bilingual Education Programs, Academic Achievement, English (Second Language)
Radford, Brian W. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study sought to improve the language learning outcomes at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. Young men and women between the ages of 19-24 are taught a foreign language in an accelerated environment. In an effort to improve learning outcomes, computer-based practice and teaching of language performance criteria were provided to…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Young Adults
Enriquez, Jose E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Hispanic students make up 12% of the enrollment in Utah elementary and secondary schools but only 3.4% of the enrollment at Utah's colleges and universities, according to Aleman and Rorrer (2006). The intervention Latinos in Action (LIA) seeks to increase high school completion and college graduation rates among emergent bilingual Latinos by…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, High School Students, Student Journals, Learner Engagement