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Technology and Tasks for Bridging the Language-Content Gap: Teacher-Researcher Collaboration in a Third-Year Spanish Writing Course
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Gleason, Jesse – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Many scholars have noted the disjunction between language instruction at the lower- and upper levels of FL study (Byrnes, 2002; Kraemer, 2008; Lord, 2014; Maxim, 2005; Schultz, 2000; Swaffar & Arens, 2005). Whereas lower-division courses tend to focus primarily on learning grammatical patterns and the "four skills," upper-level…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Applied Linguistics
Policies and Identities in Mandarin Education: The Situated Multilingualism of University-Level "Heritage" Language Learners
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Kelleher, Ann Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation explores complex positionings of Chinese heritage language (CHL) learners amid several intersecting discourses, including those around globalization, identity development and language policies. Using critical, qualitative methods, the study combines textual and site-based analyses, linking the language development experiences of…
Descriptors: Program Design, Bilingual Students, Applied Linguistics, Global Approach
On the Developmental Journey: An Ethnographic Study of Teacher Identity Development of NESTs and NNESTs in a US MATESOL Program
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Lin, Li-Fen – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the discursive process of the negotiation and construction of teacher identity in a US-based Master of Arts for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (MATESOL) program. This study explores how both native-English-speaking (NES) and non-native-English-speaking (NNES) student teachers'…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Native Speakers, Ethnography, Applied Linguistics