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Direct linkKangas, Sara E. N. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2020
One of the affordances of the Every Student Succeeds Act (Every Student Succeeds Act. Pub. L. No. 114-95. 161 Stat. 1177(ESSA), 2015) was that it mandated U.S. districts and schools to take a closer look at the academic performance of English learner students with disabilities (ELSWDs), who constitute 14.3% of all English learners (ELs; National…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Díaz, Erin M. – Hispania, 2016
Supplementing the foreign language curriculum with the incorporation of art museum visits has benefits for students, faculty, the campus art gallery, and the institution. Such a collaborative program serves to expand the classroom and complement instruction by providing learners with a new space to engage in authentic practice in the target…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Art
Faszer-McMahon, Debra – Hispania, 2013
This small-scale study analyzes the use of service-learning pedagogy via non-profit translation in the intermediate-level language classroom. Forty-three students at the intermediate-high level in three Spanish classes in Greensburg, Pennsylvania served as part of a translation team for the non-profit organization Kiva, which helps to fund…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Spanish, Second Language Instruction, Translation
Gill, Deborah; Lucas, Diane – Journal of International Education Research, 2013
The present study will be divided in three parts: (1) a discussion of authentic alternative assessments vs. traditional assessments in language and business classes; (2) an explanation on how to create authentic alternative assessments using technology-based and non-technology-based materials; and (3) tools to evaluate these authentic assessments.…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Second Language Learning, Business Administration Education, Second Language Instruction
Schissel, Jamie L. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
Test accommodations are changes to test administration, responses, or the test itself that are offered to emergent bilingual students for standardized tests and also for classroom assessments in some states in the USA. Currently there is a lack of research examining the use of test accommodations as a pedagogical practice. This paper presents a…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Testing Accommodations, Ethnography, Case Studies
Peer reviewedGolub, Lester S. – Education and Urban Society, 1978
The design and outcome of a bilingual education program evaluation, emphasizing instructional and attitudinal variables, are described in this article. Based upon the evaluation and needs assessment of Puerto Rican students taking part in the program, recommendations are offered for increasing bilingual reading, writing, and speaking skills in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textGLATTHORN, ALLAN A.; EDWARDS, PAULINE L. – 1967
A SURVEY CONDUCTED AT ABINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN PENNSYLVANIA REVEALED THAT OVER HALF THE SCHOOL'S 10TH AND 11TH GRADE STUDENTS DISCONTINUE THEIR LANGUAGE STUDY AFTER THEY FINISH 3RD YEAR FRENCH OR SPANISH. THE MOST COMMON REASONS GIVEN BY THESE STUDENTS WERE SCHEDULING DIFFICULTIES, LOW GRADES IN THE LANGUAGE COURSE, AND THE FEELING THAT FURTHER…
Descriptors: Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Rate, French, Language Enrollment
