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ERIC Number: EJ1320224
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Dec
Pages: 26
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0039-8322
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Linguistically Responsive Instruction in Corequisite Courses at Community Colleges
Finn, Heather B.; Avni, Sharon
TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, v55 n4 p1221-1246 Dec 2021
English Learners (ELs) attend community colleges at a greater rate than four-year schools, making community colleges primary sites of ESL education in American higher education. These institutions' recent embrace of the corequisite structure -- a pairing of a non-credit developmental course with a credit-bearing disciplinary content course in order to accelerate students' progress in their coursework -- has direct implications for ELs. As corequisites are enacted in a wide range of content areas, professors will need to attend to students' language development in a wide range of disciplinary courses. This qualitative study applies Linguistically Responsive Instruction as a framework to understand corequisite instructors' beliefs about students' learning, knowledge of teaching language, and understanding of the broader contextual factors at community colleges, including institutional policies and definitions of students' readiness and success. Drawing on ongoing interviews conducted with faculty members throughout one semester, it offers faculty members' perspectives on the opportunities and challenges of teaching ELs in the corequisite structure and provides a framework for professional development and institutional support.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2191/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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