Capstone Projects from 2018
Traumatized Refugee Students In Our Classroom, Ayan Mohamed
Breaking The Silence For Long-Term English Learners With Risa Oral Interactions, Emily Noel
The Special Education Referral And Evaluation Process For English Language Learners, Celeste Norlander
Preparing 9th Grade English Learners for Critical Thinking and Advanced Discussion Skills: Curriculum for Paideia Seminar, Sonia Nunez-Gibbs
Strategies Teachers And Families Can Use To Support Home Language Maintenance For Early Elementary Students, Anastasia Redemann
Improving Reading Comprehension And Oral Proficiency Through The Use Of Literature Circles, Glorimar Rodriguez
Equitable Access To Education For Adult English Language Learners, Colleen Schmitt
What Do Mainstream Teachers Need To Know About Bilingualism In The Classroom To Support Esl Students?, Sandra Westmoreland
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
English Learner Perceptions And Interactions In Mainstream Versus Small Group Environments, Kathryn Chamberlain Amdahl
How Does Goal Setting Impact Intrinsic Motivation And Does It Help Lead To Enhanced Learning At The Kindergarten Level?, Melissa A. Beal
Training Adult ESL Volunteers In College And Career Readiness Standards, Cara Berger
SFL In The Secondary Classroom: Writing Procedural Recounts To Describe Thinking When Solving Algebraic Equations, Theresa Brunker
Improving Literacy And Reading Comprehension Through Music Instruction In An El Sistema-Inspired Violin Program, Teresa Campbell
From Small Talk To Academic Dialogue: An Online Professional Development Course For The English Language Proficiency Standards For Adult Education, Debra H. Cargill
An Investigation Into The Allophonic Split Of /B/ And /P/: Is There A Relationship Between Noticing And Pronunciation For Adult Somali ELS?, Amy Christine Carruthers
ESL International Students’ Perceptions Of Their Academic Readiness For US Higher Education, Jaclyn Combs
The Use Of Graphic Organizers When Writing With Dual Identified EL And LD Students, Katherine Corrigan
World History Instruction For English Language Learners: A Systemic Functional Linguistics Approach, Mary Engelun
Design Thinking In ESL Programming: Creating A Program Model For Newcomer Students, Clark Fredrickson
Teaching Listening For Prominence In Combination With Reading To Help Students Determine New Information, Margaret Genereux
Teaching Writing To English Learners: Professional Development For Content Teachers By ELL Teachers, Elizabeth D. Gillaspey
Mathematics Vocabulary: Teaching Tier 3 Language Of Math Fractions To English Learners, Emily Grove
Building Collaboration Between ESL And Mainstream Classrooms: A Professional Development Curriculum Guide, Julie Haddad
Embedding Self-Regulation Strategy Instruction Into The Genre-Based Writing Curriculum, Peter Hagenson
An Integrated Social Studies And Writing Curriculum Guide For Primary Grade English Language Learners, Gayle E. Hammer
Giving English Language Learners A Paddle: Idiom Usage In Two Undergraduate Texts, Michael John Heine
Cultural Hybridity: A Case Study On Hmong Teen Identity, Kao Moua Her
Teaching Academic Language And Prosody Through Content-Related Collocations, Nell Duffy Hernandez
Using Culturally And Racially Relevant Curriculum To Close The Opportunity Gap, Carmen Higueros
The Effectiveness Of Project-Based Learning In Teaching Adult ESL Students How To Locate, Evaluate, And Use Evidence From Texts, Shoshana Hoose
Trauma In Refugee And Immigrant Students: A Website Resource For Educators, Christine Marie Houstman
Preliterate English As A Second Language Learners: The Study Of Somali Students’ First Experience In The U.S. School System, Stephany Jallo
Designing A Language-Modified, Trauma-Informed Know Your Rights Training To Prepare And Empower Refugees With Beginning To Intermediate English Language Skills To Interact With The Police, Elizabeth Miyoung Kaufman
ESP for Ecotourism: Discourse Skills, Technology, and Collaboration for Job Contexts, Jill King
Negative Attitudes Toward English As A Second Language: Refusal to Participate in ESL Services in the Somali Community, Rebecca C. Kipchumba
Preparing Teachers To Support Syrian Refugee Students Through Awareness Of The Impacts Of Trauma And Interrupted Education, Shane Brian Koch
Connecting Graduate Level Non-Native English Speakers To Language Support Resources, Kathryn Korchik
Examining and Leveling Hmong Children’s Books for use in the School Setting, Christine M. LaMotte
How Mainstream Teacher Attitudes Affect English Language Learner Student Learning In The Mainstream Classroom, Lauren Barbara Lippert
Decreasing The Social Gap Between English Language Learners And Native Speakers Of English, Rachel Loayza
Introducing Non-EL Teachers To Visual Learning Strategies For Beginning English Learners: A Proposal For Workshop Study, Jillian Magnusson
Texts In Reading Intervention Programs: Are They Culturally Representative Of English Learner Populations?, Lisa N. Marquardt
Using The Focus On Form Method To Create A Grammar Resource Book For ELL Teachers, Julia Milne
Political Speech, Doublespeak, And Critical-Thinking Skills In American Education, Doris Minin-White
Grammatical Acquisition Of Present And Past Tense Verb Forms In A Communicative Setting, Katherine N. Nelson
Creating A Karen Culture And Language Toolkit, Kate Oliver
English Language Learner Considerations For Equitable Identification Of Needs And Referrals To Special Education, Melissa Persons
Effective Vocabulary Instruction And Study Strategies For Adult EFL Learners, Daniel Todd Place
Sing If You Know It: Songs With Gestures Used To Reinforce Tier-2 And Tier-3 Content Vocabulary To Early Elementary English Learners, Catherine C. Ragsdale
Is Co-Teaching An Effective Model In Kindergarten Writing Block?, Kristine A. Ranweiler
MALP® In The Classroom With A Focus On New Activities For Learning To Improve Linguistic Complexity In Writing For English Learners Seventh-Grade Students, Jehan Hanna Rehayem
Indirect Requests: A Comparative Study Of Explicit-Deductive And Explicit-Inductive Instruction Methods, Nicholas J. Reishus
English Learners’ Oral Production Of Math Vocabulary In A Play-Infused Kindergarten Classroom, Meagan Reissy
Aspect Comprehension And Processing In Narratives By Native Spanish Speakers, Hannah Riddle
Curriculum For Teaching Relative Constructions To Somali-Speaking Learners Of English, Kelly M. Rynda
Curriculum For The Community: Creating A Community-Based English Learner Curriculum Framework, Danielle Celia Selcer
Interactive Videos As A Vocabulary Pre-Teaching Tool In Middle School Science, Kimberly Severson
What Teachers Need To Know About Translanguaging, Thomas Snell
The Impact Of Trauma And Refugees: Resources For Educators, Deanna Taylor
Suggestions In Writing Center Tutorials, Chin Wah Teo
Motivation For Learning English At A Theological Seminary In Ukraine, Joshua Tokar
Increasing English As A Second Language Teacher Retention, Sarah Tupy
Developing A Hmong Curriculum For Adult Learners In A Christian Church Setting, Liali Elizabeth Vang
Small Group Explicit Academic Vocabulary Instruction For Kindergarten English Language Learners, Mara Verstraete
Cultural Dissonance Of Elder Learners In Beginning Literacy And Language Classrooms, Lisa Vogl
L1 Literacy And Its Implications For Leslla Immigrant Women In Canada, Theresa Wall
Teaching The Language Of A Lab Report: A Guide For Science Teachers, Lori A. Ward
Teaching And Understanding Phonemic Awareness And English Learners, Jennifer L. Wold
Using A Functional Language Approach To Modifiy Guided Reading For English Langauge [sic] Learners, Kristen A. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
An Equitable and Culturally Responsive Examination of the Identification Practices of English Learners for Special Education in a Suburban East Metro District, Brandon Michael Auge
Tales for a teacher’s toolbox: Stories of emergent bilinguals and their funds of knowledge, Erika Rae Bakkum
Can’t I Speak Japanese? The Use of Students’ L1 as a Cognitive Tool for Collaborative Writing Tasks in a Japanese EFL Context, Brian Steven Berning
Teacher Perspectives on Co-teaching in a Content Classroom with English Language Support, Donald Joseph Chapman
How does learning about affixes (prefixes and suffixes) help English Language Learners (ELLS) understand the meaning and use of affixes?, Melissa Jean Cook
Grade Retention and English Learners: A Literature Review And Teacher Interviews, Katie Jo Cordes
How Movie Dubbing Can Help Native Chinese Speakers’ English Pronunciation, Irene Lin Florente
Visual Support in Discourse Writing for Students With Limited or Interrupted Formal Education, Brady John Fossenbell
Evaluate the expression: An analysis of the linguistic features of directions in an upper elementary mathematics textbook, Melinda Freeland
Speaking And Pronunciation Confidence Of Middle School ESL Students At Various Proficiency Levels, Marian Rose Gagliardi
Family Engagement Interpretations: A Comparison of Primary Classroom Teachers and Chinese Families, Bridget Bergeson Gagnelius
The Influence of Parent Language Use on the Dual Language Development of Simultaneous Bilinguals, Berit Erin Gelvez
Teacher Identity, Motivation, and Career in the EFL Setting, Kevin Peter Gilman
Teaching English Rhythm: The Importance of Rhythm and Strategies to Effectively Incorporate Rhythm Practice within Content Lessons, Angela L. Reinard Haasch
English Only? Examining the Use of Students’ L1 in the ESL Classroom: A Systematic Literature Review, Erin Lynn Helland
Rendaku: The Sociolinguistics of Its Use in Japanese, Matthew Sofus Joseph
An Analysis of English Language Learning Needs for Latino Adults Associated with a Church Outreach Program, Ellen Elizabeth Keesling
The Effects of Content-Based Academic Paired Conversations on the Speaking Skills of Fifth-Grade English Learners, Brandice Renee Kelzenberg
The Effect of Motivational Teaching Strategies on the Motivation of EFL Learners at a Bolivian University, Danielle Marie Lang
Supporting Traumatized Students: A Toolkit for Teachers, Emily Leichtle