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Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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What connections can be found between late bilinguals' interactions in the target language and the level of their non-native accent in English?, Kristie M. Jadwin

Writing at the Elementary Level: What English Learners are Expected to Write and How They Are Graded, Rachel Lynn Kaster

Saudi International Students in Minnesota: A Preliminary Study of Acculturation by Time Spent Studying English in the United States, Alicia Mary Khalek

Patterns of Article Use in the Expository Writing of Spanish-Speaking Adult Learners of English, Jennifer Marie Killam

A Survey of Preferences of Arab ESL Students and Their Teachers in Classroom Reading Practices, Rebecca Jones Lahniche

The Most Effective Grouping Configurations to Produce the Highest Level of Student Engagement in Elementary English Language Learners, Mary Ellen Langlas

Translanguaging in the Secondary English Learner Classroom, Joseph Christian Larsen

Strategies for Integrating Basic Computer Skills and Online Resources into the Low Level ABE ESL Computer Lab to Facilitate Independent Language Learning, Erin Loughran

L-vocalization: Its Transfer into English in the Speech of Bulgarian English Learners, Anna Katharina Marco-Cortiel

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A text analysis of context clues in nonfiction literature, Julia Matson

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Understanding the role of faith communities in immigrant integration and adaptation: a case study of a Baptist church serving a Spanish-speaking congregation and an English-speaking congregation in contact, Anna Jean Mundy

Implementation and Management of Co-Teaching Practices Between ESL and Mainstream Teachers at One Middle School, Rachel Margaret Muzik

Contributing Factors to Subtractive Bilingualism: A Systematic Review, Jenna Leigh Otten

“How much do we have to write?” A Hermeneutic Study of Long Term English Learners, Graphic Illustrations, and Adolescent Attitudes Toward Writing, Jessica Marie Pentz

Exploring Reading Comprehension using Culturally Familiar and Unfamiliar Narrative texts in an Intermediate ESL Classroom, Rallou Mavromati Rice

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Integrating digital literacy into adult basic education curriculum, Janet Sparks

Increasing Interaction among Novice Elementary School Second Language Learners: A Preliminary Study, Angela Jean Stracke

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Readers theatre and prosody: comparing Spanish-speaking English learners and native English speakers, Scott Williams

Math talk: screencasting and English learners, Andrea Wilson Vazquez

A study of motivation and attitudes towards learning Turkish, Semra Yilmaz Ozturk

How oral academic language strategies affect elementary English learners' academic writing skills, Erin Michelle Zimmerman

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Helping English learners make pragmatically appropriate requests, Katherine M Aubrecht

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Literature review: English language learners and academic vocabulary, Jill M Boettcher

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Teacher perspectives and responses to disruptive behavior in adult English as a second language classes, Meghan M Boyle

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An ESL teacher's exploration of instructional coaching, Elizabeth Jeanne Carpenter

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Cross-linguistic transfer of oral academic language: a literacy intervention for an early-exit bilingual program, Maureen Colleran

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English language attitudes in pre-Olympic Brazil, Elizabeth M Derr

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Pop music as a teaching tool: increasing recognition and use of suprasegmental features, Katherine Ditter

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The effect of noticing on improving the pronunciation of Persian English language learners, Nathan Doan

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Explicit pronunciation instruction and its impact on the intelligibility of literacy level adult EL learners, Andrea D Echelberger

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Pronoun usage in kindergarten read-aloud texts, Rebecca Kay Hanson

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Co-teaching and pull-out: a comparative case study and analysis, Kayla Hasvold

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Assessing perceived writing self-efficacy beliefs in the community college environment, Alycia Yvette Honeck

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Explicit instructions of rhoticity: teaching the phonological features of international varieties of English to improve the listening comprehension of English learners, Jessica L. Jenkins

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The communicative language teaching method in a Korean English elementary textbook, Christina L S Kanter

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Perfective and imperfect aspect acquisition in a narrative context in university ESL students using explicit instruction and textual enhancements, Cadi Kivimagi

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Onset and rime strategies in low-literacy adult ESL reading, Katherine M Korkowski

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Between two languages: a case study of Korean language acquisition by internationally adopted Koreans, Susan Lee

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Motivations of international students at an English-medium boarding school in Switzerland to speak French or English, Kristin K Montgomery

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How do context and low L1 literacy of non-native speakers of English affect their noticing of L2 learner recasts?, Rachel Mueller

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Barriers to adults attending ESL class and how these barriers can be overcome, Carol Nangle

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North Korean defectors' adjustment to life in South Korea, Amy L Nicewander

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The effects of a sustained silent reading program (SSR) on long-term English learners' map reading scores, Jill Petersen

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The referral and identification of English learners with suspected special education needs, Amanda M Phillips

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The effects of professional development on student-to-student dialogue research, Jacob Rosch

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ESL and mainstream collaboration: more consistent integration of academic language supports in ESL and mainstream co-planning through use of a planning template, Andrea Saenz

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How scaffolded writing affects elementary ELS' use of academic function words, Julianna J Scheumann

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Using online blended learning (the pairing of a teacher-moderated session with a self-study component) to facilitate oral performance in giving business presentations, Brigitta Schwarze

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Understanding contrast in academic prose: comparing text analyses with ESOL texts and corpus research, Maureen M Smith

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Timed writing: L1 use in the L2 writing process, Sarah Amand Smith

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An analysis of the emotional and scholastic effects of subtractive educational policy among Kurdish students in Turkey, Jessica Snider

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Language programming for speakers of Ebonics: past, present and future, Erin Stellmach

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Father has an accent: perceptions of speech intelligibility of an Indian priest, Nicole Stuhl

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Addressing conflict and improving interethnic relations between Karen and African American males in a secondary setting, Kelly Tennison

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ESL and mainstream co-teaching: negotiating the planning, instructing, and assessing process, Sarah Van den Akker

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Friend or foe: metacognitive awareness of false friends and cognates, Heather Marie Walseth

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Increasing elementary English language learners' reading comprehension through the use of role play, Kate Wittrock

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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Accent, self-esteem and community involvement: a study of adult non-native English speakers, Daniela E Bergman

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Helping mainstream teachers learn how to teach English language learners, Elizabeth Ma Brown

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Modifying the Read Well Kindergarten curriculum for English language learners: Faciliatating [sic] storybook retelling through explicit vocabulary instruction, Juli Rae Brown

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Somali student and NES teacher perceptions of gender in the adult basic education classroom, James Brummel

Preteaching science and social studies vocabulary using the rich and intensive method of vocabulary instruction, Beverly Coiro

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Understanding written directions: an examination of factors contributing to the comprehension breakdown in L2 developmental reading students, Mary Beret Hagen

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Action research on using role play activity in an adult ESL level one class, Cliff Huff

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Response to intervention (RTI) process teams' perception of the ESL teacher's role, Amy Marie Kennedy

A diary study of Arabic second language acquisition: the growing participator approach to self-directed language learning, Laura Ann Krause

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Does service-learning have the potential to increase learner motivation in the community college ESL classroom?, Kelly LaCore

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Examining the effectiveness of visual scaffolds in compare and contrast essays by English language learners, Suzanne L.E Lane

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Acculturation factors a working model during the special education referral process, Robyn Dietrich Law

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Speaking before we write: the effect of oral rehearsal on English learners' essay writing, Rachel Levinsky

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Adolescent reading interests of New York City Hispanic intermediate ELLs: what they have to say, Ryan M Mack

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Foreign accents: accented English speech among Kisii-Kenyans in the USA, Naphtali M. W Makora

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Teaching to the right side of the brain to achieve whole-brain learning: its effect on language learning with low-level, low-literate adult ESL students, Carol S Margolis

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Computational acquisition of a second language: a test of back propagation connectionism, Brian W Mumford

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Student perceptions on the status, value and use of Spanish and English among Spanish/English bilinguals in a dual immersion program, Madeline Muse

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How ELLs experience on online secondary school, Tiffany J Nelson

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Code switching in oral and written communication with a systematic review of written code switching, Megan L Obermueller

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AAVE use and college success: a qualitative study of ten former students of a college developmental writing course, Teresa Uhde Otto

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A self-directed approach to Turkish language acquisition: a diary study, Jill M Peterson

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Home and school come together: family literacy as a third space, Elizabeth M Pichardo

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English language learners listening with purpose: a task-based approach, Krista Marie Schweppe

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Describing communicative competence in a college nursing degree program, Megan Alexandra Seydow

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Reflective teacher practice: the effects of visual reflections and a feedback loop by a community of practice, Valorie Stavem-Arrowsmith

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Discovering factors that influence English pronunciation of native Vietnamese speakers, Leah Tweedy

Course design considerations for online ESL: a journal investigation of the issues related to ESL online design while using two online design frameworks, Alison R Wilcox

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A choice of words: teachers' views on the English curriculum in Madagascar, Susan Ora Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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The educational experiences of an ELL/LD student, Kate E Anderson

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The effect of visual images and imagery on immediate and delayed recall of idioms by English language learners, Sara Baker

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How students use academic vocabulary comprehension strategies in reading history, Andrea Barbera

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Recount and argument writing by Chinese English language learners, Sara Bjork

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Do they get the picture?: Visual literacy and low-literacy adult ESL learners, Daniel J Bruski

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The teaching of academic writing by practicing ESL teachers in an intensive Englsh [sic] program, Ellie G Caldwell

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Social language in a dual immersion setting, Anna M Carlson

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How does a music program affect the reading fluency of second grade ESL students?, Candace Rose Cooper

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Promoting family bilingualism: a case study using the Thomson method, Yvonne Crawford

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English language learners' reading norms on the NWEA MAP reading test: a tool in the special education referral process, Kate Andresen Dammann

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The correlation between self-efficacy beliefs, language performance and integration amongst Chinese immigrant newcomers, Jennifer Dodds

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Metacognitive reading strategy instruction and academic texts: how college level bidialectal students may benefit, Leigh Brooke Easton

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Graphic novels in ESL: a case study of a secondary literature-based classroom, Jessica Holte Emery