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Patel, Chirayush C. "Cultural awareness in TESOL student and teacher material." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19969.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2012ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this thesis is a qualitative examination of TESOL material, specifically New Headway Advanced [NHA] -3rd Edition (Soars & Soars: 2002), and the degree to which Cultural Awareness [CA] is present in the material. CA is herein defined as the use of empathy to explicitly examine the contextual variations which give rise to different languages and cultures with the aim of avoiding stereotypes and promoting a mediated third linguistic and cultural place which incorporates the variations of context inherent in a student’s L1 and WEs. The thesis provides an overview of TESOL methodology together with issues arising from postmethod views of TESOL. Qualifications for ESOL teachers, namely the CELTA and Cert.TESOL, are also examined with specific attention to their inclusion of references to CA. The examination of NHA is carried out with the use of Hofstede & Bond’s (1980) Dimensions of Cultural Variability to provide a dimensional profile of NHA. Finally there is a discussion of the extent to which CA is present in NHA and recommendations for the future development of ESOL and TESOL material.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie tesis is om ‘n waardebepaling van TESOL materiaal te doen, veral New Headway Advanced (NHA) – 3e weergawe (Soars & Soars:2002), en die mate waarin Kulturele Bewustheid (KB) in die materiaal teenwoordig is. KB word in hierdie konteks gedefinieer as die gebruik van empatie vir die deeglike ondersoek van kontekstuele variasies wat lei tot verskillende tale en kulture ten einde stereotipering te vermy en ‘n bemiddelde derde taalkundige en kulturele plek te bevorder wat die kontekstuele variasies inherent in ‘n student se L1 en WE insluit. Die tesis voorsien ‘n oorsig van die TESOL metodologie saam met kwessies voortspruitend uit sieninge na die aanbieding daarvan. Kwalifikasies van onderwysers, naamlik CELTA en die TESOL sertifikaat, word ook ondersoek met spesifieke verwysing na KB. Die ondersoek van NHA word gedoen met behulp van Hofstede & Bond se (1980) Dimensions of Cultural Variability om ‘n dimensionele profiel van NHA te verskaf. Laastens is daar ‘n bespreking van die mate waarin KB teenwoordig is in NHA en aanbevelings vir die toekomstige ontwikkeling van ESOL en TESOL materiaal.
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Facun-Granadozo, Ruth. "Teacher Candidates’ Perplexities on Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, and Morphemic Awareness: Implications for Early Childhood Teacher Educators." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4331.
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Ruiz, Vázquez Luis. "Teacher training through literature building teacher awareness on the process of shift in identity on ESL learners /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2000. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1366.
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Taylor, Linda. "Teachers' awareness and use of language for setting up teacher-independent activities in the language class : a case study and a chess game." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2004. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/13228/.
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The practice of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the British context has evolved to a point where varied and complex patterns of classroom interaction have become the norm, and where teacher independent activities have become an important vehicle for language learning. In this climate, there is a need for novice English Language Teachers to adopt a major role as managers of learning. Whilst there has been much emphasis in recent Second Language Acquisition Research on the relationship between activity type and output from language learners, there have been fewer studies on the relationship between activity based pedagogy and teacher- generated language output. Using transcribed audio recordings from twenty-two entire lessons conducted by novice teachers, together with data from interviews and stimulated recall-based assignments, the author investigates aspects of lesson staging, classroom interaction and teacher role, as they are manifested through the language that the teachers use in their classes. Three types of teacher-generated language are identified. From these, it is suggested that the functions of structuring and rapport-enhancing have significance in lesson stages involving the setting up of teacher-independent activities. The complexity of the relationship between these two functions, seen in the context of entire lessons, reveals individual differences amongst the novice teacher subjects. implications of this research for Teacher Education are discussed, and the thesis ends with practical suggestions relevant to the content of Language Teacher Education Courses.
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Snell, C. A. "The impact of daily writing on kindergarten students' phonemic awareness." ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/561.
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The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether or not a significant relationship exists among daily writing and student growth in phonemic awareness. The study also considered the impact of writing on the phonemic awareness development of students at different literacy levels. Although studies exist on the importance of phonemic awareness development in reading acquisition, a deficit exists examining the correlation among daily writing and the phonemic awareness development of students representing different literacy levels. Forty students in an experimental group engaged in daily writing opportunities, while 37 students in the control group engaged in less frequent writing opportunities. Data included pre- and posttest results from The Phonological Awareness Test. Descriptive statistics were chosen to describe the demographic variable of group, gender, and ability level and inferential statistics included the two-sample t test. Results were statistically analyzed using SPSS 13.0 and concluded that a significant relationship does exist among daily writing opportunities and the phonemic awareness development of kindergarten students. Daily exposure to writing had a significant impact on students in the low-risk experimental group. Although a significant difference was not found in the some/at-risk groups, the experimental group had a larger average increase on the phonemic awareness measure. Results will fill the existing gap between research and practice concerning the correlation among daily writing and phonemic awareness, and the reciprocal impact this correlation has on students' literacy development. In addition, results may influence early childhood educators to implement daily writing opportunities as a method for increasing students' phonemic awareness development.
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Christensen, Jamie Lynn. "Enhancing Students' Science Content Knowledge Through Text Structure Awareness." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2564.pdf.
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Littlefair, Alison B. "An exploration into pupil and teacher awareness of the register and genres of books used in school." Thesis, Open University, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.329114.
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Hong, Huili, Karin Keith, and Renee Rice Moran. "Reflection on and for Actions: Probing into English Language Art Teachers' Personal and Professional Experiences with English Language Learners." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5575.
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Effective ELL teaching and learning is profoundly influenced by the teachers' personal experiences and personalities (Farrell, 2016), their experience as language learners as well as language teachers (Farrell, 2007), and their beliefs about learning and teaching a second language (Farrell, 2015; Farrell & Ives, 2015). This study honored and examined in-depth the often-discounted stories/reflective narratives of our teachers. This paper reports a qualitative cases study that explores three veteran teachers' reflection on their personal and professional experiences with ELLs for self-discovery over years (Cirocki & Farrell, 2017) so that they can further reflect for their future actions with ELLs (Burns & Bulman, 2000; Farrell, 2007; Farrell & Vos, 2018). Data analysis revealed the teachers' different strengths and needs in working with ELLs. Four major dimensions (language, culture, culturally and linguistically sensitive pedagogy, and collaborative community) were identified as critical to effective teaching of ELLs and preparation of second language teachers.
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Rydahl, Susanna. "Oral Feedback in the English Classroom : Teachers' Thoughts and Awareness." Thesis, Karlstad University, Division for Culture and Communication, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-84.
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The main aim of this paper was to find out if and how teachers in upper secondary school use oral feedback when they correct their students' oral mistakes. I also wanted to find out which approach the teachers find most useful and if they use different approaches depending on the error made by the student.
I have found that the majority of the teachers find oral feedback as an important tool to help students achieve a higher proficiency in a second and foreign language. My results also show that feedback is most often used when the student makes errors regarding content and pronunciation. Most of my respondents are aware of the necessity of applying different feedback approaches to different errors made by the students. My investigation shows that teachers chose to give feedback on different occasions, both directly, but more commonly, indirectly, to a single student or later on to a full class. Most teachers also prefer a mix of feedback approaches depending on the specific student and situation.
My intention with this study has also been to determine what factors influence the students' uptake. My respondents have, among several factors, stressed the importance of comfortable learning situations, students' personal interest and size of group.
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O'Connor, Kevin Michael. "Learning to teach academic language: A mixed methods study of secondary teacher candidates' development of linguistic awareness and ability to support academic language for English learners." Thesis, Boston College, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104233.
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Thesis advisor: Audrey A. FriedmanEnglish learners (ELs) in US K-12 classrooms are falling behind their peers as they struggle to develop the proficiency needed to succeed in an academic setting (NCELA, 2012). The majority of teacher preparation programs are not preparing teacher candidates (TCs) with the skills needed to help recently mainstreamed ELs succeed in their content area classrooms (Bunch, 2011). This study examined how one undergraduate, secondary education teacher candidates who had participated in supplemental trainings developed their ability to recognize linguistic demand, shelter instruction, and promote academic language proficiency. Using a Sequential Mixed Design (Teddlie & Tashakkori, 2006), this longitudinal study examined the journals and lesson plans submitted by 31 undergraduate, secondary education TCs as they progressed through their prepractica. Six of these TCs were followed as case studies, with observations and interviews collected during their full practica. Collective data analysis indicates that TCs scored higher on all measures when they were in a linguistically diverse classroom. Furthermore, recognition of linguistic demand precedes ability to plan instruction: many TCs were able to recognize linguistic demand in lessons they observed, but few were adept at describing or designing sheltered instruction that could promote academic language development. For many participants, the attention to linguistic demand was focused largely on content-specific vocabulary that is challenging for all learners. However, a small number of TCs were able to attend to the morphological and lexical aspects of their content areas that would be especially difficult for ELs. In classroom observations a few participants were able to plan instruction that sheltered content and promoted academic language. Findings also indicate that supplemental trainings and infusions into methods courses helped TCs to realize the linguistic challenges of their respective content areas. Most importantly, the findings suggest that TCs are better able to focus on the language of instruction when they witness instruction that is focused on language. Therefore, TCs learn best how to support ELs when they observe and teach in linguistically diverse classrooms with knowledgeable mentoring teachers and field supervisors
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2015
Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education
Discipline: Teacher Education, Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction
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Awad, Ghada M. "MOTIVATION, PERSISTENCE, AND CROSS-CULTURAL AWARENESS: A STUDY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1542036826465842.
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Onalan, Okan. "Efl Teachers'." Master's thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12604872/index.pdf.
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This study aims to investigate Turkish teachers&rsquoopinions and beliefs on the place of target cultural information in English language teaching, as well as their related practices and applications in EFL classrooms in Turkish higher education context. Particularly, it tries to explore three research questions: (a) How do Turkish teachers of English define culture? (b) What are the EFL teachers&rsquo
attitudes towards incorporating cultural information into their teaching? and (c) What role do they allocate to the culture of the target language in their classrooms? Data was collected from 98 randomly selected EFL teachers in the Preparatory (Hazirlik) Programs of four universities (Hacettepe University, Middle East Technical University, Ankara University, and Baskent University) in Ankara. A written survey questionnaire, including structured items, a rating scale and a Likerttype attitude scale, together with a follow-up interview were used as the two data collection methods. The analyses were carried out by frequency counts of the predetermined choices in the items and the related responses that were given to questions of the interview. The study shows that teachers mostly define culture in the sociological sense, such as values and beliefs. Their definition of culture in the framework of ELT slightly shifts towards more visible culture, such as food and clothing. The study also reveals teachers&rsquo
positive attitudes towards incorporating cultural information in their instruction. Teachers incorporate cultural knowledge to increase the learners&rsquo
awareness of other cultures and people for intellectual development, and to improve learners&rsquo
communicative competence.
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Fan, Hui-Mei. "Developing orthographic awareness among beginning Chinese language learners: investigating the influence of beginning level textbooks." Diss., University of Iowa, 2010. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/496.
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The present study is based on the theoretical assumptions that frequency of characters and their structural components, as well as the frequency types of structural components, are important to enable learners of Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) to discover the underlying structure of Chinese characters. In the CFL context, since reliable target language input is limited largely to textbook materials and teacher instruction, it is important to more rigorously examine the inventory of Chinese characters that is typically presented in CFL textbooks.
The purpose of this study was to systematically describe and classify Chinese characters from ten CFL textbooks designed for college and adult beginning learners. The main focus was to compare the textbooks in the following areas: explicit orthographic decomposition instruction, character frequency selection, radical combination frequency, radical semantic transparency, radical positional regularity among different character graphic structures, phonetic element reliability, and phonetic component combination frequency. To accomplish the analysis required for this study, a special character database was created. Dictionaries were used to classify character characteristics, and documented frequency lists were used to classify the character usage frequency.
The findings revealed that most textbooks rarely include explicit orthographic decomposition instruction in the vocabulary lists or lessons, while over 40% of the characters in most of the textbooks did not combine with other characters to form words. In addition, analysis of frequency lists created over time revealed that the ten textbooks generally contain many high frequency characters. Furthermore, the results indicated that 60% of the characters in the database were classified by relatively few radicals (17%), with most radicals appearing on the left side of the characters. Relatively reliable phonetic analogy groups appeared frequently. About half of the characters are semantic-phonetic compound characters. Less than 10% of the characters in the textbooks are semantic-phonetic compound characters that contain semantically transparent radicals and reliable phonetic elements.
The results of the study suggest that textbook writers should consider integrating orthographic decomposition and component frequency materials into their textbooks, as systematic instruction in textbooks is generally lacking. Teachers should also be mindful of emphasizing the high frequency characters that are consistently featured in all textbooks, as well as the frequently appearing radicals and left-right internal structure of many of the characters. In this way, students will early on develop a firm foundation of the principles governing Chinese orthography.
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Wessels, Elsabé. "Teacher knowledge and implementation of phonological awareness in Grade R / Elsabé Wessels." Thesis, North-West University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4512.
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South Africa’s current performance on national and international studies is an
indication that all is not well with our literacy teaching. In spite of the implementation
of the National Curriculum Statement Grade R-9, illiteracy is currently a serious
problem in South Africa.
Current international and national documents call for direct, explicit, systematic
teaching of reading and language concepts to beginning readers. The five principal
components of reading instruction, namely phoneme awareness; phonics; word study
and spelling; reading fluency; and text comprehension encompass language instruction
at the phoneme, grapheme, syllable, word, sentence, and discourse levels. Teachers
need specific and explicit linguistic knowledge to recognise and address the needs of all
learners on the continuum of reading and language proficiency.
Phonological awareness skills are considered as the most important indicators of
early reading skills. Literature suggests a strong positive correlation between
phonological awareness skills and reading skills development. Longitudinal studies
show that children who don’t have phonological awareness skills have difficulties in
reading. Experimental studies on phonological awareness suggest that the
implementation of phonological awareness training has positive effects on the
development of reading and spelling abilities. Phonological awareness is a key
component in the prevention of reading failure. The information collected through the
assessment of phonological awareness, enables teachers to make informed decisions
about modifications of the literacy learning programme and implement reading
interventions to prevent failure of reading acquisition. This early, preventative
intervention reduces the possibility that learners fall behind in reading.
The teaching of phonological awareness is par excellence for emergent literacy
in the grade R class. Phonological awareness can be improved through the systematic,
explicit instruction thereof. Therefore, teachers need to be able to implement a variety
of phonological awareness activities in their classroom instruction. Teachers need
content knowledge about phonological awareness, and how to implement it
successfully.
The purpose of this study was to determine:
What a SWOT analysis reveals about grade R-teachers’:
* Current in-depth knowledge of phonological awareness.
* Preparedness to teach phonological awareness.
* Implementation of instructional practices relevant to phonological
awareness.
* Perceptions of the support received from DoBE, in terms of relevant
documentation, teaching and learning support material and professional
development.
The limitations, if any, in the teacher support documents of the DoBE, regarding
the teaching of phonological awareness in grade R and to make suggestion with
regard to the improvement thereof.
What the perceptions of grade R teachers are about their in-depth knowledge,
instructional practices and preparedness, concerning phonological awareness,
after the implementation of a teacher training programme, focussing specifically
on phonological awareness.
The study was conducted utilizing a case study with thirteen grade R teachers
from Lichtenburg, and the surrounding towns, Koster, Coligny and Itsoseng in the
North West Province, Department of Basic Education, in South Africa. Data was
collected in three phases, using questionnaires, interviews, observations and document
analyses.
In the first phase, the researcher gathered information on the knowledge and
implementation of phonological awareness before the intervention (i.e., a teacher
training programme).
In the second phase, the teachers received training about the concept of
phonological awareness and its relevance in reading acquisition. The training
programme included relevant teaching activities as well as learning and teaching
support material. In the third phase, the researcher trained the participants in the implementation
of phonological awareness and gathered data about the implementation process.
The results indicated that if teachers received explicit training about
phonological awareness and are provided with relevant learning and teaching support
material, they are able to implement phonological awareness activities in grade R
classrooms.
The results of this study have implications for teacher training. The concept of
phonological awareness, its relevance in reading acquisition as well as relevant teaching
activities need to be included in the training of grade R teachers.Thesis (Ph.D. (Learning and Teaching))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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Magagna-McBee, Cristy Ann. "The use of handheld devices for improved phonemic awareness in a traditional kindergarten classroom." ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/787.
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Effective teaching strategies that improve the development of phonemic awareness are important to ensure students are fluent readers by third grade. The use of handheld devices to improve phonemic awareness with kindergarten students may be such a strategy, but no research exists that evaluates the use of these devices. This study explored the effectiveness of Bee-Bot handheld devices in kindergarten classrooms to teach phonemic awareness. A 4-month sequential mixed-methods study was conducted in four classrooms: two that used Bee-Bot handheld devices in phonemic awareness lessons and two that never used the devices. The score gain (Fall 2009 to Winter 2010) for initial sound fluency (ISF) on the DIBELS assessment was analyzed for between-group effects using ANCOVA, controlling for Fall 2009 letter naming fluency (LNF) scores. No significant difference was found between ISF scores of students using the Bee-Bots and those not using them. Interviews of the 4 classroom teachers determined their perceptions of the ways handheld devices supported phonemic awareness. Interviews were coded for (a) assessments, (b) engagement, (c) strategies, (d) social growth and (e) technology standards. Teachers reported that students using Bee-Bot handheld devices remained on task longer, increased motivation, developed leadership skills, and students enjoyed learning with the devices. Findings suggest that handheld devices used to enhance phonemic awareness in kindergarten may offer an engaging way to enhance social skills while providing technology integration. This study contributes to social change by improving teacher knowledge of technology-assisted strategies for social and literacy skills among less advantaged populations.
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Soto, Xigrid T. "Effects of a Spanish Phonological Awareness Intervention on Latino Preschoolers' Dual Language Emergent Literacy Skills." Scholar Commons, 2019. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7952.
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Young children’s emergent literacy skills, particularly phonological awareness (PA) and alphabet knowledge (AK), are two of the strongest predictors of future reading skill. There is limited research evaluating the effectiveness of emergent literacy interventions on the dual language PA and AK skills of at-risk Latino preschoolers who are Dual Language Learners (DLLs). The bulk of existing interventions are conducted only in English. There is preliminary evidence supporting that DLL Latino children benefit from Spanish PA and AK instruction; however, few studies include preschool-aged children.
This study applied a multiple probe design across units of instruction to evaluate the effects of a supplemental PA and AK intervention delivered in Spanish that explicitly teaches transfer of these skills to English. The aims of the study were to determine: 1) whether children receiving this intervention would make gains in their Spanish PA skills following the intervention; 2) whether they would apply the PA skills they learned from Spanish to English; 3) whether they would make gains in their Spanish AK skills; and lastly; 4) whether they would apply these Spanish AK skills to English.
Four Latino preschoolers with limited emergent literacy skills in Spanish and English participated in this study. Bilingual researchers delivered scripted lessons targeting PA and AK skills. The results indicated that children made large gains in their Spanish PA skills and small to moderate gains in their AK skills. Children also applied the skills they learned in Spanish to English. These findings provide preliminary evidence Latino preschoolers who are DLL benefit from emergent literacy instruction that promotes their bilingual and biliterate development.
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Wu, Ching-Hsuan. "Spoken grammaticality and EFL teacher candidates measuring the effects of an explicit grammar teaching method on the oral grammatical performance of teacher candidates /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1178218484.
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Anderson, Maren Minda. "Effectiveness of an early literacy program for diverse children an examination of Teacher-directed paths to achieving literacy success /." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1246655726.
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Nash, Marion Marie. "The LAMP language and communication screen used to support teachers to identify speech, language, and communication difficulties in four primary schools in varied social contexts." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/15640.
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The research described here was inspired by a national review which concluded that too many children come into our primary schools with unmet speech and language needs (Bercow, 2008). Teachers are in a position to identify language difficulties but many have expressed uncertainty regarding their role in this process. I believed that the LAMP (Linguistic Assessment for Mapped Provision) screen for language and communication which I had developed would help teachers to identify language concerns and would also increase their professional confidence in this complex area. I had developed the LAMP screening instrument and piloted it over a 2 year period prior to this study. It is employed here as a universal screen that is used in a whole school approach in order to enable teachers to identify language need. The use of the LAMP as a universal screen applied to all the children in a school lessened the likelihood of preconceived notions impacting upon teacher’s perceptions of need in the classroom. The LAMP data allowed schools to track the progress of individual children within a class and whole school context. Teachers need to be aware of any pre-conceptions they may have in relation to the performance of children from different socio economic circumstances. The hypothesis that poverty continues to provide the weightiest detrimental effects upon children’s language development was examined and within the parameters of this study was found to be contestable. Study design: A systematic survey was conducted over 4 Primary schools using the LAMP. Rich picture data was accessed from teacher questionnaires and focus groups involving participants from the schools in the study. The repeated measures design provided information on what teachers had learned in the period of reflection between the screenings. The use of a mixed methods repeated measures design helped me to understand what was difficult for teachers and what the teachers felt would help them. The 4 schools in the study were chosen to reflect varied social contexts in order to explore any impacts of SES on the results. Analysis of data: In a repeated measures design, a LAMP screen was completed for every child across the 4 schools by their teachers in February and then June in one school year. Results of screening were analysed and compared on a range of variables using SPSS. Questionnaires were used to collect teacher perceptions before and after using the LAMP screen. Focus groups were held in the schools at the end of the study to add more information on how helpful teachers felt the process had been in raising their awareness, confidence, and skills in the identification of SLCN. Findings: The main trend observed was a decrease in levels of teacher concern related to children’s speech and language needs from the first to second screening survey. Differences were found at a statistically significant level on a range of variables. The expected differences between high and low socio-economic status (SES) schools were not found. Teachers reported increases in their awareness, confidence, and skill in identifying children’s speech language and communication concerns by the end of the study. Some changes to classroom practice were reported. Conclusions: I propose that use of the LAMP screen increased teacher awareness of the nature of language difficulty and that this heightened awareness was a key variable in the observed changes to language concern scores. The LAMP screening process was seen by schools’ staff to have had a positive effect on teacher’s skills and to be relatively easily assimilated into the school system. However some participants identified a number of challenges relating to time constraints and maintaining the use of LAMP as high profile in the context of competing time demands in their schools. It is suggested that EP services would be in a position to support schools to implement and embed the LAMP screening model as part of their Service provision. It is also proposed that economic deprivation or disadvantage did not appear to be the only important factor to consider when making funding decisions intended to support children’s linguistic competency in schools.
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Franco, Gabriela Rossatto [UNESP]. "Aspectos linguísticos emergentes em sessões de teletandem: uma análise a partir da conscientização da linguagem." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/143924.
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O projeto Teletandem e transculturalidade na interação on-line em línguas estrangeiras por webcam (TELLES, 2011) promove a interação via Skype entre alunos brasileiros e estudantes de vários cursos de universidades estrangeiras. Um de seus objetivos é divulgar o conhecimento do português entre falantes de outras línguas e proporcionar, aos participantes brasileiros, o aprendizado de outro idioma de domínio de seus parceiros. Durante as interações de teletandem, os participantes fornecem explicações sobre a língua materna ou aquela em que são competentes. Esta pesquisa analisa os aspectos linguísticos emergentes nessas interações, atentando para a forma como os alunos brasileiros (professores de línguas em formação) esclarecem dúvidas sobre a língua portuguesa em um contexto no qual ela é a língua estrangeira de seus parceiros. O objetivo deste estudo é observar os equívocos/limitações dos alunos brasileiros durante tais esclarecimentos. Os dados foram gerados a partir de interações de teletandem entre alunos de uma universidade pública brasileira e alunos de uma universidade privada estadunidense. Os pares analisados são aqueles cujos participantes brasileiros são alunos de Letras. Metodologicamente, a pesquisa se insere no paradigma qualitativo interpretativista e recorreu à teoria dos Episódios Relacionados à Língua (SWAIN & LAPKIN, 1998) para a seleção dos dados. Teoricamente, o estudo se fundamenta nas teorias do Foco na Forma (LONG, 1991) e da Conscientização da Linguagem (HAWKINS, 1984). Acredito ser importante que os praticantes de teletandem, futuros professores de língua estrangeira, desenvolvam uma atitude reflexiva sobre as práticas de linguagem. Com base nas teorias e na análise dos dados, foi possível constatar indícios de que os participantes se conscientizam sobre a linguagem. Os resultados do estudo podem fornecer suporte para profissionais que também trabalham com teletandem em outros países, com implicações para a formação de professores de línguas, para uma conscientização sobre a educação, para a atenção consciente sobre a língua e suas propriedades, bem como suscitar reflexões sobre a importância do professor-mediador no teletandem, de modo que seu papel é fundamental ao auxiliar o participante de teletandem em sua prática pedagógica.
The project “Teletandem and transculturality in online foreign languages interactions via webcam” (TELLES, 2011) promotes interaction via Skype between Brazilian students and students from various courses of foreign universities. One of its objectives is to disseminate the Portuguese language among speakers of other languages and give Brazilian participants the opportunity to learn another language spoken by their foreign partners. During teletandem interactions, participants provide explanations about their mother tongue or about the language in which they are proficient. The study in this dissertation analyzes the emerging linguistic aspects of these virtual interactions and how the Brazilian students (pre-service language teachers) answer questions about Portuguese as a foreign language. The aim of the study is to investigate the errors and limitations of the Brazilian students as they explain their own language to their foreign teletandem partners. Data were generated from teletandem interactions between students from a Brazilian public university and students from a private American university. Most of the Brazilian participants were students of Language Arts (Letras). Methodologically, it fits within the interpretative qualitative paradigm and it adopted the concept of Language-Related Episodes (SWAIN & LAPKIN, 1998) for selecting data. Theoretically, the study is grounded on the concept of Focus on Form (LONG, 1991) and Language Awareness (HAWKINS, 1984). Considering the theories and the data analysis, it was possible to verify evidences about participants’ language awareness. I believe it is important that teletandem practitioners - who are future teachers of foreign languages - should develop a reflective attitude towards language practices. The results of this dissertation provide support for professionals who also work with teletandem in other countries. Implications of the study are contributions in the areas of teacher education, of conscious attention to language and its properties, as well as it aims to stimulate reflections about the development of the professor-mediator of teletandem sessions. The role of the latter is essential to assist teletandem participants in order to help them improve their pedagogical practices.
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Nieto, Claudia P. "Cultural Competence and its Influence on the Teaching and Learning of International Students." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1209753315.
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Kim, Jung Sook. "Rethinking Discourses of Diversity: A Critical Discourse Study of Language Ideologies and Identity Negotiation in a University ESL Classroom." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1492708729036445.
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Hewiidf, M. (Milla). "Teachers’ reflections on cultural diversity and language awareness in English language teaching." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2016. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201606162521.
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This paper examines how teachers interpret and implement in practice certain learning goals of English language teaching in the Finnish national curriculum for comprehensive education which was written in 2014, and which will be implemented starting in 2016. Data was collected by a group interview of two English teachers, which was recorded, transcribed and analyzed. The study concentrates on one of the five learning goals set for English language teaching in grades 7–9, called “Growth to cultural diversity and language awareness” and its three subgoals. It can be concluded that the teachers were familiar with the concepts of the goal, although they viewed language awareness to only concern macro-level comparison between different languages, not micro-level structures within languages. They had positive attitudes towards these concepts and they had creative ideas for carrying out some of the subgoals. The teachers trusted teaching materials to be in line with the national curriculum’s demandsTämä tutkimus selvittää, miten opettajat tulkitsevat ja toteuttavat käytännössä tiettyjä englannin kielen opetuksen oppimistavoitteita Suomen perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelmien perusteista, joka on kirjoitettu vuonna 2014 ja joka tulee voimaan vuodesta 2016 eteenpäin. Tutkimusaineisto kerättiin kahden englanninopettajan ryhmähaastattelulla, joka äänitettiin, litteroitiin ja analysoitiin. Tutkimus keskittyy yhteen viidestä luokkien 7–9 englannin opetukselle asetetuista tavoitteista nimeltä ”Kasvu kulttuuriseen moninaisuuteen ja kielitietoisuuteen” ja sen kolmeen alatavoitteeseen. Lopputuloksena on, että opettajat tunsivat opetussuunnitelman tavoitteen käsitteet, joskin he ajattelivat kielitietoisuuden liittyvän vain makrotason vertailuun eri kielten välillä, ei mikrotason rakenteisiin kielten sisällä. Heillä oli positiiviset asenteet näitä käsitteitä kohtaan, ja heillä oli luovia ideoita joidenkin alatavoitteiden toteuttamiseen. Opettajat luottivat opetusmateriaalien olevan valtakunnallisen opetussuunnitelman vaatimusten mukaisia
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Andrews, Stephen James. "The metalinguistic awareness of Hong Kong secondary school teachers of English." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310483.
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Jorge, Beatriz Silva Pinto. "Acquisition of Sociocultural Awareness by Teachers of English as a Foreign Language in Brazil." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1087843642.
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Paton, Gillian Frances. "The design, development and evaluation of a critical language awareness program for preservice teachers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ29168.pdf.
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Parades, Maria Elisa. "Language attitudes, linguistic knowledge, and the multicultural education of pre-service teachers a sociolinguistic study /." Diss., St. Louis, Mo. : University of Missouri--St. Louis, 2008. http://etd.umsl.edu/r3401.
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Ali-Hamada, Taghreed. "A suggested programme for developing the pedagogical grammatical awareness of Egyptian English language trainee teachers." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.301036.
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Petersen, Lucia. "Teachers' understanding of critical language awareness and their enactment of this understanding in the classroom." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6865.
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This study was prompted by my role as Afrikaans Curriculum Advisor which is inter alia to identify and address shortcomings and needs in the professional development of teachers. One of my immediate interventions was to help teachers understand critical literacy in order to implement Critical Language Awareness (CLA) as defined in the newly revised CAPS curriculum. Teachers need to master teaching CLA before its implementation in terms of the curriculum, introduced incrementally in 2012 in Grade 10. In order to determine teachers' understanding of CLA I selected three Afrikaans Lead Teachers who attended most of the sessions presented as part of the Grade 10 and 11 CAPS orientation. The research question therefore looks at selected teachers' understanding of CLA and their enactment of this understanding in the classroom. The theoretical framework for the study draws on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) which views language not only as a form of social practice, but as a socially conditioned and conditioning process. (Fairclough, 2001, p. 19). The data collected for the three case studies were audio taped individual interviews with each teacher to probe their personal understanding of CLA, as well as video recorded complete lessons of CLA taught by each teacher. For my data analysis I drew on Fairclough's model for CDA as interpreted by Janks (1997). Analysis revealed how two of the teachers approached texts as though meaning is singular, and the third constructed meaning as multiple. Teachers' approaches to meaning in text were found to either close down or open up opportunities for critical class discussion. Another significant finding is how teachers' identities and personal histories impacted on their selection of texts for the critical literacy lesson, and their pedagogies. I explore how these pedagogies restricted/enabled classroom interaction. An implication for teacher education is that teachers should not only be trained in content and pedagogy, but should be made aware of and assisted in dealing with their own identity issues which might emerge while teaching critical literacy.
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Haley, Maria Esperanza. "Integration of technology in the curriculum language arts: Spanish phonemic awareness." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2467.
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This paper explores the importance of providing teacher training in the use of technology to reap the benefits of adding computers to the classroom. It describes how a basic software program was used to create an interactive program to teach phonics in Spanish to kindergarten students in a Structured English Immersion Program. A benefit to having good phonemic awareness skills in Spanish is that it will help the student in developing phonemic awareness skills in English and will facilitate learning to read English words.
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Andersson, Josefin, and Emma Gregmar. "Culture in Language Education; Secondary Teachers’ and Pupils’ Views of Culture." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-29803.
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Prior research in the field of culture and language education depicts the close relation between language and culture. Furthermore, such research emphasises that in order to understand and to be able to use a language properly, one needs to acknowledge that language is culture. Today English is a global language and a tool for communication in working life, in studies and when travelling. Hence, to be able to communicate in English one needs to know the cultural codes in these specific settings. Moreover, language teaching has many dimensions and according to the curriculum, teachers have an obligation to raise cultural awareness amongst pupils as well as teach fundamental values. The purpose of this paper is therefore to investigate how secondary teachers and pupils view and work with culture and how these views can be connected to the curriculum and to the syllabus of English Lgr.11. Through interviews with secondary pupils we found that their view of culture to an extent connects to the cultural content of the curriculum for Swedish compulsory school, Lgr.11. Through teacher interviews, we additionally found that even if the teachers had a broad view of culture that was connected to the curriculum, they did not always manage to convey their cultural teaching to their pupils.
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Colver, Monty A. "The Development of Two Units for Basic Training and Resources for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: Understanding and Adapting in a New Culture and Teaching Culture." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2374.
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A team of Brigham Young University graduate students working under the supervision of Dr. Lynn Henrichsen, collaborated on the creation of a book as well as a website, Basic Training and Resources for Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (BTR-TESOL). The project, which will be developed in phases over the coming years, is intended to provide novice English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers with some introductory material on nearly fifty different topics related to the field. Each unit is not intended to be a comprehensive source and is not to be seen as a replacement for formal training. Rather the units should be used by those who would like formal training, but cannot afford the time or money it requires. With its minimalist, connectivist approach, BTR-TESOL will help them to "get their feet wet" and help them to develop the motivation and dedication needed to teach ESL until such time that they can receive formal instruction of some kind. This master's project describes the creation of two BTR-TESOL units on culture, titled "Understanding and Adapting in a New Culture" and "Teaching Culture." The first unit, "Understanding and Adapting in a New Culture," educates novice teachers about the importance of the differences that one faces when entering a new culture and guides them as they help their students (or themselves) to overcome culture shock. In the second unit, "Teaching Culture," novice teachers are educated on the importance of culture and are also given sample ideas and activities for teaching culture in a language classroom. Both units include a short introduction to the content, an opening scenario, a video segment related to the theme of each unit as well as reflection questions, objectives, explanatory text, and a section that directs readers to places they can go to learn more about the subject.
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Westerberg, Josefine. "Corrective Feedback in Oral EFL Learning Environments : A Study on Swedish Teachers’ Awareness of Corrective Feedback Strategies and Effects." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Pedagogiskt arbete, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-35511.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate four Swedish upper secondary teachers' reasoning about their own corrective feedback strategies in oral EFL learning environments, and how their reasoning correlated to previous research in the subject.The research was carried out by using the qualitative method of interviewing aselection of teachers. Four teachers of English as a foreign language from one Swedish upper secondary school participated in semi-structured pair-interviews.The study found that the participating teachers’ perceptions and use of corrective feedback corresponds to a large extent with the findings of previous research, saying that teachers in various contexts prefer more implicit means of corrective feedback,but that they would adapt their strategies depending on the learner, error type, and the focus of the lesson. The result also suggested that although the teachersreportedly make conscious choices when selecting a corrective feedback strategy, they sometimes have to choose between using a strategy that promotes learning orusing a strategy that will cause the least amount of inconvenience for the learner.The conclusion was made that the teachers of the study are aware of their own corrective feedback strategies to some extent, which also corresponds with the results of previous research, but that their awareness is not always sufficient, and their strategies might not be as effective as the teachers think.
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Wong, Yi-ling, and 黃綺玲. "Students phonological awareness enhanced through the teaching of Cantonese romanization =." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2004. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30282822.
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Capelo, Carla. "WHEN WRITING BECOMES NIGHTMARE: HELPING STUDENTS PINPOINT WRITING TOPICS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/626.
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When deciding on topics for academic research papers, many students face difficulties that vary from choosing themes whose scope is too extensive to be satisfactorily analyzed in the given task, to selecting topics that are too limited, to not being able to make a decision on a topic at all. Such struggles seem to manifest themselves in both native and non-native speakers of English. Despite extensive research on the writing process and its strategies, be it for academic writing or other genres, and even research focused on writers’ difficulties, previous research has found little about the troubles students must overcome when deciding on a research topic, and how to overcome them.
This study employed a qualitative case study design with two graduate students in a master’s program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, who were enrolled in two sections of a course on research, to investigate these students’ writing processes as they defined a topic for their literature review research paper. Through an in-depth analysis of samples of their writing in combination with their verbal reports, collected during individual semi-structured interviews, this case study examined how two graduate students successfully calibrated their topics, which strategies they employed to that end, and how their instructors’ actions helped them in the process. Consequently, the findings shed light on instructional practices, and their implications for teachers’ training programs.
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Howard, Philip 1964. "What racism? : an exploration of ideological common sense justifications of racism among educators in Quebec English-language education." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=33905.
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This study starts with the observation that Canadians un-self-consciously tend to understate, or fail to recognize, the existence and extent of anti-Black racism in Canada. Canadians also claim that racism is much worse in the United States. Using extensive excerpts from in-depth interviews with Black and White educators in the Quebec English-language school system, the study examines ideological common sense arguments that legitimize, or else, argue away Canadian anti-Black racism. The study also documents the participants' accounts of racism and its effects.The study exposes arguments used to deny and justify racism, and discusses the disparate understandings of race-related concepts that make it difficult for dominant and oppressed racial groups to see eye-to-eye. The author then uses the findings of the study to answer and critique a 1998 article by S. Davies and N. Guppy that challenges the claim that there is anti-Black racism in Canadian education.
The final chapter of the study suggests that the American literature on race is more relevant to the Canadian context than is often acknowledged. It suggests that anti-racist education in Canada has less to do with "giving teachers...strategies" for passing on "tolerance to the next generation" than with teaching teachers to examine their own assumptions. The author recommends that Canadian education be examined through a Critical Race Theory approach, which centers race.
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Freday, Mary E. "Strategic Listening: Examining the Efficacy of a Pedagogical Cycle Intended to Teach the Listening Process, Increase Metacognitive Awareness and Improve Comprehension." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1307126560.
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Worley, Jacqueline L. Breland. "Hispanic students' beliefs regarding emergent literacy a case study /." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2004. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-11112004-164500.
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Andersson, Julia, and Elin Lagerström. "Listen Up! : A study of how teachers in SLA approach the listening skill within upper secondary schools in Sweden." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-41983.
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Listening comprehension and listening strategies plays a crucial role in the process of acquiring a language. This study aims to investigate to what extent the listening skill is practised in upper secondary schools in the south of Sweden. Research studies within the field of listening are few which indicates that the listening skill is not considered as essential in second language teaching as the other three skills: reading, writing and speaking. Previous studies indicate that teachers should educate students metacognitive awareness when teaching listening. The results summarize the teachers’ answers, reflections and attitudes conducted from semi-structured interviews. The analysis of the results focuses on the four categories distinguished from the teachers’ answers: Teaching Approaches, National Exams, The Individual Student and Metacognitive Awareness. Some of the teachers do not possess the knowledge of how to teach listening that develops students' listening proficiency. As a conclusion, the study shows that a hierarchy exists among the four skills to which teachers adjust to, and this may be detrimental in achieving educational aims.
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Hallberg, Österberg Anna-Carin. "Fonemisk medvetenhet i förskolan. : En studie om hur pedagoger i förskolan arbetar med fonemisk medvetenhet." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för pedagogiska studier (from 2013), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-68256.
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Language development is a part of what pre-school teachers are supposed to teach children in pre-school and reading books, singing songs and rhyming is something that goes on although it isn’t always thought of how or why it is done. Phonological awareness, as just mentioned, is something that pre-school teachers work with on an everyday basis. The purpose of this study is to see how pre-school teachers work with the part of the phonological awareness that is called phonemic awareness. This study aims to see how pre-school teachers teach how the letters of the alphabet sounds and what words sounds like in the beginning, in the middle and at the end of words and how the children in pre-school get to learn how to use these sounds in their language development. The methodology used in this study is semistructured interviews with pre-school teachers. The results of the interviews conducted in this study show that pre-school teachers have several different ways to teach young children in the preschool about phonemic awareness.Språkutveckling är en del av vad förskollärare ska undervisa barn i förskolan och att läsa böcker, sjunga sånger och rimma är något som hela tiden pågår, men det är inte alltid att det tänks till på hur eller varför det görs. Fonologisk medvetenhet, som just nämnts, är något som förskollärare arbetar med på vardaglig basis. Syftet med denna studie är att se hur förskollärare arbetar med den del av den fonologiska medvetenheten som kallas fonemisk medvetenhet. Denna studie syftar till att se hur förskollärare lär ut hur bokstäverna i alfabetet låter och hur ord låter i början, i mitten och i slutet av orden och hur barnen i förskolan lär sig att använda dessa ljud i sin språkutveckling. Den metod som använts i studien är semistrukturerade intervjuer med förskollärare. Resultaten av de intervjuer som genomfördes i denna studie visar att förskollärare har flera olika sätt att lära unga barn i förskolan om fonemisk medvetenhet.
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Kasazian, Émilie. "Pratiques d’enseignement et descriptions grammaticales des langues étrangères dans le contexte scolaire. Le cas de l’Angleterre." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCA096.
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Cette recherche doctorale relève du domaine de la didactique des langues et des cultures, mais elle s’inspire également du domaine des sciences de l’éducation. Elle a pour objet d’étude les pratiques d’enseignement de la grammaire dans le contexte scolaire de l’Angleterre. La spécificité de ce contexte réside dans le fait que les apprenants font peu, voire pas, de grammaire au cycle primaire. Dès lors, c’est dès l’entrée au collège, avec l’apprentissage de la première langue étrangère, que les élèves sont initiés à des réflexions de type métalinguistique. Notre recherche ambitionne de comprendre de quelle façon les enseignants de langues étrangères amènent les apprenants à développer une conscience métalinguistique dans ce contexte particulier. Nous souhaitons déterminer si les enseignants usent de stratégies particulières pour pallier l’absence de compétences métalinguistiques explicites chez leurs apprenants. Pour cela, nous avons mené une recherche de terrain de nature qualitative et exploratoire en privilégiant une approche holistique, écologique et interdisciplinaire qui prend en compte les leçons de langues étrangères les plus enseignées au collège (allemand, espagnol, français). Les données recueillies ¬ observations de classes et entretiens semi-directifs ¬ ont fait émerger des axes d’analyse qui éclairent les pratiques grammaticales des enseignants et donnent des pistes pour une didactique contextualiséeThis doctoral research work is embedded in the field of applied linguistics but it is also based on Educational Sciences research. Its main goal is to study grammar teaching practices in the school context of England. The specificity of this field lies in the fact that learners are only slightly exposed to explicit grammar learning during primary school. Therefore, they are trained to think about language as they start their first modern foreign language lessons at school. Our research aims at understanding in what ways modern foreign language teachers bring their students to develop their language awareness in this particular context. We wish to figure out whether teachers use peculiar strategies to make up for the lack of metalinguistic awareness of their students. To do so, we conducted an exploratory and qualitative field research built on a holistic, ecological and interdisciplinary approach, taking into account the various foreign languages taught at school (German, Spanish and French). The collected data (MFL classroom observations and teachers semi-structured interviews) has revealed interesting analytical perspectives which bring light on teachers’grammar practices
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De, la Campa Juliane Claudia. "Amount, purpose, and teacher awareness of L1 use in the foreign language classroom." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/1947.
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This study was concerned with the teachers' use of the students' first language (L1) in two second-year German conversation university courses. It examined amount, purposes, and teacher awareness of L1 use. Data were collected through video and audio recordings of the two classes (a total of 6.6 h). teacher interviews, and stimulated recall sessions. Amount and purposes of L1 use were determined by word count and coding of L1 utterances. Results revealed a relatively low average of 11.3 % L1 use. L1 was used for the purposes of translations, activity instructions. personal comments, and bilingual L1 use. A comparison of the teachers' estimation of amount and purposes of L1 use with their classroom practice showed that they were aware of their L1 use to some extent. Findings also suggest that teachers may benefit from becoming aware of their L1 use and hence avoid extensive L1 use in their classes
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Howerton-Fox, Amanda. "Teacher language awareness in a Swedish bilingual school for the deaf: Two portraits of grammar knowledge in practice." Thesis, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8GF11Q2.
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This case study explores the relationship between teachers' language knowledge and their grammar teaching practices within the context of a bilingual school for the deaf in Sweden, a country that has demonstrated success in educating deaf children bilingually in written Swedish and Sweden's signed language. The study's participants were two Swedish language teachers and their 17 elementary school students; both participants were identified as high quality teachers and models of the school's approach to the bilingual education of deaf children. Teacher Language Awareness was selected as the theoretical construct through which to explore the relationship between teacher knowledge and practice because of its focus on knowledge-in-action, or the sites where knowledge intersects with practice. The study's main data sources were classroom observation and stimulated recall interviews. Data were analyzed sequentially using a start list of codes derived from a review of the relevant literature. Two portraits of the teachers' grammatical Teacher Language Awareness emerged from my analysis of the data. Suggested pedagogical applications for these portraits in teacher education programs are presented.
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Serrinha, Iara Rafaela Horta. "Developing intercultural awareness through teacher-designed materials in the primary English classroom." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/123611.
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The present research project focuses on investigating how students’ intercultural awareness can be developed in the primary English classroom through teacher-designed materials. As a consequence of globalisation, the world is ever more interconnected, and diversity is all around us. However, the topic of intercultural awareness has not been given proper attention in the primary English classroom in Portugal. Coursebooks tend to separate culture from language and resort to symbols and icons which only augment stereotypical ideas instead of attempting to show other realities and diversity. Learners should be given a deeper, varied and more realistic view of diversity between cultures and teacher-designed materials may be a useful resource to deepen learners’ intercultural awareness. I believe that the foreign language primary classroom is the ideal context to start laying the foundations for interculturally competent citizens and to raise inclusive and more tolerant human beings. This study took place in a 4th grade class in a primary school in Portugal. Three different topics were chosen to deepen students’ intercultural awareness using three different teacher-designed materials. To understand if students’ intercultural awareness was developed, questionnaires were administered before and after exposing students to the topics and materials. A teaching journal was also used to document students’ reactions throughout the project. The results show that teacher-designed materials can be effective to improve learners’ intercultural awareness as they became more knowledgeable, open, understanding, empathetic and curious. Learners also enjoyed the materials created by the teacher, and this proves that with the right motivation, the English classroom is an excellent place to open and augment students’ horizons.O presente projeto de investigação tem como objetivo averiguar de que modo a consciência intercultural dos alunos pode ser desenvolvida na sala de aula de Inglês do 1º ciclo através de materiais criados pelo professor. Como consequência da globalização, o mundo está cada vez mais ligado entre si e as diferenças podem ser encontradas em qualquer lugar. Porém, o tema da consciência intercultural não tem recebido a atenção devida na sala de aula de Inglês do 1º ciclo em Portugal. Os manuais escolares do 1º ciclo tendem a separar cultura da língua e recorrem a símbolos e ícones que apenas aumentam estereótipos em vez de mostrarem diversidade e outras realidades. Os professores devem proporcionar aos alunos uma visão mais profunda, variada e mais realista das diferenças entre culturas e os materiais criados pelo professor para este efeito podem ser um recurso útil para aprofundar a consciência intercultural dos alunos. Acredito que a sala de aula de Inglês no 1º ciclo é o contexto ideal para começar a plantar as raízes para criar cidadãos competentes interculturalmente e seres humanos inclusivos e mais tolerantes. Este estudo decorreu numa turma do 4º ano de uma escola primária privada em Portugal. Foram escolhidos três tópicos distintos para desenvolver a consciência intercultural dos alunos, utilizando três materiais diferentes criados pelo professor. Para perceber até que ponto a consciência intercultural dos alunos foi desenvolvida, foram administrados questionários antes e depois de expor os alunos aos tópicos e materiais. Foi utilizado também um diário para documentar as reações dos alunos ao longo do projeto. Os resultados mostram que os materiais elaborados pelo professor podem ser eficazes para melhorar a consciência intercultural dos alunos, uma vez que estes se tornaram mais conhecedores, abertos, compreensivos, empáticos e curiosos. Os alunos também demonstraram ter gostado dos materiais criados pelo professor, o que prova que, com a motivação certa, a sala de aula de inglês é um excelente lugar para abrir e aumentar os horizontes dos alunos.
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Keating, Jannette. "A case study revealing how preservice art educators develop awareness of the role of language during field work in art education for pupils who are blind or visually impaired." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22283.
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Working collaboratively with the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) and Dr. Kara Hallmark's art education students at the University of Texas at Austin (UT), this qualitative case study documented how preservice art teachers' awareness of how to implement language as a teaching tool developed during a participatory observational experience in the segregated special needs art class at TSBVI. My research reveals how the field experience at TSBVI, which included hands-on interaction with pupils who are blind or visually impaired and the role modeling of an experienced special needs art educator, enhanced awareness for preservice teachers about how language can be used effectively in teaching art. This awareness is useful for all educators who include students experiencing vision impairment in the art classroom.text
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"Applications and Beliefs of Second Language Teachers' Linguistic Knowledge and Awareness." Doctoral diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.50485.
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abstract: For this dissertation, teacher linguistic awareness (TLingA) involves teacher linguistic knowledge, teacher language awareness (TLA), and teacher cognition for second language (L2) teachers. Teacher linguistic knowledge is an understanding of how language functions and is compiled within the different areas of linguistics. And TLA is the knowledge that educators possess of the structural and fundamental system of language. Both help L2 teachers with different aspects of teaching. Additionally, teacher cognition involves what teachers know, their beliefs, and thought processes. Lastly, TLingA includes the conscious application of teacher linguistic knowledge.
In order to understand how strong of a role linguistics plays in language instruction, I evaluate how language teachers use their linguistic knowledge, and what factors affect the application of that knowledge. This paper aims to fill this gap in understanding how much and what factors affect L2 teachers’ application of linguistic knowledge by interviewing L2 teachers at an intensive English program at a university in the Southwestern United States. To do so, the study uses interviews with open-ended questions involving hypothetical teaching scenarios that probe different areas of linguistics: phonology, grammar, pragmatics, and sociolinguistics.
The general findings suggest that teachers use their linguistic knowledge and awareness in their teaching: such as, with sociolinguistics, in how they control the classroom and interact with students; with phonology, in how they teach pronunciation; with grammar, in how they edit students’ writing and meet with students about their writing; and with pragmatics, in how they teach vocabulary usage and formal requests. Additionally, the results suggest that years of experience appear to be the largest factor in the application of linguistic knowledge and that contextual factors, like time and curriculum goals, also play a role. Moreover, in relation to teacher cognition, how a L2 teacher conceptualizes or defines linguistic terms also seemed to affect their awareness of the application of linguistic knowledge. In conclusion, it appears that L2 teachers’ linguistic knowledge and TLingA help them to evaluate their students’ needs and influence their lesson planning.Dissertation/Thesis
Doctoral Dissertation Applied Linguistics 2018
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Chang, Shao-hua. "A case study of EFL teachers in Taiwan identities, instructional practices and intercultural awareness /." 2004. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=5&did=765934071&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1233710141&clientId=23440.
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Avila, Kena T. "Congruency, collaboration, and awareness : the discourses that impact the teachers of English language learners." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/29219.
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This research examines the discourses that impact the teachers of ELL teachers within their instructional practices, their school environment, and a wider educational system. Interviews, observations, and focus groups of twelve teachers at two elementary schools in the Pacific Northwest provide the data for this grounded theory approach that uncovers eleven themes using the tools of situational analysis and discourse analysis. The discourses of congruency, collaboration, trust and awareness are a few that emerged from this study. Although presented as separate, the nature of discourse is that they are interconnected and dependent on each other, highlighting the complexity of teachersʼ worlds. The impact of these discourses impacted both teacher agency and school collaboration for teachers, administrators, and teacher educators.Graduation date: 2012
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Bursey, Kim. "Development of an inservice program on phonemic awareness for teachers and early chlldhood educators /." 1997.
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Sekel, Patricia Pallat. "The phonemic awareness knowledge and skills of first-grade teachers a sound investment? /." Thesis, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3116181.
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