Urban English Language Learners (ELL) Research Paper by hicaliber
Urban English Language Learners (ELL)
This paper is a complete research project to test the effectiveness of community/ collaborative-based learning approaches on urban English language learners (ELL).
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Description:
This paper supports the hypothesis, based on preliminary literature research, that English language acquisition among urban students would be better facilitated through a community/collaborative based learning methodology, which is more likely to incorporate participative instruction, encourage collaboration in the classroom and include the use of technology, as opposed to traditional, linear methods. The paper points out that the subjects for this study were students from a South Bronx community school district, which is charachterized by lower incomes and is predominately Hispanic but also includes individuals with diverse ethnic heritages such as American Indian, Asian, African American and Caucasian. The paper relates that the design of this research study was (1) a random assignment of subjects, (2) within a two group pretest-posttest design and (3) with an untreated control group.
Table of Contents:
Statement of the Problem
Literature Review
Hypothesis
Method
Subjects
Instruments
Design
Assignment Summary
Procedure
Results
Discussion
Appendix 1: Directions for Administering the SOLOM
Appendix 2: Post Study Survey and Directions for Administering
Appendix 3: Table of Results
Table of Contents:
Statement of the Problem
Literature Review
Hypothesis
Method
Subjects
Instruments
Design
Assignment Summary
Procedure
Results
Discussion
Appendix 1: Directions for Administering the SOLOM
Appendix 2: Post Study Survey and Directions for Administering
Appendix 3: Table of Results
Sample of Sources Used:
- Cummins, F. "Knowledge, power, and identity in teaching English as a second language". In F. Genesee (Ed.), Educating second language children: The whole child, the whole curriculum, the whole community Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press: (1994): 103-125.
- Diaz, E., & Flares, B. "Teacher as sociocultural, sociohistorical mediator: Teaching to the potential". In M. Reyes & J. Halcon (Eds.), The best for our children: Critical perspectives in literacy for Latino students. New York: Teachers College Press. (2001):29-47.
- Ernst-Slavit, Gisela, Maloney, Carol, & Moore, Monica. "Changing Lives: Teaching English and Literature to ESL Students to Enhance Learning for ESL Students." Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 46.2 (2002): 116.
- Ferris, Dana R. & Hedgcock, John S. Teaching ESL Composition: Purpose, Process & Practice. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, (2004).
- Garcia, S. B., & Dominguez, L. "Cultural contexts that influence learning and academic performance". In Silver, L. B. (Ed.), Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinic of North America: Academic Difficulties. Philadelphia: Saunders Co, (1997): 621-55.
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Urban English Language Learners (ELL) (2007, April 11)
Retrieved March 24, 2023, from https://www.academon.com/research-paper/urban-english-language-learners-ell-93827/
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"Urban English Language Learners (ELL)" 11 April 2007.
Web. 24 March. 2023. <https://www.academon.com/research-paper/urban-english-language-learners-ell-93827/>