Lack of participation in the school by the minority parents is related to lack of support from the school to attract and to involve these parents. This ethnographic research studies the perceptions of seventeen English speaking, immigrant, minority parents regarding participatio…
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The framework employed for this study is adaptation theory which illustrates the cultural-adjustment of Somalis in the Metro Toronto school system. This study then looked at the challenges faced by Somalis in their attempt to integrate into Canadian society and the school system…
This five-month case study investigated three kindergarten children's writing with computers. The focal children were raised in families from Taiwan, Arabia, and Nigeria. Taking a socio-cognitive view, the researcher examined the impacts of using two different computer software …
Statement of the problem. Theories of second language acquisition discuss the effects of the native language on learning a second language. Contrastive analysis of the languages determines the level of interference of the native language and predicts the difficulties a learner w…
The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if a relationship exists between teaching strategies and standardized test scores. A second purpose was to identify the instructional strategies that teachers use most frequently. In this case study investigation, twelve…
Interlanguage fossilization and stabilization, its precursor, are brought on by biological, acculturational, or interactive factors. Some of these biological factors form an unchangeable final boundary for language growth. The rest of the factors can form initial boundaries on l…
Many students from Malaysia and Southern China who come to the United States to study have problems in communicating; and their pronunciation, together with other linguistic disabilities in listening comprehension and reading, constitutes a persistent challenge to educators of E…
Following an introductory chapter, effects of the multifaceted character of the Caribbean on the formation of the Caribbean Baptist Fellowship were examined. In chapter II, a study of the contextual setting included geography, colonial background, economy, culture and religion, …
The purpose of this study was to examine perceptions of Arab American parents in a Michigan high school on multicultural education in the Detroit Metropolitan area. Arab American parents were both foreign-born and born in the United States with students in 9th, 10 th, 11th, and …
Competency in writing is a prerequisite to passing national examinations in Malaysia. Instruction to improve writing skills in English is essential for students to pass national examinations, obtain employment, and complete future education abroad. Therefore, it was deemed impor…
This dissertation describes a participatory evaluation research project conducted by the researcher to evaluate the five aspects of the FutureLinks-South Africa training program conducted in Washington, D.C. and directed by Dr. Dudley Weeks. This case study involved collecting d…
The Black/White Achievement gap has been a persistent problem in education. Previous research attributed this gap to students' culture (Jenks & Phillips, 1998; Ogbu, 1995a.b) or teachers' expectancy (Rist, 1970). Post-colonial literature suggests that this research itself is opp…
University students in Malaysia need to demonstrate a high proficiency of the English language, particularly so in institutions of higher learning such as the International Islamic University where the medium of instruction is English in order to succeed academically. Here, the …
This research examines the experiences of special education parents as narrators of their own stories. The study looks at language, tradition and narrative and what influence they play in the parents' understanding and acceptance of their child's disability in three different co…
This research study was undertaken to address questions and concerns about the language teaching textbook as regards to its role in input, feedback, and production of learner output. Specifically, it investigates whether literature-based reading texts generate different interact…
Immigrant women are a growing population in Canada. In order to capitalize on their skills and education, it is important to facilitate settlement and integration. Facilitation requires an in-depth understanding of their needs and the challenges preventing full participation. Th…
This study examined the word recognition and word integration skills of Japanese and Arab ESL speakers who were enrolled in intermediate and advanced level courses in two pre-academic ESL program. The purpose for this study was to identify and examine the different types of read…
The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if the use of music would increase English language frequency in a group of second language kindergartners. The subjects selected for this investigation consisted of two girls and two boys between the ages of four and fi…
Equivalence priming, priming with language equivalent numerals, was examined in Hindi-English bilinguals. Targets were always Arabic numerals, but the primes could be Arabic numerals, Hindi numerals, or dots (control), at random. Participants classified the targets as odd or eve…