Integrating language and content in teaching English as a Second Language: A case study on a precourse

by Ruwaidah Abu Rass

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This study examines the usefulness of an adjunct course (Precourse) that was taught by a language teacher who accompanied her students to an undergraduate history course at the university level. Qualitative methods and quantitative measurements were employed to: (a) to assess the effectiveness of the Precourse on improving the participants' proficiency level, and (b) to examine the effect of such a course on improving the students' academic competence and performance. Special attention was paid…

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This study examines the usefulness of an adjunct course (Precourse) that was taught by a language teacher who accompanied her students to an undergraduate history course at the university level. Qualitative methods and quantitative measurements were employed to: (a) to assess the effectiveness of the Precourse on improving the participants' proficiency level, and (b) to examine the effect of such a course on improving the students' academic competence and performance. Special attention was paid to the influence of the first social and academic culture of the participants on their process of learning English as a second language.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1997

Thesis Information

  • Degree:Ph.D.
  • University:The University of Arizona
  • Advisor/Supervisor:R. Ruiz
  • Pages:360

Publication Statements

  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1997

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  • proquest:304333234

Subjects

Bilingual Education Education eng Language arts Multicultural education PDF

Writers

Ruwaidah Abu Rass R., Ruiz

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