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A Bilingual Advantage for Children with Autism: Effect of a Bilingual Education on Set Shifting in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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In: Senior Projects Spring 2021 (2021)
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Black Lives Matter in Teaching English as a Second Language!
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In: Faculty Publications (2021)
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The Lived Experiences Of Latinx Parents And Their Perception Of Bilingual Programs: A Phenomenological Reflection
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In: Dissertations (2021)
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Everybody Does It: The Pragmatics and Perceptions of International Chinese Graduate Students and their American Peers Regarding Gossip
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In: Journal of Multilingual Education Research (2021)
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The Acquisition of Advanced Level Chinese Heritage Language (CHL) Learners：A Comparative Analysis Concerning The Aspect Marker “LE了”
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In: Masters Theses (2021)
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Over the decades, research on heritage language learners has been quite popular, but most studies concern Russian, Spanish and other languages rather than Chinese. The Chinese heritage language learner’s studies focus mainly on K-12 students and their learning motivations, writing characteristics, and identification recognition and those concerned with language acquisition address their vocabulary and verbal Chinese development. There have been very few studies about learning grammar. This study emphasizes on the acquisition of the aspect marker LE among advanced learners. To investigate the acquisition characteristics of advanced CHL learners, this study adopted the advanced CHL learners as the research group and the advanced CFL learners and native speakers as the control groups. A questionnaire survey was designed to investigate the participants' acquisition abilities. The survey utilized "similar semantics, different contexts, and English similarities" related to the aspect marker LE as the interference factors to investigate comprehension abilities and presented five different situations of using LE to investigate production abilities. There were 198 participants in the survey, and 183 effective questionnaires were collected. Analysis of the data showed the following results: all three groups of subjects are equally affected by "similar semantics" and "different contexts" in comprehending the meaning of LE. But CHL and CFL learners are more affected by English interference than NS. In the production survey, CHL learners did better than CFL, but not as well as NS. In terms of comprehension on the aspect marker LE, CHL learners did better than CFL, but not as well as NS. The understanding and production abilities of CHL learners in the United States are better than those of CHL learners in China, and the influence of English on both CHL groups is quite similar. The most important findings of this research are as follows: (1) Even when CHL learners reach the advanced level, they behave nearly native-like at language level, but cannot reach to the level of a native speaker. (2) Advanced CHL learners share similarities with CFL learners in production abilities. (3) The target Chinese language environment has no obvious influence on advanced CHL learners. The results of this study have the following teaching implications: 1) Students are more likely to acquire LE in context; 2) Students are more likely to understand LE after they have clearly understood the semantic meaning of LE; 3) It would benefit advanced Chinese learners in acquiring LE if their study program could tailor classes for them; 4) If the teachers are explicit in explaining the meaning of LE, students will be more likely to understand the semantic meaning of LE and utilized it correctly.
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and Multicultural Education; and Society; Arts and Humanities; Bilingual; Chinese Studies; Community-Based Learning; Community-Based Research; East Asian Languages and Societies; Family; First and Second Language Acquisition; Heritage Language Learning; Life Course; Multilingual; Race and Ethnicity; Second Language Acquisition
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URL: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2147&context=masters_theses_2
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/1145
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Khmer Phonetics & Phonology: Theoretical Implications for ESL Instruction
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In: Senior Honors Theses (2020)
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Educator Perspectives on English Learner Identification: An Explanatory Mixed Methods Study
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In: Graduate Doctoral Dissertations (2020)
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An Examination of the Factors Influencing High School Graduation Rates for Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education
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In: Graduate Doctoral Dissertations (2020)
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Educators Bailan with Policy et le Pouvoir in the Educação of Multicultural and Multilingual Learners (WIDA ELD Standards and the Education of English Learners)
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All About the American Flap
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In: Faculty Publications (2019)
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Journey to Refuge: Understanding Refugees, Exploring Trauma, and Best Practices for Newcomers and Schools
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In: NPP eBooks (2019)
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How Much Do Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Factors Actually Impact College Student Attitudes towards English Language Learning? A Quantitative and Qualitative Study
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In: Intensive English Language Program Faculty Publications and Presentations (2019)
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Relationship Between Empathy and Language Proficiency in Adult Language Learners
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In: Dissertations and Theses (2019)
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Teaching English to Refugees through Storytelling
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Language Learning and ADA: An Observation of d/Deaf Adults and Their Interpreters in ESL Classrooms
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In: Graduate Masters Theses (2019)
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Augmented Reality Applications in the Development of Productive Oral Language Skills in Foreign Language Teaching and Acquisition
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In: Hong Zhan (2018)
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Grammatical Gender Acquisition in L2 Spanish
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In: Honors Thesis (2018)
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Creating an environment of connectedness and cultural inclusiveness for non-native speakers of English in academic libraries
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In: Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy (2018)
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An Interventionist Approach to Language Study Abroad: Exploring Metalinguistic Awareness in the Acquisition of Spanish through Digital Portfolio Documentation and Expert Mentorship
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In: Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository (2018)
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Supporting English Language Learners Inside the Mathematics Classroom: One Teacher’s Unique Perspective Working with Students During Their First Years in America
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In: Research and Evaluation in Literacy and Technology (2018)
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