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Author:

Althewini, Abdulaziz M.

Title:

Saudi teachers’ beliefs about reading instruction in English as a foreign language (EFL)

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Saudi
ESL
EFL
teacher
teacher education
English
reading
professional development
belief
foreign language

File:

Download Althewini_dissertation_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jamie Myers, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne Whitney, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Smolcic, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Ming-Ying

Title:

CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS TO LANGUAGE LEARNING AS PERCEIVED BY UNIVERSITY-LEVEL CHINESE HERITAGE LANGUAGE LEARNERS

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

contributory factors
Chinese as a Heritage Language
Chinese heritage language learning
university-level

File:

Download MY_Final_Diss_7-13-16.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth A Smolcic, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jamie Myers, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Outside Member

Author:

D'Aveta, Laura A

Title:

IN SEARCH OF ALAGAËSIA: EXPLORING THE CONJUNCTION OF READER, AUTHOR AND PLACE IN CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI’S THE INHERITANCE CYCLE

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Fantasy map
Projective Worlds
Secondary Worlds
Fantasy Landscapes

File:

Download D_Aveta_Dissertation_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Daniel Dean Hade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Daniel Dean Hade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Angiline Louisa Whitney, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Jonathan Paul Eburne, Outside Member

Author:

Hobbs, Alisa Rhoades

Title:

Policy at Work: An Insider's Critical Discourse Analysis of Texts Surrounding A School Bill in Pennsylvania

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

school vouchers
critical discourse analysis
social practices
discursive events
education policy

File:

Download Ali_Hobbs_Dissertation_July_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick Williard Shannon, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Outside Member

Author:

Sherman, Brandon James

Title:

Agency, Ideology, and Information/Communication Technology: English Language Instructor use of Instructional Technology at a South Korean College

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Educational technology
English as a Foreign Language
Teacher Agency
Case Study

File:

Download Dissertation.BJS.10.02.pdf

Committee Members:

Mari Haneda, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mari Haneda, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick Willard Shannon, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Outside Member

Author:

Infante, Paolo

Title:

MEDIATED DEVELOPMENT: PROMOTING L2 CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTERPSYCHOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

Graduate Program:

Curriculum and Instruction

Keywords:

Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory
ESL Writing
Curriculum and Instruction

File:

Download Dissertation__Ph.D__-_Infante__Paolo__FINAL_.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew Edward Poehner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Lantolf, Committee Member
Ning Yu, Committee Member
Jamie Myers, Outside Member