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Author:

Brua, Charles

Title:

Health-care access in a rural area: Perspectives from Russian-speaking immigrants, English-speaking doctors, and volunteer interpreters

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

language accommodation
health-care beliefs
rural health care
Russian-speaking immigrants
Medical interpreters
health-care socialization

File:

Download brua_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert William Schrauf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert William Schrauf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen E Johnson, Committee Member
Sinfree Bullock Makoni, Committee Member
Roxanne Louise Parrott, Committee Member

Author:

Smolcic, Elizabeth A

Title:

Preparing Teachers for Diverse Classrooms: An Activity Theoretical Analysis of Teacher Learning and Development

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

teacher education
activity theory
English as a Second Language
cultural learning
culturally responsive pedagogy
immersion programs

File:

Download Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen E Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen E Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member
Robert William Schrauf, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member

Author:

Rine, Emily F.

Title:

Development in Dialogic Teaching Skills: A Micro-Analytic Case Study of a Pre-Service ITA

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

ITA
International Teaching Assistant
conversation analysis
interactional competence
language socialization

File:

Download EFR_dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Kelly Hall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kelly M Hall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steve L Thorne, Committee Member
Dr Paula Golombek, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member
Dr Johannes Wagner, Committee Member

Author:

Morrison, Elizabeth Leigh

Title:

Negotiating Learner-Centeredness in an IEP ESL Classroom: A Critical Ethnographic Discourse Analysis

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

discourse analysis
critical ethnography
ESL
learner-centeredness
classroom practice
student differences

File:

Download E_MORRISON_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen E Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen E Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jacqueline Edmondson, Committee Member
Paula Golombek, Committee Member
Athelstan Canagarajah, Committee Member

Author:

Ferguson, Jean Louise

Title:

EXPLICIT SECOND LANGUAGE VOCABULARY LEARNING: AN INVESTIGATION OF A GLOSS-EMBEDDED TEXT PLUS FORM, MEANING, AND USE EXERCISES

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

L2 vocabulary
form
meaning
& use exercises
explicit vocabulary learning
text & exercises

File:

Download Ferguson_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paula Golombek, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paula Golombek, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen E Johnson, Committee Member
Susan G Strauss, Committee Member
Peggy Noel Van Meter, Committee Member

Author:

Ahn, Kyungja

Title:

Learning to Teach within the Curricular Reform Context: A Sociocultural Perspective on English Student Teachers' Practicum Experience in South Korea

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

Teacher education
Curricular reform
Communicative language teaching
Sociocultural theory
Concept development
Activity theory
Inner contradictions

File:

Download KyungjaAhn.2009.diss.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen E Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen E Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Kelly Hall, Committee Member
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Paula R Golombek, Committee Member