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Author:

Nauman, Gretchen Allegra

Title:

Paths To New Conceptualizations Of Literacy in Chinese EFL Teachers

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

Teacher professional development
English as a Foreign Language (EFL)
literacy
Chinese teachers

File:

Download G_Nauman_dissertation__final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen E Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Kelly Hall, Committee Member
Athelstan Canagarajah, Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member
Xiaoye You, Committee Member

Author:

Tasker, Thomas Charles

Title:

Exploring EFL Teacher Professional Development Through Lesson Study: An Activity Theoretical Approach

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

lesson study
EFL
professional development
activity theory
developmental work research
teacher cognition

File:

Download tct_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karen E Johnson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karen E Johnson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert William Schrauf, Committee Member
James F Nolan Jr., Committee Member
Meredith Christine Doran, Committee Member
Steve L Thorne, Special Member

Author:

Hartig, Alissa Joy

Title:

Connecting disciplinary concepts and language: A study of legal literacy development in a second language and legal culture

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

Legal writing
English for Specific Purposes
concept-based instruction
second language writing

File:

Download Hartig_Dissertation_FINAL_SUBMISSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Celeste S Kinginger, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karen E Johnson, Committee Member
Xiaofei Lu, Committee Member
Caroline Sheldon, Special Member
Dorothy H Evensen, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Xian

Title:

The Teachability Hypothesis and Concept-based Instruction: topicalization in Chinese as a Second Language

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

Processability Theory
Teachability Theory
Sociocultural Theory
Concept-based teaching

File:

Download Xian_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lantolf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xiaofei Lu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ning Yu, Committee Member
Ping Li, Committee Member

Author:

Tsai, Mei-hsing

Title:

Usage-based cognitive semantics in L2 collocation: A microgenetic analysis of EFL students' collocational knowledge

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

L2 collocation
cognitive semantics
sociocultural theory
concept-based instruction
EFL

File:

Download Dissertation_Mei-Hsing_Tsai_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lantolf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Xiaofei Lu, Committee Member
Matthew Edward Poehner, Committee Member

Author:

Smotrova, Tetyana

Title:

Instructional Functions of Speech And Gesture in the L2 Classroom

Graduate Program:

Applied Linguistics

Keywords:

gesture
teaching
classroom
second language

File:

Download Smotrova_Dissertation_Use_this_Version_Please.pdf

Committee Members:

James Lantolf, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Lantolf, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Celeste S Kinginger, Committee Member
Dr Suresh Canagarajah, Committee Member
Mari Haneda, Special Member