Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Cada año, millones de estudiantes estadounidenses participan en programas de inmersión, de intercambio, o de una estancia a largo plazo en otros países. Para saber el valor total de una experiencia de estudio en el extranjero, es necesario escuchar la voz y las percepciones de los participantes de su experiencia y determinar cómo estas percepciones afectan el sentimiento de éxito en el extranjero. En este estudio cualitativo se sigue a ocho estudiantes del nivel secundario en un intercambio en Barcelona, España, a fin de identificar los elementos principales que afectan la percepción de la ganancia lingüística y cultural por parte del estudiante y del profesor en el contexto de un estudio en el extranjero. Se presentan que 1) las ideas de la adquisición de segunda lengua vienen del aula tradicional, 2) las oportunidades sociales y el desarrollo de redes sociales resultan en práctica auténtica de las destrezas comunicativas, 3) la motivación alta por parte del estudiante es una característica común de estudiantes que participan en un estudio en el extranjero y esta característica (motivación alta) les ayuda a sobrevivir los desafíos naturales del extranjero, y 4) el estudio en el extranjero ni produce hablantes nativos ni crea estudiantes que se comprometen a continuar con el estudio del español.

This study focuses on parental choice for student placement in Two-Way Immersion classes as optional bilingual education. Parents who have their children enrolled in a TWI program in Banning, California responded to a questionnaire and were interviewed about their decision. The analysis of the data indicates that parents value cultural diversity and second language acquisition.

The goal of this project is to design an effective way for Japanese high school students to improve their English communication skills through internationalized, computer-mediated instruction.

Although first-generation college students and fratemity and sorority members have been explored and described independently within higher education research, less is known about the overlap in these two experiences and the culminating student population which provides the focus for this study. This study investigates the college experiences of six first-generation college students who are members of Greek-letter organizations at universities on the west coast. Case study methodology and community cultural wealth (Y osso, 2005) are used to analyze semistructured, in-depth interviews and provide rich descriptions, which inform an understanding of why students join Greek-letter organizations, the nature of their experience, and how their membership may influence how they experience college. Although participants did not describe their experience in college or in a Greek-letter organization as particularly unique as a result of their generational status, findings indicate a substantial gain in social and navigational capital, which they intended to utilize during and after their college years. Findings also indicate that due to the involvement in the Greek community, first-generation college students experienced college with a greater commitment to persist. By utilizing community cultural wealth to describe and explain first-generation college students in Greek-letter organizations, it emerges as a relevant framework for student affairs educators to incorporate into their practice.

Une évaluation longitudinale (de la 1ère à la 6ème année primaire) a été réalisée auprès d'enfants francophones apprenant le néerlandais comme langue seconde dans un contexte scolaire d'immersion linguistique. Leur développement linguistique a été comparé à celui d'enfants monolingues francophones et néerlandophones. Les objectifs de la recherche consistaient à déterminer (1) les conséquences positives ou négatives de la méthode immersive sur le développement linguistique des enfants dans leurs langues maternelle et seconde, (2) la langue la plus appropriée aux premiers pas dans l'acquisition de la lecture et de l'écriture (la langue maternelle ou la langue seconde caractérisée par un système écrit plus transparent), (3) les difficultés spécifiques rencontrées par ces enfants en immersion (acquisition de séquences phonologiques spécifiques à la langue seconde, interférences entre langues, etc.).<p> / Doctorat en Sciences Psychologiques et de l'éducation / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished