Learning to teach academic language: A mixed methods study of secondary teacher candidates' development of linguistic awareness and ability to support academic language for English learners

Thesis advisor: Audrey A. Friedman === English learners (ELs) in US K-12 classrooms are falling behind their peers as they struggle to develop the proficiency needed to succeed in an academic setting (NCELA, 2012). The majority of teacher preparation programs are not preparing teacher candidates (TC...

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Main Author: O'Connor, Kevin Michael
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104233