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A Study of the Effects of Bilingual and Structured English Immersion Programs on the Oral English and Literacy Development of Students Learning English as a Second Language

Danny Lee Wood-2014-01-01-eScholarship (California Digital Library)
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ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION\tA Study of the Effects of Bilingual and Structured\tEnglish Immersion Programs on the Oral and Literacy Developmentof Students Learning English as a Second LanguagebyDanny Lee WoodDoctor of Philosophy in EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles, 2014Professor Concepción M. Valadez, ChairThis study had two purposes: (1) to compare two different English language learner (ELL) programs--transitional bilingual education (TBE) programs and transitional structured English immersion (SEI) programs--to identify which, if either, was superior in facilitating English language acquisition; and (2) to identify the relationship between English oral proficiency and English literacy proficiency. To answer these questions, this study analyzed English proficiency scores from the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) from a large school district in California from 2002 - 2007. The CELDT is an instrument that was aligned with the English Language Develo

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ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION\tA Study of the Effects of Bilingual and Structured\tEnglish Immersion Programs on the Oral and Literacy Developmentof Students Learning English as a Second LanguagebyDanny Lee WoodDoctor of Philosophy in EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles, 2014Professor Concepción M. Valadez, ChairThis study had two purposes: (1) to compare two different English language learner (ELL) programs--transitional bilingual education (TBE) programs and transitional structured English immersion (SEI) programs--to identify which, if either, was superior in facilitating English language acquisition; and (2) to identify the relationship between English oral proficiency and English literacy proficiency. To answer these questions, this study analyzed English proficiency scores from the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) from a large school district in California from 2002 - 2007. The CELDT is an instrument that was aligned with the English Language Develo

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