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Theses/Dissertations from 2025

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ROOTLESS - The Body ReMembers what the Mind has Forgotten, Helena Omana-Zapata

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Si solo nos dan esta oportunidad: Stories of transnational students in an intercultural secondary program in Santa Fe de la Laguna, Michoacán, México., Minea Armijo and Minea Armijo Romero

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READING AS A SOCIAL PRACTICE: USING RETROSPECTIVE MISCUE ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND KICHWA-SPANISH BILINGUALS’ MEANING CONSTRUCTION, Sandra Leonor Cabrera Moreno

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TEACHERS-AS-DESIGNER IN CULTURALLY REVITALIZING AND SUSTAINING INDIGENOUS EDUCATION, Joshua Colin Krause

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PRAGMATIC ELEMENTS IN EFL LEARNERS’ REQUEST E-MAILS TO TEACHERS: A STUDY OF LEARNERS’ COMMUNICATIVE SUCCESS, Hamzah Ahmad A. Kuriri

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Sociolinguistics of Saudi Vision 2030: Paradigm Shift Through English Faculty’s Perspectives of Translanguaging at a Saudi University., Naif Masrahi

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SCHOOL VOICES: AN EXPLORATION OF EARLY CAREER TEACHERS’ NARRATIVES ON STUDENT VOICE AND DIALOGIC PRACTICES, Rachel Ada Meiklejohn

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LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE: KENYAN TEACHERS BRINGING COMMUNITY CULTURAL WEALTH INTO PRACTICE, Peter Njagi Mwangi

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“THAT FELT WEIRD”: INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS’ EMERGING CRITICAL AWARENESS OF THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH MICROAGGRESSION, Romaisha Rahman

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DEICTIC POINTING AND DEMONSTRATIVE USAGE IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, Paul Twitchell

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Orientalist Public Pedagogy: Visual Representation of Muslims in Pop Culture and Desert Romance Novels, Fatima Y. van Hattum

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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EFL Teachers’ Understandings of the Role of Assessment in Second Language Learning, Evelyn Almeida

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An Application of Tajfel’s Social Identity Theory to Understand Gamer as a Social Identity Among Saudi College-Level Students, Mohammad M. Assiri

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U.S. MUSLIM COLLEGE STUDENTS' SPATIALIZATION OF THEIR MUSLIMNESS: AN EXPLORATION OF MUSLIM LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES ACROSS SOCIAL SPACES, Ibrahim Demir

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"The Ghost of Freire is in my Kitchen Now": Dominant Ideology and Critical Possibility in Teachers' Dialogue on Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Hope A. Kitts

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MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS COMMUNICATING COMPUTATIONAL THINKING: A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS-CASE STUDY OF BILINGUAL, COLLABORATIVE TEACHING/LEARNING OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON, Jose Antonio Lecea Yanguas

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Writer Identity Construction of Thai EFL Students: A Phenomenological Study, Kittika Limpariwatthana

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“WE ARE SO MUCH ALIKE, BUT NOBODY WANTS TO ADMIT IT”: REACTIONS TO A CRITICAL BERNALILLO NUEVOMEXICANO LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CURRICULUM, Joseph Moreno

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HOW HEARING PARENTS WITH DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN CONSTRUCT DEAFNESS THROUGH THEIR EARLY INTERVENTION EXPERIENCE, Bettie T. Petersen

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CREATING COUNTER-HEGEMONIC SPACES IN A SPANISH LANGUAGE ARTS CLASSROOM, Mercedes Valenzuela

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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A CORPUS-BASED INVESTIGATION OF PHRASAL COMPLEXITY IN L1, L2 PHD STUDENTS, AND EXPERT WRITERS IN EDUCATION FIELD, Hani Albelihi

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Saudi EFL female teachers' beliefs: A single case study, Eman Saleh Bosaad

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The Bluff River Trail: A Community Land Ethic, Kelly F. Davis

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A Matrilineal Ethnohistory of São Paulo, Jeanne de Montlaur

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My Story to Tell: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Instructional Coaching for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy through Multicultural Literature in Elementary Classrooms, Annette Melissa Fiedler

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Cross-Language Morphological Activation: The Case of Arabic-English Bilinguals, Anas Alkhofi

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STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES TOWARD A CURRICULUM THAT INCORPORATES THEIR INPUT, Janneth V. Chumana

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THE EFFECT OF SEMANTIC NEIGHBORHOOD DENSITY ON VOCABULARY LEARNING IN SPANISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AND SPANISH AS A HERITAGE LANGUAGE, Marián Giráldez Elizo

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REFLECTIONS ON LEARNING, COMMUNICATION, AND IDENTITY IN A HYBRID COURSE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, Anni Leming

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On Love and Treason: Critical White Feminist Thought for Social Justice Praxis, Amanda Joyce Parker

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Indigenous Wisdom, Storytelling, and Language Renewal ᎠᏂᏰᎪᎩ, ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎠᎧᏙᎥᎯᏍᏗ ᎤᏂᎭ, ᎠᏤᎯᏐᏗᏱ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ, Arlo Starr

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Retaining the Power to Teach and Advocate in the Era of "Reform", David Aram Wilson and David Aram Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS ANALYSIS OF THE DISCOURSE OF ENGLISH FRIDAY SERMONS, Ahmad Alenezi

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AN ODYSSEY TO THE SELF: VOICES OF L2 ARAB WRITERS AND INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES, Majed Abduallah Alharbi

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Formulaic Sequences: An Investigation of an EFL Textbook in Saudi Arabia, Assem Alqarni

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RESAKA KOLONTSAINA LE RAHA (IT IS ABOUT CULTURES): CULTURES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING IN MADAGASCAR, Iarintsambatra Rijasoa Andriamanana Josoa

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Toward a Nuevomexicana Consciousness: An Exploration of Identity through Education as Manifest through the Colonial Legacy, Mercedes V. Avila

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Investigating Arabic Pragmatic Markers in Teacher Talk: A Multi-layered Analytical Approach, Yaseen Ali Azi

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LINGUISTIC DISCRIMINATION AGAINST NATIVE SPANISH SPEAKERS IN THE NEW MEXICO BAR EXAMINATION IN THE 1970s, Marie Chávez

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THE IDENTIFICATION OF FORMULAIC SEQUENCES IN URDU LANGUAGE AND THEIR PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATION FOR SLA (ESL/USL), Hafiz-Muhammad Fazal e Haq

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Jack D. Forbes and the Search for a Decolonizing Philosophy of Education, Joshua T. Frank

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Transborder Testimonios of Language Learning and Socialization, Maria Teresa Guevara Beltrán

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Becoming Biculturally Competent an Autoethnographic Journey of a Guera Woman, Bernadette M. Hall-Cuarón

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Communicative and Collective Formative Program Evaluation: A descriptive Case Study of Experiences of Teachers and Students in Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Khawaji

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A DIALECTICAL RELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF TESOL QUARTERLY 2006 SPECIAL ISSUE ON RACE: DISCOURSE, RACE, AND WHITE SUPREMACIST IDEOLOGY, Ginger A. Looney

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FOUND IN SPACE: A CROSS-LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN ENGLISH MAP TASK PERFORMANCE, Susan K. Metheny

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Using the linguistic experiences of youth and their families as curriculum: The language box project, Molly A. Perara-Lunde Ms.

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RICH POINTS IN BETWEEN CULTURES, LANGUAGES, AND PEDAGOGIES: EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES OF INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS IN THE USA, Natalia V. Rud

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THE ESSENCE OF THE TEACHING/LEARNING PROCESS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE PERSPECTIVES AND LIVED EXPERIENCES OF UNIVERSITY SPANISH LANGUAGE TEACHING ASSISTANTS, Sarah Schulman

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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SAUDI WOMEN’S EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN GRADUATE ENGLISH PROGRAMS IN TWO INTERNATIONAL CONTEXTS: SAUDI ARABIA AND THE UNITED STATES, Kholod Sendi

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What Can We Learn from Adult ESL Students’ Responses to Children’s Literature?, Monique C. Stone

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THE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF HISPANICS AS TENURED OR TENURED TRACK PROFESSORS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF HISPANIC FACULTY EXPERIENCES AT THREE SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITIES, Frank R. Tellez

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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INTERNATIONAL MUSLIM STUDENTS WITHIN A GLOBALIZED EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT, Noha Ghali

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The Impact of Ideology on Lexical Borrowing in Arabic: A Synergy of Corpus Linguistics and CDA, Sami Hamdi

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VIDEO GAMES AND VIRTUAL REALITY AS CLASSROOM LITERATURE: THOUGHTS, EXPERIENCES, AND LEARNING WITH 8TH GRADE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, Miles M. Harvey

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TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKING TEACHERS IN SAUDI ARABIA, Mustafa Abdo Hersi

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PAKISTANI ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ PREPAREDNESS: AN INVESTIGATION OF IDEOLOGICAL MEANING-MAKING IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN PAKISTAN, Yasir Hussain

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DECOLONIAL GESTURES OF ANDEAN BILINGUAL COLLEGE STUDENTS PROMOTING QUECHUA: COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH WITH PHOTOVOICE, Yuliana H. Kenfield

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DINÉ EPISTEMOLOGY: SA’AH NAAGHÁI BIK’EH HÓZHÓÓN TEACHINGS, Vangee Nez

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RACE, DISABILITY AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF RADICAL AGENCY: TOWARD A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY OF DECOLONIAL CRITICAL HERMENEUTICS IN LATINX DISCRIT, Alexis C. Padilla

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Historical Traditions and Critical Perspectives: An Exploration of the Textual and Pedagogical Choices of Four Language Arts Teachers in an Urban, Diverse Secondary School, Annmarie L. Sheahan

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Connecting Genre-Based and Corpus-Driven Approaches in Research Articles: A Comparative Study of Moves and Lexical Bundles in Saudi and International Journals, Basim M. Alamri

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Using the Aesthetic Stance to Achieve Historical Thinking, Heather J. Bassett Dahl

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An Alternative Pathway to College: A Qualitative Case Study of an Adult Learner in an Online Competency-Based Education (CBE) Bachelor’s Degree Program, Fang Chen

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A Case Study of Two Taiwanese Students with Hearing Loss Navigating the English as a Foreign Language Requirement at Their University, Yu Chen

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From Project to Teacher to Student: A Qualitative Case Study Exploring the Complexities of Student Writing at a Project-Based Learning High School, Jamie Mae Collins

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An Ethic of Love: A Frommean Critique of Education, Katrina E. Dillon

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FAMILY EMOTIONAL LITERACY: A CRITICAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION, Anna L. Dinallo

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Indonesian Students' Perceptions of Written Feedback in Second Language Writing, Rahmah Fithriani

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Experiences of Adolescents and Drama: "This is bullsh*t. I can't do it", Erin K. Hulse PhD

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CRITICAL SOCIAL JUSTICE THEORY IN ACTION: A PRACTITIONER INQUIRY INTO THE SERVICE-LEARNING CAPSTONE EXPERIENCE, Julie A. Jaynes

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Diné Bina'nitin Dóó O'hoo'aah/Education For Us, By Us: A Collective Journey in Diné Education Liberation, Lyla June Johnston

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THINKING-FOR-SPEAKING AND THE EFL MIND: FACE-TO-FACE DIALOGUE TO TALK ABOUT VERTICAL SPACE, Kunisawa

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REDISCOVERING MISINTERPRETED CONCEPT OF VOSPITANIYE, CORE CONSTITUENT OF VYGOTSKIAN ZPD, THROUGH SCHOLAR’S SOCIO-CULTURAL ACTUALITY, Svetlana Mylnikova

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AGENCY, THE UNCANNY, AND STRANGEWAYS: AN AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC JOURNEY THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL WUNDERLAND., Roberto T. Ollivier

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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY, LITERACIES, AND IDENTITY: EXPERIENCES OF HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED ADOLESCENTS, Daniel Olufemi Dr.

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MAKING MEANING OF CHINESE INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS' EXPERIENCES IN THE JOURNEY OF LEARNING ENGLISH IN THE UNITED STATES, Feng Qi

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"WE MIGHT WELL HAVE VIEWED IT AS AN ACT OF WAR": THE NORMALIZATION OF EXCLUSION IN THE DISCOURSE OF AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL REFORM, Sandra Roth

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The War Against Teachers: How the Discourse of A Nation At Risk Set the Agenda for Contemporary New Mexico Education Policy, Christine P. Wernle

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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HEGEMONY IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF THE G8-BROADER MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA PARTNERSHIP FROM 2004-2013, Abdulaziz S. Abumilha

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Language, Power, and Ideology in High School EFL Textbooks in Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Al Jumiah

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Promoting EFL Learning Outside the Classroom Through the Use of Web-based Technologies After the Adoption of Blackboard in a Saudi University, Ahmed Saad Al Shlowiy

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Indigenous Language Educator's Experiences: Addressing Issues on the New Mexico Indian Education Act of 2003 and Strengthening the New Mexico Indigenous Language Programs in Public Schools, Geneva Becenti

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A CASE STUDY OF NON-NATIVE ENGLISH-SPEAKING INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE, Linka G. Crosby

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Responding to the Storyworld of The Hunger Games through a Fan Fiction Fandom, Misty Nichole Horning

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Black Women's Search for Meaning: An Existential Portraiture Study on How Black Women Experience the 4 Existential Givens, Tamiko Lemberger-Truelove

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Memoir of a Bear Clan Woman's Educational Journey, Angelina Frances Medina

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Discourse, Power, and the Language of Racism: The Establishment of the Racial Contract in New Mexico, Jesse A. Romero

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Applied Literature: Expanding Cultural Understanding For Language Learners, Ahmed Sallam

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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An Institutional Ethnographic Account of Mandatory Professional Development in New Mexico, LaNysha Adams

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AN APPLICATION OF THE COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING (CLT) APPROACH FOR ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE (EFL) LEARNERS IN THE ARAB CONTEXT, Rana Saad Al-Khafaji

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Teachers' Experiences with the Implementation of the Common Core State Standards, Julie A. Bryant

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Spanish-Speaking Students Perceptions of EFL as Demonstrated in Writing for an Undergraduate English Phonetics and Phonology Course in Bogotá Colombia, Claudia Helena Lombana Giraldo

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Whose Meanings: Constructing Environmental Justice, Sofia L. Martinez

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The Racial Discourses of Teacher Education Students in the Urban Southwest, Virginia Necochea

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION (ELE) AS A MARK OF SOCIAL DISTINCTION IN TAIWAN: BUXIBANS, ELE TEACHERS DISCOURSE, AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION, YihFang Pan

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Words Flying on the Wind: Buriat Mongolian Children in a Chinese Bilingual School, Valerie Sartor

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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PREPAREDNESS OF MUSLIM ESL STUDENTS TO MEET THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS-BASED ASSESSMENT: A QUALITATIVE STUDY IN AN ISLAMIC PRIVATE SCHOOL, Radi Abouelhassan

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Add+VantageMR® Assessments: A Case Study of Teacher and Student Gains, Cathy Briand

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Korean American Students' Language and Literacy Practices at a Korean Language School, Mihye Han