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Title: Challenges and opportunities for heritage language learners in interpreting courses in the U.S. context
Author: Mellinger, Christopher D. (Christopher Davey), Gasca-Jiménez, Laura
Subjects--Topical: Language and languages, Translating and interpreting, Heritage language speakers
Description: Recent studies indicate that heritage language speakers have professional opportunities in translation and interpreting (e.g., Carreira, 2014a) because of their unique linguistic and cultural background. In addition, heritage language speakers’ un...

Title: Effects of Direct Instruction on the Use of and Response to Prepositions by Students with an Intellectual Disability
Author: Hicks, Susan
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Language and languages
Description: Students with an intellectual disability often struggle with significant language delays or impairments. Although this population of students can acquire language skills, they often require methods of explicit instruction of language skills to do ...

Title: Enhancing the Anesthesia Providers’ Awareness of Resources, Policies, & Procedures Surrounding Patients with Language Communication Barriers
Author: Martin, Taylor
Date Created: 2024
Subjects--Topical: Medicine, Health education, Language and languages
Description: Background: Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are facing significant communication challenges in peri-operative settings, spanning from understanding anesthesia-related information to obtaining informed consent. These language-based ...

Title: Exploring Diasporic Dialects of Black Women in College Composition and Communications: A Critical Reflective Narrative Inquiry
Author: Dervin, Alicia
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education, Language and languages, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching
Description: Historically, standard English language ideologies have been perpetually ingrained in American educational practices and policies (Smitherman, 2017; Wong & Teuben-Rowe, 1997). These practices are not limited to K-12 studies and maintain a position...

Title: Inclusive Language in Mexico and Spain: Institutional Language Ideology
Author: Garcia, Mirna
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Linguistics, Language and languages
Description: This study analyzes the current positions on inclusive language in Mexico and Spain’s macro sociopolitical structures that hold far-reaching influence in matters of language ideology. Given the influx of inclusive language manual publications in t...

Title: Raising Little Russians: Language Socialization and Language Shift in an Urban Kyrgyz Family
Author: McDermott, Ashley
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Ethnology, Sociolinguistics, Language and languages
Description: In Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Russian prevails as the lingua franca despite efforts by policymakers and language activists to promote the Kyrgyz language. This study uses language socialization as a lens to investigate language shift in the city by analy...

Title: What's in a Name? Exploring Language Ideologies Through the Names of the Spanish Langauge
Author: Burke, Jennifer
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Language and languages, Linguistics
Description: This thesis embarks on an exploration of language ideology, centering its investigation on the debate surrounding the nomenclature of the Spanish language as "castellano" or "español." It explores the concept of language ideologies by exploring th...