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A case study of ESL students in a training program for resident care aides : towards a language-enhanced curriculum Modrow, Sarah R. N.

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In this study the researcher sought to understand the language skills required by English as a Second Language students in a Resident Care Attendant (RCA) Program in order to discover a language basis on which the RCA curriculum might be further developed. In order to discover the language being used to learn the RCA course content, a combination of research methods applicable to studying second language classrooms was adopted: classroom observation and interviewing both faculty and students. This naturalistic, qualitative case study also used methods from the field of ethnography in order to analyze the data. Using methodology of grounded theory resulted in the emergence of categories that very closely resembled language functions used across curricula. Further analysis also indicated a number of learner strategies and social contexts that impacted upon the language learner. Finally, recommendations for future research and curriculum building and teaching were made.

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Title
A case study of ESL students in a training program for resident care aides : towards a language-enhanced curriculum
Creator
Modrow, Sarah R. N.
Publisher
University of British Columbia
Date Issued
2002
Description
In this study the researcher sought to understand the language skills required by English as a Second Language students in a Resident Care Attendant (RCA) Program in order to discover a language basis on which the RCA curriculum might be further developed. In order to discover the language being used to learn the RCA course content, a combination of research methods applicable to studying second language classrooms was adopted: classroom observation and interviewing both faculty and students. This naturalistic, qualitative case study also used methods from the field of ethnography in order to analyze the data. Using methodology of grounded theory resulted in the emergence of categories that very closely resembled language functions used across curricula. Further analysis also indicated a number of learner strategies and social contexts that impacted upon the language learner. Finally, recommendations for future research and curriculum building and teaching were made.
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Genre
Thesis/Dissertation
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Date Available
2009-09-28
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
DOI
10.14288/1.0078208
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13280
Degree
Master of Arts - MA
Program
Language and Literacy Education
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Language and Literacy Education (LLED), Department of
Degree Grantor
University of British Columbia
Graduation Date
2002-11
Campus
UBCV
Scholarly Level
Graduate
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