Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Teaching in hagwons in South Korea: a novice English teacher’s autoethnography, Brittany Courser
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
“Racism doesn’t exist anymore, so why are we talking about this?”: An action research proposal of culturally responsive teaching for critical literacy in democratic education, Natalie Marie Giles
Stylistic imitation as an English-teaching technique : pre-service teachers’ responses to training and practice, Min Yi Liang
Telling stories and contextualizing lived experiences in the Cuban heritage language and culture: an autoethnography about transculturation, Tatiana Senechal
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Multimodal Approaches to Literacy and Teaching English as a Foreign Language at the University Level, Ghader Alahmadi
The value of journaling on multimodal materials: a literacy narrative and autoethnography of an experienced Saudi high school English teacher, Ibrahim Alamri
“If you wanted me to speak your language then you should have stayed in your country”: a critical ethnography of linguistic identity and resiliency in the life of an Afghan refugee, Logan M. Amstadter
Comparing literate and oral cultures with a view to improving understanding of students from oral traditions: an autoethnographic approach, Carol Lee Anderson
Practical recommendations for composition instructors based on a review of the literature surrounding ESL and identity, Patrick Cornwall
One size does not fit all: exploring online-language-learning challenges and benefits for advanced English Language Learners, Renee Kenney
Understanding the potential effects of trauma on refugees’ language learning processes, Charis E. Ketcham
Let's enjoy teaching life: an autoethnography of a novice ESL teacher's two years of teaching English in a private girls' secondary school in Japan, Danielle Nozaka
Developing an ESP curriculum on tourism and agribusiness for a rural school in Nicaragua: a retrospective diary, Stan Pichinevskiy
Proposed: Technical Communicators Collaborating with Educators to Develop a Better EFL Curriculum for Ecuadorian Universities, Daniel Jack Williamson
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
WHEN SPIRITUALITY AND PEDAGOGY COLLIDE: ACKNOWLEDGING RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND VALUES IN THE ESL CLASSROOM, Carli T. Cumpston
HERITAGE LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE: A MEXICAN AMERICAN MOTHER’S SUCCESS WITH RAISING BILINGUAL CHILDREN, Maria E. Estrada-Loehne
TEACHING THE BIOGRAPHY OF PEARL S. BUCK: DEVELOPING COLLABORATIVE READING STRATEGIES FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS, Nichole S. La Torre
An Autoethnography of a Novice ESL Teacher: Plato’s Cave and English Language Teaching in Japan, Kevin Lemberger
INQUIRY-BASED PHILOSOPHICAL DIALOGUE FOR ESL COLLEGE COMPOSITION AND FOR CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, Aiko Nagabuchi
A TRIPLE CASE STUDY OF TWO SAUDI AND ONE ITALIAN LANGUAGE LEARNERS' SELF-PERCEPTIONS OF TARGET LANGUAGE (TL) SPEAKING PROFICIENCY, Jena M. Robinson
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
"I am from Epifania and Tomas": an autoethnography and bi-literacy narrative of a Mexican American orchard workers' daughter, Brenda Lorena Aguilar
Technology use in young English language learners: a survey of Saudi parents studying in the United States, Hamza Aljunaidalsayed
Bilingualism of Arab children in the U.S.: a survey of parents and teachers, Omnia Alofii
College-level ELLs in two English composition courses: the transition from ESL to the mainstream, Andrew J. Copley
Increasing multimedia literacy in composition for multilingual writers: a case study of art analysis, Sony Nicole De Paula
Multilingual writers' unintentional plagiarism: action research in college composition, Jacqueline D. Gullon
Games for vocabulary enrichment: teaching multilingual writers at the college level, Jennifer Hawkins
Saltine box full of dreams: one Mexican immigrant woman's journey to academic success, Adriana C. Sanchez
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Teaching the biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder: fostering a media literacy approach for multilingual writers, Kelly G. Hansen
Implementing a modified intercultural competency curriculum in an integrated English 101 classroom, Kathryn C. Hedberg
"Don't wake me, my desk is far too comfortable": an autoethnography of a novice ESL teacher's first year of teaching in Japan, Delaney Holland
ESL ABE, VESL, and bell hooks' Democratic education: a case study of four experienced ESL instructors, Michael E. Johnson
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Using Media to Teach Grammar in Context and UNESCO Values: A Case Study of Two English Teachers and Students from Saudi Arabia, Sultan Albalawi
A Double Case Study of Latino College Presidents: What Younger Generations Can Learn From Them, Sara Aymerich Leiva
WRITTEN CORRECTIVE FEEDBACK IN THE L2 WRITING CLASSROOM, Daniel Ducken
Academic Reading and Writing at the College Level: Action Research in a Classroom of a homogeneous Group of Male Students from Saudi Arabia, Margaret Mount
Reflections on Teaching and Host Mothering Chinese Secondary Students: A Novice ESL Teacher’s Diary Study and Autoethnography, Diane Thames
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Peer editing in composition for multilingual writers at the college level, Benjamin J. Bertrand
Educating Ana: a retrospective diary study of pre-literate refugee students, Renee Black
Social pressure to speak English and the effect of English language learning for ESL composition students in higher education, Trevor Duston
Poetry in translation to teach ESL composition at the college level, Peter M. Lacey
Using media to teach a biography of Lincoln and Douglass: a case study of teaching ESL listening & viewing in college composition, Pui Hong Leung
Learning how to learn: teaching preliterate and nonliterate learners of English, Jennifer L. Semb
Non-cognitive factors in second language acquisition and language variety: a single case study of a Saudi male English for academic purposes student in the United States, Nicholas Stephens
Teaching English in the Philippines: a diary study of a novice ESL teacher, Jeffrey Lee Svoboda
ARABIC RHETORIC: MAIN IDEA, DEVELOPMENT, PARALLELISM, AND WORD REPETITION, Melissa Van De Wege
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Video games and interactive technology in the ESL classroom, Melody Anderson
English as a second language learners and spelling performance in university multilingual writers, Nada Yousef Asiri
The communal diary, "... " (Naljeogi), transformative education, and writing through migrations: a Korean novice ESL teacher's diary and autoethnography, S. (Sangho) Lee
The benefits of intercultural interactions: a position paper on the effects of study abroad and intercultural competence on pre-service and active teachers of ESL, Bergen Lorraine McCurdy
The development and analysis of the Global Citizen Award as a component of Asia University America Program at Eastern Washington University, Matthew Ged Miner
The benefits of art analysis in English 101: multilingual and American writers respond to artwork of their choice, Jennifer M. Ochs
A novice ESL teacher's experience of language learning in France: an autoethnographic study of anomie and the "Vulnerable Self", Christopher Ryan