Date
9-2013
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Chair
Amanda Rockinson-Szapkiw
Primary Subject Area
Education, Bilingual and Multicultural; Education, Curriculum and Instruction; Education, Elementary; Education, General; Education, Reading; Education, Tests and Measurements
Keywords
Bilingual Education, Foreign Language Acquisition, One-way Immersion, Spanish Immersion
Disciplines
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Curriculum and Instruction | Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Educational Methods
Recommended Citation
Hollingsworth, Lindsay, "Developing English and Spanish Literacy in a One-way Spanish Immersion Program" (2013). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 748.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/748
Abstract
This quantitative, causal-comparative study examined the possible cause and effect relationship between educational programming, specifically one-way Spanish immersion and traditional English-only, and native English-speaking fifth graders' vocabulary and reading comprehension. Archival data was used to examine students' reading achievement as measured by the Iowa Assessment. Between-subjects multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) determined that no significant differences existed between the reading scores of students in the immersion and traditional program. Additionally, a one group pretest-posttest design was used to assess the growth of Spanish listening and speaking skills by students enrolled in the one-way Spanish immersion program using Language Assessment Skills Links Espanol (LAS Links Espanol). The results of dependent t-tests indicated that students made statistically significant gains in Spanish listening and speaking over time.
Included in
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Educational Methods Commons
