Experiencing Readers Theater in a first-grade bilingual classroom

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dc.contributor.advisorTorres, Annette
dc.contributor.committeeMemberAnderson, Nancy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKaye, Elizabeth
dc.creatorWalker, Marlene Jeannette
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-08T21:22:25Z
dc.date.available2024-02-08T21:22:25Z
dc.date.created2023-12
dc.date.issuedDecember 2023
dc.date.submittedDecember 2023
dc.date.updated2024-02-08T21:22:25Z
dc.description.abstractThis qualitative case study explored the use of Readers Theater through the experiences of emergent bilingual students in a first-grade bilingual classroom. Readers Theater is a strategy that has produced great results in helping the development of literacy in reading fluency, motivation, and comprehension. The research regarding the use of Readers Theater with students in the lower elementary grades enrolled in bilingual education classrooms is very limited. Emergent bilinguals could benefit from using teaching strategies that integrate the practice of all language domains, listening, speaking, reading, and writing, to allow them access to academic content. I collected qualitative data from observations, conferences, and student artifacts from emergent bilingual students who were in my one-way dual language classroom in a North Texas school district. The analysis of the data pointed to the following findings: the students perceived Readers Theater as an engaging and enjoyable experience, engaged in metacognitive activities such as, self-evaluations, helping and evaluating their peers, and being aware of the processes involved, and engaged in complex literacy processes, where they demonstrated understanding of character feelings, retelling and summarizing the story, and using new vocabulary.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/15743
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.subjectEducation, Elementary
dc.subject.otherLiteracy
dc.subject.otherBiliteracy
dc.subject.otherEmergent bilinguals
dc.subject.otherTranslanguaging
dc.subject.otherReaders Theater
dc.titleExperiencing Readers Theater in a first-grade bilingual classroom
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Professional Education
thesis.degree.departmentLiteracy and Learning
thesis.degree.disciplineLiteracy, Language, and Culture
thesis.degree.grantorTexas Woman's University
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
thesis.degree.programAPA 7th edition

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