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Curriculum Guidelines
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Title PagePosition Paper: English Language Curriculum Guidelinesfor Elementary School English Language LearnersAnthony MieleSubmitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the DegreeMaster of Science in EducationSchool of EducationDominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, CAAugust 1, 2007
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AcknowledgementsI would not have been able to confidently progress to this point in my graduatestudies without the guidance, enthusiasm, and encouragement of Dr. Madalienne Peters.Her wisdom, humanity, and positive outlook have been indispensable to me. I would alsolike to thank Will Fowler, Suresh Appavoo, and Lin Muehlinghaus for designinginnovative courses that have compelled me to challenge many existing paradigms ineducation. Great thanks also go to Jeff Bausch for helping me refine this paper with hisfresh eyes and plainspoken insight. Sincere gratitude goes to my friend and mentor JohnGrace and his wife Agnes for their support and for convincing me that there really are nobarriers between myself and the heights I aspire to reach. Of course I thank my fatherAnthony D. Miele for his lasting love and support and for telling me that individualachievement demands the assistance of others. But most of my gratitude goes to mytruest, purest source of inspiration – my students. Without their presence in my life andprofession I would have no example to follow as I journey deeper into myself and closerto my purpose in life.
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Table of ContentsTitle Page............................................................................................................................1Acknowledgements.............................................................................................................2Table of Contents................................................................................................................3Abstract...............................................................................................................................4Introduction.........................................................................................................................5
History of Grammar
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Personal Journey into Language Acquisition
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Statement of the Problem
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Purpose Statement
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Research Question
..........................................................................................................9Theoretical Rationale........................................................................................................10Background and Need.......................................................................................................12Review of the Literature...................................................................................................13
Early History
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Correlations to Second Language Acquisition
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Mulroy’s Reflections on Language Use
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Correlations to My Personal Journey into Language Acquisition
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A Second Language Learner’s Perspective on Language Acquisition
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Innatist Theories of Second Language Acquisition
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The Communicative Approach to Second Language Learning
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The Incidental Nature of Language Learning
..............................................................23Development of Curriculum Guidelines...........................................................................25
Analysis of Themes
........................................................................................................25Discussion.........................................................................................................................27
Summary
.......................................................................................................................27Comparison of Curriculum Guidelines with Existing Studies......................................27Limitations of the Curriculum Guidelines................................................................28Implications for Future Research..............................................................................29Overall Significance..................................................................................................30Philosophical Implications for Teaching African American Students.....................32Curriculum Guidelines......................................................................................................37Overview of a communicative approach......................................................................40Lesson ideas using functional language........................................................................41Reflections........................................................................................................................42References.........................................................................................................................44
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