Tesis profesional presentada por Jane Zearing Kimbrough Naismith

Maestría en Lingüística Aplicada. Departamento de Lenguas. Escuela de Artes y Humanidades, Universidad de las Américas Puebla.

Jurado Calificador

Presidente: Dr. Robert Thomas Jiménez
Secretario y Director: Dr. Patrick Henry Smith Ashmore
Vocal: Dr. Roberto Herrera Herrera

Cholula, Puebla, México a 9 de enero de 2004.

Resumen

This case study examined the biliteracy practices at a private middle-upper class bilingual school in Mexico. Two main objectives were to compare the differences and similarities between literacy instruction in the Spanish and English classroom and the strategies students applied during literacy activities. Data were collected through classroom observation, teacher, student and parent interviews, document analysis of students’ literacy work and school documents, photographs and video footage of literacy instruction.

The results reflected that literacy...

Resumen (archivo pdf, 5 kb).

Índice de contenido

Capítulo 1. Literature review (archivo pdf, 43 kb)

  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Overview and Motivation for the Study
  • 1.3 Literature Review
  • 1.4 Theoretical Framework
  • 1.5 Students´ Developing Theories about Literacy
  • 1.6 Research Design

Capítulo 2. School context (archivo pdf, 404 kb)

  • 2.1 Bilingual Education in Mexico
  • 2.2 Elite Bilingualism
  • 2.3 General Informatio n about the Binational School (TBS)
  • 2.4 Preschool Context
  • 2.5 Literacy at TBS
  • 2.6 First English Context
  • 2.7 Participating Teachers
  • 2.8 Selected Classrooms

Capítulo 3. Methodology (archivo pdf, 46 kb)

  • 3.1 Design
  • 3.2 Setting and Participants
  • 3.3 Student Participants
  • 3.4 Profile of the Case Study Students
  • 3.5 Reading Materials
  • 3.6 Interview Questions Asked of Participating Teachers and Students
  • 3.7 Data Collection Procedures

Capítulo 4. Results (archivo pdf, 680 kb)

  • 4.1 Possible Outcomes
  • 4.2 Teacher-Produced Texts
  • 4.3 Environmental Print
  • 4.4 Reading Activities in the Spanish and English Classrooms
  • 4.5 Writing
  • 4.6 Writing in the Spanish Classroom
  • 4.7 Children´s Strategies for Writing
  • 4.8 Children´s Strategies for Reading
  • 4.9 Children´s Developing Understandings of the Purpose of Literacy
  • 4.10 Teachers´ Understandings about Literacy
  • 4.11 Conclusion

Capítulo 5. Discussion and conclusion (archivo pdf, 76 kb)

  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Research Questions
  • 5.3 Important Questions and Issues that Developed During the Study
  • 5.4 Implications for Practice at TBS
  • 5.5 Implications for Future Research
  • 5.6 Limitations of the Study
  • 5.7 Conclusion

Referencias (archivo pdf, 22 kb)

Appendix A. Spanish evaluation rubric (archivo pdf, 177 kb)

Appendix B. English evaluation rubric (archivo pdf, 154 kb)

Appendix C. Teacher and student interview quesitons (archivo pdf, 12 kb)

Appendix D. Spanish reading worksheet (archivo pdf, 121 kb)

Kimbrough Naismith, J. Z. 2004. Literacy Learning and Instruction in a Mexican Bilingual School. Tesis Maestría. Lingüística Aplicada. Departamento de Lenguas, Escuela de Artes y Humanidades, Universidad de las Américas Puebla. Enero. Derechos Reservados © 2004.