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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Fall 2013
Vocabulary plays an important role in students’ ability to understand academic content. For Francophone students in a minority setting, a poor vocabulary not only results in their difficulty at grasping the content, but it also impedes their ability to understand reading materials in core...
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Les facteurs qui inspirent la lecture chez les garçons en immersion française au deuxième cycle de l’élémentaire
DownloadFall 2015
This action research explores the factors that inspire reading in a second language for a group of grade 5 boys in a French Immersion classroom. During this research, a grade 5 classroom participated in a reading workshop. This approach gave me insights on the multiple layers teachers must...