Comfort Pratt
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3761901 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Comfort Pratt |
| PRENOMES | Comfort |
| SOBRENOME | Pratt |
| ASSINATURA | PRATT C |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Texas Tech University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Creencias de autoeficacia y principales desafíos docentes de los profesores de español como lengua extranjera
Dado que estudios recientes han mostrado que la autoeficacia de los profesores conlleva una correlación positiva con la eficiencia docente y el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes, este estudio ha aplicado una escala de fuentes de autoeficacia para explorar las creencias de autoeficacia en profesores de español como lengua extranjera y así examinar la relación entre su sentimiento de autoeficacia y sus principales desafíos. Los resultados ob…
Foreign Language Teachers’ Self-efficacy Beliefs and Perspectives about Maintaining Their Students’ Interest
Americans do not study foreign languages long enough to achieve communicative competence, and that poses economic and security problems for the nation as well as career and personal limitations for individuals. Despite the plethora of research studies on effective approaches and methods for teaching foreign languages, there is evidence in the literature that foreign language students often experience a loss of interest in the languages, and there…
Transformative Pedagogies
Transformative Pedagogies: New Perspectives for Spanish and Portuguese Classrooms Comfort Pratt, Rachel Mamiya Hernández, and Martha Vásquez In 2017, the AATSP commemorated its 100th anniversary, and among the highlights of the celebration was the publication of Hispania’s special centenary issue (100.5) which provided essays and rejoinders by ninety authors. According to the editor, the issue contained a succinct historical perspective as well a…
Transformative Pedagogies
Transformative Pedagogies: New Perspectives for Spanish and Portuguese Classrooms (Part 2) Rachel Mamiya Hernandez, Comfort Pratt, and Martha Vásquez Transformation is a process rather than a singular or isolated event. Collectively we are just beginning to comprehend the full global impact of the pandemic, racial violence, protests, and political and economic instability, which at times feels overwhelming and disorienting. These circumstances ca…
Envisioning a Future of Re-examination of Foreign Language Teacher Education
Envisioning a Future of Re-examination of Foreign Language Teacher Education Comfort Pratt Keywords foreign languages/lenguas extranjeras, language proficiency/proficiencia de lengua, Portuguese/portugués, Spanish/español, teacher education/formación docente Response to "The Future of K–12 Teacher Education: Spanish and Portuguese" The precarious situation facing the foreign language community in the United States presages a future of re-examinat…
Are African-American High School Students Less Motivated to Learn Spanish than Other Ethnic Groups
Although there is some evidence in the vague literature available to indicate that African Americans are underrepresented in foreign language studies, this issue has never been investigated with a focus on Spanish. Six hundred and thirty-one students enrolled in high school Spanish in a racially diverse school district in West Texas were surveyed and the data for the 102 African-American participants were compared to those of the remaining partic…
Maintaining the Momentum of Students of Spanish from High School to College
This article is part of a large-scale project on the study of Spanish in high school that reports on an investigation of the low college enrollments in Spanish courses of students who study Spanish in high school. An online survey was administered to 631 high school students studying Spanish and 19 Spanish teachers, and the results revealed that only 39% of the students intended to continue studying Spanish in college. A comparison of ranks was u…
Are African-American High School Students Less Motivated to Learn Spanish than Other Ethnic Groups
Although there is some evidence in the vague literature available to indicate that African Americans are underrepresented in foreign language studies, this issue has never been investigated with a focus on Spanish. Six hundred and thirty-one students enrolled in high school Spanish in a racially diverse school district in West Texas were surveyed and the data for the 102 African-American participants were compared to those of the remaining partic…
Maintaining the Momentum of Students of Spanish from High School to College
This article is part of a large-scale project on the study of Spanish in high school that reports on an investigation of the low college enrollments in Spanish courses of students who study Spanish in high school. An online survey was administered to 631 high school students studying Spanish and 19 Spanish teachers, and the results revealed that only 39% of the students intended to continue studying Spanish in college. A comparison of ranks was u…
Maintaining the Momentum of Students of Spanish from High School to College
This article is part of a large-scale project on the study of Spanish in high school that reports on an investigation of the low college enrollments in Spanish courses of students who study Spanish in high school. An online survey was administered to 631 high school students studying Spanish and 19 Spanish teachers, and the results revealed that only 39% of the students intended to continue studying Spanish in college. A comparison of ranks was u…
Are African-American High School Students Less Motivated to Learn Spanish than Other Ethnic Groups
Although there is some evidence in the vague literature available to indicate that African Americans are underrepresented in foreign language studies, this issue has never been investigated with a focus on Spanish. Six hundred and thirty-one students enrolled in high school Spanish in a racially diverse school district in West Texas were surveyed and the data for the 102 African-American participants were compared to those of the remaining partic…
Envisioning a Future of Re-examination of Foreign Language Teacher Education
Envisioning a Future of Re-examination of Foreign Language Teacher Education Comfort Pratt Keywords foreign languages/lenguas extranjeras, language proficiency/proficiencia de lengua, Portuguese/portugués, Spanish/español, teacher education/formación docente Response to "The Future of K–12 Teacher Education: Spanish and Portuguese" The precarious situation facing the foreign language community in the United States presages a future of re-examinat…
Foreign Language Teachers’ Self-efficacy Beliefs and Perspectives about Maintaining Their Students’ Interest
Americans do not study foreign languages long enough to achieve communicative competence, and that poses economic and security problems for the nation as well as career and personal limitations for individuals. Despite the plethora of research studies on effective approaches and methods for teaching foreign languages, there is evidence in the literature that foreign language students often experience a loss of interest in the languages, and there…
Transformative Pedagogies
Transformative Pedagogies: New Perspectives for Spanish and Portuguese Classrooms Comfort Pratt, Rachel Mamiya Hernández, and Martha Vásquez In 2017, the AATSP commemorated its 100th anniversary, and among the highlights of the celebration was the publication of Hispania’s special centenary issue (100.5) which provided essays and rejoinders by ninety authors. According to the editor, the issue contained a succinct historical perspective as well a…
Transformative Pedagogies
Transformative Pedagogies: New Perspectives for Spanish and Portuguese Classrooms (Part 2) Rachel Mamiya Hernandez, Comfort Pratt, and Martha Vásquez Transformation is a process rather than a singular or isolated event. Collectively we are just beginning to comprehend the full global impact of the pandemic, racial violence, protests, and political and economic instability, which at times feels overwhelming and disorienting. These circumstances ca…
Creencias de autoeficacia y principales desafíos docentes de los profesores de español como lengua extranjera
Dado que estudios recientes han mostrado que la autoeficacia de los profesores conlleva una correlación positiva con la eficiencia docente y el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes, este estudio ha aplicado una escala de fuentes de autoeficacia para explorar las creencias de autoeficacia en profesores de español como lengua extranjera y así examinar la relación entre su sentimiento de autoeficacia y sus principales desafíos. Los resultados ob…
Pedagogy (6 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Mathematics education (3 obras) · Social Psychology (3 obras) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (2 obras) · Context (archaeology) (2 obras) · Education and Teacher Training (2 obras) · Ethnic group (2 obras)