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	Reading through the eyes of Latino high school students: a descriptive study Access this item. Title Reading through the eyes of Latino high school students: a descriptive study Author Kraus, Amber Published 2012 Subjects Language learning and language teaching English language -- Study and teaching -- Spanish speakers English language -- Study and teaching -- United States Hispanic Americans -- Education Reading Literacy Location Archives PE1065.K73 2012 Notes Thesis (Master of Education in World Language Instruction)--Concordia College (Moorhead, Minn.), 2012. Rights Management Copyright owned by Amber Kraus. Language English Abstract English language learners have the potential advantage of growing up to be bilingual adults with valuable career skills, but too often they do not experience academic success and choose to drop out of school rather than graduating. The goal of this qualitative study was to interview students about their reading preferences and habits as well as their feelings toward reading from elementary school through high school, in order to bring their voices into the conversation about how best to educate ELL students and keep them in school and on track to become successful adults. Eight high school students, all native speakers of Spanish of Mexican descent who had moved to the U.S. with their families before starting the fourth grade, were interviewed between December and February of 2012. The study includes recommendations for best practices for teaching reading in all grades to English Language Learners arriving in the United States before the fourth grade.
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