Many TESOL students have chosen the thesis option. The thesis is a good choice for anyone who is interested in research-practice relationships as well as those considering future doctoral study. Previous theses have covered diverse issues and reflect the wide range of interests among the TESOL program’s students and faculty. A selection of completed thesis titles appears below:
Multicultural Bilingual Education in the United States; Relevance for the Italian Context
A Historical Overview of English Language Teaching in Monterrey: The I.T.E.S.M. Case
Talbert, Susan (1991) Reinventing Lives: The Stories of Three Refugee Women https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002554171
Byrd Clark, Julie S. (2003). "Labyrinths of Social Meaning:" The Role of Community Member Attitudes and Perceptions Toward the Adoption of a FLES Program https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003720341
Koarai, Mikiya (1999). Are Japanese Weak in Grammar, too? -- Japanese Performance on TOEFL Section II, Structure and Written Expression https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003701676
Protopapas, Janis (1996). The Changing Face of Sanskrit Education: A Case Study of Traditional Schooling in Varanasihttps://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002646110
Lewis, Derek (1996). A Minority within A Minority: The Educational Experiences of a Haitian-Creole Student in an American ESOL Classroom https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002644317
Somewhere over the Rainbow: A Pragmatic Approach to Issues of Gay Youth and Sexual Identity in Study Abroad
Forson, Marian Esi (1998). Cultural Practices and the Rights of the Child: The Gambian Experience by Marian Esi Forson
https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002657750
Park, Sook Yeal (2004). Teaching Vocabulary Learning Strategies to ESL Learners: A Teacher's Perspective on Pedagogical and Curricular Approaches to Enhancing Vocabulary https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003726549
Caguin, Carla A. (1994). Teacher "In Progress:" The Story of a First-Year Teacher's Expectations and Classroom Realitieshttps://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002610146
Communication Strategies for Conveying Lexical Meaning in the Written Production of Omani EFL Students at Sultan Qaboos University
McNab, Cheryl (1996). Case Study: A Close Look at a Sheltered Secondary Science Class in a Suburban County School https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=002653294
Isabeles-Flores, Secundino (2006). The Effects of Free Voluntary Reading on Mexican English as a Foreign Language Learners https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003746027
Native and Non-native English Speaking Teachers' Feedback on College-level ESL Student Writing
Fishbein, Jacob Alan (2009). A Case Study of Bilingual Latino Middle School Students’ Attitudes towards Language, School, and Learning https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=003865761
Gallagher, Mary Jessica (2014). The Comparative Affective Impact of Participation in a Peer-Based Writing Fellows Program on Native and Non-Native English Speakers https://catalog.umd.edu/docno=004561915
