Relationship Between Foreign Language Courses and School Locations AU VO MESHARI ALSAWAT CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA
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Relationship Between Foreign Language Courses and School LocationsAU VO
MESHARI ALSAWAT
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY, CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA
Agenda1. Introduction2. Study questions3. Findings4. Study guidelines
Introduction-America is a multicultural country
-The curriculum should reflect the diversity of the community
-To prepare for the future, high school students are encouraged and required to take foreign language courses
-Are the language courses offered in the community reflect the community composition?
Study questions1. How many types of world languages are being offered in each
Orange County school district?
2. How many courses per each language?
3. Is there a relationship between the number of language courses and the population residing in the associated district?
Orange County Facts 3 million inhabitants (2012 estimate)
People Quick FactsOrange County California
White alone, percent, 2012 74.5% 73.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 2.0% 6.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent, 2012 1.1% 1.7%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 18.9% 13.9%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012
0.4% 0.5%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 3.2% 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 34.1% 38.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 43.1% 39.4%
Top 10 Languages spoken at home. (100+)1.English only (1,542,700)2.Spanish (665,070)3.Vietnamese (124,540)4.Korean (50,365)5.Chinese (33,040)6.Tagalog (32,180)7.Persian (23,880)8.Japanese (15,650)9.Arabic (13,800)10.German (12,960)
Orange County School Districts
Finding 1: 8 Languages offered
Finding 2: Total language courses offered in Orange County
Spanish
French
Japanese
Chinese
German
Latin
Vietnamese
Korean
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Finding: Spanish
TustinSanta Ana
SaddlebackPlacentia-Yorba Linda
OrangeNewport-Mesa
Los AlamitosLaguna Beach
IrvineHuntington Beach
Garden GroveFullerton Joint
CapistranoBrea Olinda
Anaheim
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Finding: French
TustinSanta Ana
SaddlebackPlacentia-Yorba Linda
OrangeNewport-Mesa
Los AlamitosLaguna Beach
IrvineHuntington Beach
Garden GroveFullerton Joint
CapistranoBrea Olinda
Anaheim
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Finding: Japanese
TustinSanta Ana
SaddlebackPlacentia-Yorba Linda
OrangeNewport-Mesa
Los AlamitosLaguna Beach
IrvineHuntington Beach
Garden GroveFullerton Joint
CapistranoBrea Olinda
Anaheim
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Finding: Chinese
TustinSanta Ana
SaddlebackPlacentia-Yorba Linda
OrangeNewport-Mesa
Los AlamitosLaguna Beach
IrvineHuntington Beach
Garden GroveFullerton Joint
CapistranoBrea Olinda
Anaheim
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Finding: German
TustinSanta Ana
SaddlebackPlacentia-Yorba Linda
OrangeNewport-Mesa
Los AlamitosLaguna Beach
IrvineHuntington Beach
Garden GroveFullerton Joint
CapistranoBrea Olinda
Anaheim
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Finding: Latin
TustinSanta Ana
SaddlebackPlacentia-Yorba Linda
OrangeNewport-Mesa
Los AlamitosLaguna Beach
IrvineHuntington Beach
Garden GroveFullerton Joint
CapistranoBrea Olinda
Anaheim
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Finding: Vietnamese
TustinSanta Ana
SaddlebackPlacentia-Yorba Linda
OrangeNewport-Mesa
Los AlamitosLaguna Beach
IrvineHuntington Beach
Garden GroveFullerton Joint
CapistranoBrea Olinda
Anaheim
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Finding: Korean
TustinSanta Ana
SaddlebackPlacentia-Yorba Linda
OrangeNewport-Mesa
Los AlamitosLaguna Beach
IrvineHuntington Beach
Garden GroveFullerton Joint
CapistranoBrea Olinda
Anaheim
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Implications -Data for languages are disparate
-Weak correlation between language and the surrounding community
-Districts should offer more related language courses to match with the community
Next step -Expand the study into other districts
-Expand the study into other institution types
-Explore the reasons behind the association between language courses offered and the surrounding community.
Study guidelines Data Collection Data Processing Display results
Data Collection 15 High School Districts in Orange County
95 High Schools in Orange County
8 Languages offered◦ School’s curriculum guide◦ 2013-2014 Schedule of classes◦ Teacher’s school webpages◦ Communication with curriculum Principal
Census Tract data – languages speaking at home
Census Tract shapefile
School district shapefile
Data Processing Aggregate language courses per school district
Join census tract data with its shapefile
Spatial join school district spatial data with the census tract join
Display results Filter by each language 5 classification breaks on language speakers 8 maps with 8 results
Thank you
Acknowledgement Dr. Brian Hilton, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
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