University of Texas at El Paso DigitalCommons@UTEP Open Access Theses & Dissertations 2019-01-01 Newcomer English Language Learners in High School Choral Music Education: An Ethnographic Case Study Lisa Ann Serna University of Texas at El Paso,
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[email protected]. NEWCOMER ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY LISA ANN SERNA Doctoral Program in Teaching, Learning and Culture APPROVED: Char Ullman, Ph.D., Chair Erika Mein, Ph.D. Song An, Ph.D. Kristin Lems, Ed.D Charles Ambler, Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School Copyright © by Lisa Ann Serna 2019 DEDICATION To my family. With you, anything is possible. NEWCOMER ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL MUSIC EDUCATION: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY by LISA ANN SERNA, B.Mus., M.Ed. DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at El Paso in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department of Teacher Education THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO May 2019 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I attest my deepest gratitude to my supervisor Dr.