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Potemski, Amy – National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality, 2009
Recruiting and preparing teachers of English language learners (ELLs) involves learning a complex educational subsystem. Many variables affect the education of ELLs, including changing demographics, policies at the federal and state levels, requirements for teachers, and program models. The goals of this brief are to set the policy and practice…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Belfiore, Mary Ellen; Defoe, Tracy A.; Folinsbee, Sue; Hunter, Judy; Jackson, Nancy S.; Hunter, Judith M. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2004
This book explores changing understandings of literacy and its place in contemporary workplace settings. It points to new questions and dilemmas to consider in planning and teaching workplace education. By taking a social perspective on literacies in the workplace, this book challenges traditional thinking about workplace literacy as functional…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Second Language Learning, Human Resources, Ethnography
National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE), 2003
This report provides an overview of the field of adult English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) instruction in the United States today. First, it places adult ESOL in the broader context of the U.S. education system, and then it describes trends and issues in the areas of program design and instructional practice, assessment, teacher…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Program Design, Teaching Methods, Educational Trends