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Download full textNeal, Heather N. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2015
Academic language plays a key role in reading comprehension, disciplinary thinking, and overall academic success. However, many approaches to teaching academic language, such as a focus on academic vocabulary, overlook other language features that can pose challenges for students. Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), arguably one of the three…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Language Proficiency, Developmental Programs, Reading Programs
Houston Independent School District, 2018
The Texas Education Code (§ 29.051) requires school districts to provide every language minority student with the opportunity to participate in either a bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) program. This evaluation report summarizes the performance of students who participated in the district's Dual Language Bilingual Program. Included…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language)
Direct linkOusey, Debbie Lamb; Brown, Christine F; Goldschmidt, Myra M. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 2014
The purpose of this paper is to suggest ways that cross-disciplinary (non-ESL) faculty can help developmental immigrant students succeed in undergraduate programs. We present five key issues that faculty should consider when teaching these students and when reading their writing. Finally, we offer experience-based, practical suggestions on how to…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Immigrants, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty
Houston Independent School District, 2017
The Texas Education Code (§ 29.051) requires school districts to provide every language minority student with the opportunity to participate in either a bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) program. This evaluation report summarizes the performance of students who participated in the district's Dual Language Bilingual Program. Included…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language)
Houston Independent School District, 2016
The Texas Education Code (§ 29.051) requires school districts to provide every language minority student with the opportunity to participate in either a bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) program. This evaluation report summarizes the performance of students who participated in the district's Dual Language Bilingual Program. Included…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language)
Houston Independent School District, 2014
The Texas Education Code requires school districts to provide every language minority student with the opportunity to participate in either a bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) program. This report summarizes the performance of students who participated in the district's Dual Language Bilingual Program. Included in the report are…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language)
Behrens, Susan; Mercer, Cindy – NADE Digest, 2011
This hypothetical case of a freshman wrestling with her identity as an English user demonstrates that the old categories of native and non-native speaker do not adequately describe today's college population. The lack of informed strategies in college writing courses to deal with students possessing different degrees of proficiency in English…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Writing Instruction, Language Proficiency, Student Placement
Houston Independent School District, 2013
The Texas Education Code requires school districts to provide every language minority student with the opportunity to participate in either a bilingual or English as a second language (ESL) program. This evaluation report summarizes the performance of students who participated in two of the bilingual programs offered by the district during the…
Descriptors: School Districts, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language)
Abbate-Vaughn, Jorgelina; Paugh, Patricia C. – Journal of Developmental Education, 2009
This study examined barriers experienced by veteran school paraprofessionals attempting to complete a 4-year degree leading to public school teaching credentials. The study followed culturally and linguistically diverse, nontraditional student-participants through their 1st and 2nd years as sophomore/junior students in a large urban university.…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Urban Universities, Adult Learning, Adult Students
