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Direct linkBekleyen, Nilufer – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2011
This study was conducted in the English Language Teaching Department of a state university in Turkey. The aim of the study was to examine the differences in attitudes of teacher candidates before and after their short-term teaching experience with very young learners (VYL) of English. The study was performed during the first term of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), English Teachers
DePalma, Renee – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2008
This article examines the case of Laura, a 9-year-old Mexican immigrant who officially "failed to learn English" in an American school. It may be more accurate to say that schooling failed Laura, and in ways that went beyond language learning. This diagnosis of failure is criticized, along with the individualistic and essentialist assumptions…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Immigrants, Case Studies, Academic Achievement
