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Laolagi, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Storytelling is universal and is popular in many cultures where it is a medium people use to preserve their beliefs, social values, wisdom, and cultural experiences as well as transfer them from one generation to another. In American Samoa, over 90% of students are classified as English Language Learners (ELLs) and literacy rates are very low,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing Improvement
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Escamilla, Kathy – Teachers College Record, 2006
Language differences in the United States are largely viewed as problems that schools must remedy. This paradigm has created the pervasive belief that Spanish is a root cause of underachievement for Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs). This article examines teacher beliefs systems with regard to the above paradigm. It also examines…
Descriptors: Literacy, Spanish Speaking, Bilingualism, Underachievement