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Selecting ELL Textbooks: A Content Analysis of Language-Teaching Models
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LaBelle, Jeffrey T. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2011
Many middle school teachers lack adequate criteria to critically select materials that represent a variety of L2 teaching models. This study analyzes the illustrated and written content of 33 ELL textbooks to determine the range of L2 teaching models represented. The researchers asked to what extent do middle school ELL texts depict frequency and…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Teaching Models, Content Analysis, Middle School Teachers
Reconceptualizing Critical Literacy Teaching in ESL Classrooms
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Lau, Sunny Man Chu – Reading Teacher, 2012
An instructional focus on critical literacy (CL) encourages students to become active readers and writers of cultural texts so that they can create their own meanings in order to shape and transform their social conditions (Lankshear & McLaren, 1993; Shor, 1992). It is, however, seldom pursued with English learners (ELs) because teachers…
Descriptors: Action Research, Second Language Learning, Moral Issues, Grade 7
An Investigation of English as a Second Language Models (Pullout, Co-Teaching, and Inclusion) on the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System
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Mamantov, Tonya Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2013
A challenge for todays instructional leaders is identifying the most effective method of educating English Language Learners (ELLs) who participate in the English as a Second Language (ESL) program. The primary purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness of three programs used for ESL students in twelve elementary schools in a Urban…
Descriptors: Investigations, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners