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Download full textGonzalez, Gustavo; Maez, Lento F. – Directions in Language and Education, 1995
This report summarizes advances in bilingual education that help linguistically and culturally diverse (LCD) students reach high levels of achievement and performance. Factors to be considered include the native language, bilingualism and academic achievement, curriculum, parental and community influences, and programmatic evaluation. The reports…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedPorter, Rosalie Pedalino, Ed.; Thomsen, Kerri Lynne, Ed. – Read Perspectives, 1996
The spring issue focuses on the evolution in the education of language minority students. Rosalie Pedalino Porter's article, "On the State of Bilingual Education 1990-1995: 'Forked Tongue' Continued," highlights the advances made by local school districts where students are being introduced to academic content learning in English at a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English Only Movement
Pack, Alice C., Ed. – 1970
This issue of "TESL Reporter" presents the following articles: "Language Acquisition and Dialectalism" by Patricia G. Adkins, "Supplementation of Opposites in Simple Predicate Expansion" by Yao Shen, and "Form Class Baseball: A TESL Game" by Alice C. Pack. The meaning today of dialectal speech, or "bidialectal speech," is addressed by Patricia…
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Language Centre Journal, 1979
The following articles appear in this issue of a journal devoted to teaching English for science and technology in Kuwait: (1) "An Approach to the Implementation of Dr. J.L. Munby's 'Communicative Syllabus Design'" by Bill Robinson, (2) "Une experience d'elaboration de materiel pedagogique" (An Experiment in Developing Teaching…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Curriculum Design, English for Special Purposes, English (Second Language)
Allen, Rick; Franklin, John – Curriculum Update, 2002
This brief presents two articles. The first discusses ways that schools are working to strengthen language learning for English language learners (ELLs), noting that as the population of ELLs is growing, school districts are scrambling for resources and trying to find the best ways to place and educate such students. Despite limited resources,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Family Literacy, High Stakes Tests
Anstrom, Kris – Directions in Language and Education, 1995
This report summarizes the results and impact of Title I and Chapter I reforms. In 1992-93, elementary and secondary students (n=6,403,054) participated in Chapter I in the United States; 17 percent of this population was limited English proficient (LEP). Although the program has helped many, educators and researchers have questioned the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups
Porter, Rosalie Pedalino, Ed. – READ Perspectives, 2001
The first article, "The Cost of English Acquisition Programs: Arizona Department of Education English Acquisition Cost Study" contains excerpts from a study (Phases 1 and 4) conducted for the Arizona Department of Education on the costs of various English-acquisition programs. Six successful but varied English-acquisition programs for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Hornberger, Nancy H.; Harsch, Leslie; Evans, Bruce – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1999
The United States has at least three historically established patterns of language use: English monolingualism, multilingualism, and bilingualism. The United States could best be described at present as a multilingual nation in which English is the dominant language. English is promoted to varying degrees, but linguistic diversity is tolerated.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Fern, Veronica; And Others – Directions in Language and Education, 1995
This report offers a synthesis of a Special Issues Analysis Center report based on a focus group that studied active learning and its implications for limited English proficient (LEP) students. Active learning is defined as the level of engagement by the student in the instructional process; it implies the development of a community of learners…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Involvement, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language)
Monday Morning, 1992
This document consists of all six issues of the bilingual (English and French) periodical "Monday Morning" published from its inception in 1985 through 1992. This publication was developed by the Canada/China Language Training Centre (C/CLTC), a language teaching enterprise that provides French or English language training to Chinese…
Descriptors: Chinese, Curriculum, Educational Trends, English
Saville-Troike, Muriel – Focus, 1991
The role of language development is discussed and some basic questions are raised about the need for special assessment instruments for limited English proficient (LEP) students. The extent to which positive transfer takes place across languages is noted and related to successful functioning of LEP students and school settings. The concept of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Daniel-White, Kimberly, Ed. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 2000
The goal of Working papers in Educational Linguistics (WPEL) is to present works in progress by students and professors on topics ranging from speech act analysis and classroom discourse to language planning and second language acquisition. Papers offered are generally based on research carried out for courses offered in the language in education…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
Porter, Rosalie Pedalino, Ed. – READ Perspectives, 2000
This issue has a special, multi-article section on student testing in Texas and contains three additional and unrelated articles. "The Texas Testing Case Documents: G.I. Forum, et al. v. Texas Education Agency, et al." section has five articles: "Overview" (Roger Clegg); a copy of the "First Amended Complaint";…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Minorities
Kuwait Univ., Safat. Language Center. – 1978
These nine articles discuss and offer suggestions for various aspects of language teaching. In "Learning Foreign-Language Phonology: You Can't Hear It If You Can't Say It," Victor W. Mason reviews the literature supporting the proposition that accuracy of articulation is required for aural discrimination. In "Teaching Scanning," James Herbolich…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development, English for Special Purposes
Perez-Paredes, Pascual, Ed.; Cantos-Gomez, Pascual, Ed. – International Journal of English Studies, 2002
Articles in this special issue include the following: "ICT and Modern Foreign Languages: Learning Opportunities and Training Needs" (Graham Davies); "Authoring, Pedagogy and the Web: Expectations Versus Reality" (Paul Bangs); "Web-based Instructional Environments: Tools and Techniques for Effective Second Language…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
