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Jennifer Blitz – Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education, 2025
As with all learners, English learners (ELs) require more than basic reading and writing skills to successfully engage with rigorous academic content, progress through school, and be fully prepared for postsecondary education and careers. ELs must be able to access grade-level content while simultaneously developing proficiency and autonomy in…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, English Learners, Personal Autonomy, Language Proficiency
Sharples, Robert – Multilingual Matters, 2021
This book offers an evidence-based guide to EAL for everyone who works with multilingual learners. It provides a concise, helpful introduction to the latest research underpinning three key areas of EAL practice: (1) How children acquire additional languages? (2) How language works across the curriculum? and (3) How you can establish outstanding…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
Charity Hudley, Anne H.; Mallinson, Christine – Teachers College Press, 2010
In today's culturally diverse classrooms, students possess and use many culturally, ethnically, and regionally diverse English language varieties that may differ from standardized English. This book helps classroom teachers become attuned to these differences and offers practical strategies to support student achievement while fostering positive…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Standard Spoken Usage, Discussion, Language Variation
Sandrock, Paul – American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2010
Students continually ask, "Does this count?" "Is this on the test?" They want to know how they'll be evaluated. Discover how to answer these questions in ways that shape student learning and keep teaching focused on what really matters. Written by language expert Paul Sandrock, this superb manual clarifies precisely what…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Performance Based Assessment, Program Design
Luetke-Stahlman, Barbara – ACEHI Journal, 1989
The Cummins model of language proficiency is applied to analyzing communication tasks for hearing-impaired students. The model has been found to facilitate individualization in situations where teachers are required to modify lessons spontaneously. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Hearing Impairments, Individualized Instruction
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DiLaura, S. J. – Foreign Language Annals, 1983
Describes the Strategic Interaction Approach, which is built around the use of scenarios, rather than a grammar syllabus, and requires students to work through communication problems. Discusses its usefulness for short term courses aimed toward training professionals to gain working knowledge in specific fields. (EKN)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Innovation, Language Proficiency, Program Effectiveness
Mitchell, Candace – Paradigm Publishers, 2004
This book offers a much needed alternative to the more traditional texts used to teach writing instruction. Grounded in history, the book clarifies changing theoretical and practical approaches to teaching writing, critically assessing each approach in relation to the social and political movements of the day, both within and beyond the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, Ideology, Theory Practice Relationship
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Fueyo, Vivian – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
Discusses the needs of language-minority students and explains the difference between progress in basic interpersonal communication skills (surface fluency) and cognitive/academic language proficiency (conceptual-linguistic knowledge). Strategies are provided for special educators in planning instruction, increasing comprehension during…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Communication
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Richards, Jack C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1984
Discusses the differences between language-centered teaching and learning-centered teaching methods with reference to recent trends in language program and syllabus design and innovative proposals. Also considers the reasons for the adoption and influence of methods. (SL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Creative Activities, Language Proficiency, Modern Language Curriculum
Freeman, Yvonne S.; Freeman, David E. – 2002
This book reviews the research on effective practices for older English learners. It is intended for teachers, program directors, resource personnel, and administrators who are attempting to meet the needs of older English learners who come to school with limited formal schooling experiences. The book shows how three teachers have put theory into…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, English (Second Language), Immigrants
De Avila, Edward – 1997
Programs designed to improve the language proficiency of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students have had mixed results. Much confusion has arisen from variable approaches to what can be expected of the programs. Recently, "expected gain" has become an important concept in documenting the educational development of LEP students, requiring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Bilingual Education Service Center, Arlington Heights, IL. Indochinese Center for Material Development and Training. – 1979
This handbook for teachers of Asian immigrants at the elementary and secondary level presents in a straightforward manner, in outline form, information of use to teachers who must work with limited-English-speakinq children from an Asian cultural background. The manners, school behavior, and parent-teacher relationships of Asian students are…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cultural Background, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Cummins, Jim – 1987
The observations of educators and educational research have shown that academic outcomes for minority groups exposed to the same educational programs are different. The phenomenon does not seem to be due to superior intelligence, social class, or length of time in the country. Documented since the mid-1960s, this should be taken into account when…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
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DiBella, Inge A. – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1997
Provides suggestions for developing Web-based lessons for German-language classrooms. Practical guidelines for finding and selecting materials on the Web are followed by suggestions on preparing the materials for classroom use based on students' levels of comprehension. A model lesson plan illustrates various components in a Web-based unit within…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, German, Higher Education, Instructional Materials
Pelosi, Peter L. – 1981
Two considerations are brought to bear on the reading approach presented here. First, because the major focus in a teaching method designed for use with bilingual education students is to increase both language facility and reading ability, the approach is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to read, use, and listen to a standard…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Class Activities, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
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