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Kosonen, Kimmo, Comp. – UNESCO Bangkok, 2020
Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) are essential management tools for any educational programme or project. This booklet compiles 13 research instruments used in the regional study on the use of language(s) in classrooms in ethnolinguistic communities. The tools can be used by programme personnel such as teachers, programme coordinators,…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Program Evaluation, Language Usage, Classroom Communication
Malone, Susan – UNESCO Bangkok, 2019
The number of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB MLE) programmes has increased in recent years, especially in the Asia-Pacific Region. The case study booklet in this MTB MLE Resource Kit describes programmes in Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan that are examples of what language communities can do to help their children prepare to enter…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Native Language, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
Texas Education Agency, 2014
Commissioner's Rules Concerning the State Plan for Educating English Language Learners (ELLs) states that all school districts that are required to provide bilingual education and/or English as a second language (ESL) programs establish and operate a Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC). The LPACs are charged with reviewing all…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Guidelines, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language)
Johansson, Linda; Angst, Kathy; Beer, Brenda; Martin, Sue; Rebeck, Wendy; Sibilleau, Nicole – 2001
This document establishes highly detailed benchmarks for literacy and numeracy (initial, developing, and adequate) in three phases. The guide is a series of tables detailing language competencies, literacy competencies, and conditions as well as sample tasks and examples for each of the three levels in each of the three phases. It details reading,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Benchmarking, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Gibbons, Pauline – 2002
This book explains that mainstream elementary classroom teachers with little or no English-as-a-Second-Language training can meet the needs of linguistically diverse students by integrating the teaching of English with the content areas of the regular curriculum. It begins with a strong theoretical underpinning for this practice, drawing on a…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Integrated Curriculum
Lotherington, Heather – 2000
This publication is intended for parents, teachers, and anyone in the wider community who has an interest in language, language acquisition, and second language learning; bilingual and multilingual education; bilingualism; language, culture, and society; language and power; and literacy. Extensive long-term research was conducted on a number of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Language Services Branch. – 1999
This handbook is intended for parents of children who will be attending French immersion kindergarten in Alberta (Canada). A question and answer format involving a fictitious teacher, parents, and child was adopted to facilitate reading and ease of use. These hypothetical questions and answers address a variety of topics, including the parents'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Immersion Programs, Kindergarten
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Schoen, Sharon Faith; Schoen, Alexis Ann – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2003
This article discusses an action research project that investigated how a 10-year-old boy with learning disabilities, whose first language was Korean, was supported. His individualized instruction involved labeling items in the room, reading sentences that included priority sight words, practicing with consonant blends and vocabulary words, games,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI. – 1999
This hour-long videotape captures the events of "First and Second Language Literacy: From Research to Practice," a literacy teleconference hosted by Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL). Regional and national educators explore research-based effective practices for teaching and reading to diverse student populations.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Hawaiian
Zelasko, Nancy; Antunez, Beth – 2000
This guide, in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese, aims to inform parents of students who have learned or are learning English as a Second Language about appropriate approaches for educating children so that they can work with schools to ensure a high quality education for their children. The emphasis is on explaining the laws, schools, and research…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Family School Relationship, Family (Sociological Unit)
Cunningham-Andersson, Una; Andersson, Staffan – 1999
The lives of many families involve contact with more than one language and culture on a daily basis. This book is aimed at the many parents and professionals who feel uncertain about the best way to go about helping children gain maximum benefit from the situation. Every family's situation is different, but there is much parents can do to make…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Code Switching (Language), Family English Literacy, Foreign Countries
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc., Alexandria, VA. – 1997
The guide outlines performance standards for each of three broad goals of English-as-a-Second-Language teaching in elementary and secondary education. The three goals include: use of English to communicate in social settings; use of English to achieve academically in all content areas; and use of English in socially and culturally appropriate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Behavioral Objectives, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Anstrom, Kris; DiCerbo, Patricia, Ed. – 1999
This document focuses on the education of secondary level English language learners within mainstream social studies classes. It provides teachers and teacher educators with an understanding of how mainstream social studies instruction can be designed and implemented to enhance academic achievement for these students. Research for this report…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cognitive Style, Cooperative Learning, English (Second Language)
Feinberg, Rosa Castro – 2002
This book describes the evolution of bilingual education in the United States, emphasizing its relationship to educational and civil rights reform. Federal, state, and district policies affecting the implementation of bilingual programs are identified, along with related legal, political, demographic, and economic factors and controversies.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Civil Rights, Diversity (Student), Educational Finance
Carrasquillo, Angela L.; Rodriguez, Vivian – 2002
This book integrates current second language teaching and learning theories and instructional strategies, helping to make mainstream educators aware that language minority students, especially those who are not totally proficient in English, need special attention, appropriate assessment, an appropriate language environment, and a challenging…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Immigrants
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