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Schwartz, Joni – Adult Literacy Education, 2021
In this response article, the author agrees with Jacobson that the labeling of individuals as "hard to serve" is unfortunate and misdirected in that it suggests that these students are somehow deficient and are the problem rather than identifying complex systemic issues that make some adult education programs necessary in the first…
Descriptors: Labeling (of Persons), Disadvantaged, Adult Education, Access to Education
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Flores, Nelson – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2016
In this commentary, Flores states that language policing traps language-minoritized students in the position of having to reject their home language practices as inferior to the language practices of schooling. Language-minoritized students who are unable or unwilling to conform to these expectations, says Flores, are placed in the solitary…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Student Centered Curriculum, Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning
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Duff, Patricia A. – Modern Language Journal, 2017
The majority of recent research on language learning motivation has reportedly focused on English as a target language, typically in relatively homogeneous, secondary and postsecondary "foreign language" settings. How applicable, then, are the theories and findings undergirding that research to our understanding of the contemporary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation, Learning Theories
John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 2020
Located in East Oakland, Bridges Academy serves nearly 430 students, the majority of whom are Spanish speakers. Students who are considered socio-economically disadvantaged comprise 98% of the population and English Learners make up 83%. The school also hosts one of Oakland Unified School District's (OUSD) bilingual programs. In 2016, Bridges…
Descriptors: School Districts, Spanish Speaking, Low Income Groups, Student Centered Learning
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Darling-Hammond, Linda – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2007
The No Child Left Behind Act, the major education initiative of the Bush Administration, was intended to raise educational achievement and close the racial/ethnic achievement gap. Its strategies include focusing schools' attention on raising test scores, mandating better qualified teachers and providing educational choice. Unfortunately, the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Race, Special Needs Students
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Cohen, Avraham – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1983
Since polysemy narrows down the semantic autonomy of the isolated word and increases the importance of the surrounding context, teaching children this concept is critical in order to prevent ambiguity and confusion. Concerning socially disadvantaged children, it is particularly essential to convey the idea that one phenomenon can have different…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, French, Language Attitudes, Learning Motivation
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Fleming, Douglas – TESL Canada Journal, 2005
Sandra Kouritzin's "Word from the Editor" in the last issue of this journal is a refreshingly heartfelt and honest appraisal of her own take on the subject positions second-language educators occupy in terms of class, race, or gender. In their relatively privileged profession, second-language educators have ambiguous relationships with…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Second Language Learning