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Download full textAlbert Shanker Institute, 2006
This publication is a transcription of a forum held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on May 19, 2006 on background knowledge and reading proficiency. This topic goes to the heart of the education reform agenda, according to the first speaker, Eugenia Kemble, executive director of the Albert Shanker Institute, the sponsor of this…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Educational Change, Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings)
Direct linkSalinas, Cinthia; Franquiz, Maria E.; Guberman, Steve – Social Studies, 2006
In this article, the authors argue that despite the variable of language proficiency of young, immigrant children and educational programs designed for their language development (for example, ESL, Transitional Bilingual, Dual Language Bilingual, Sheltered Content Instruction), the strategy of historical thinking can help immigrant children…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Language Proficiency, Metacognition, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedRead, John – English for Specific Purposes, 1990
Considers the question of how best to elicit samples of writing for assessment in an English-for-academic-purposes proficiency test and assure that every test taker has something to write about. Three types of writing tasks are defined and analyzed, and examples are given. (25 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Higher Education, Language Proficiency, Prior Learning
