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Silva, Cecilia; Weinburgh, Molly; Smith, Kathy Horak; Barreto, Guadalupe; Gabel, Joan – Childhood Education, 2008
An urban school district and a university developed a curriculum emphasizing academic language for its English language learners (ELL) students. The partnership began when the district's elementary ESL coordinator approached three university faculty for support in developing a three-year summer school curriculum emphasizing mathematics and science…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Summer Schools, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Good, Linda A.; And Others – Childhood Education, 1994
Learning sign language is a multisensory, high-interest, developmentally appropriate activity for young children. Learning to sign improves children's attention, self-esteem, motivation, sensitivity to others, language development, reading and math readiness, behavior management, vocabularies, and retention; and allows for inclusion of special…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition