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Education Commission of the States, 2020
The population of English learners (ELs) in K-12 schools continues to grow. Between the 2009-10 and 2014-15 school years, the percentage of English learners increased in over half of the states, and in 2017, English learners made up 10.1% of the total student population. Research suggests that in their transition to English, non-native speakers…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Benseler, David P. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1978
Practical considerations are outlined to assist foreign language educators to prepare grant proposals to the National Endowment for the Humanities. Information is provided on the agency's review process and common reasons for the failure to obtain desired funding. (SW)
Descriptors: Endowment Funds, Financial Support, Foundation Programs, Grants
Fishman, Joshua A.; And Others – 1968
The five papers collected in this booklet present an overall view of language development from the early 1950's to the present. Joshua A. Fishman discusses language and the problems of social and national development and indicates how sociolinguistic research may illuminate these problems. Albert H. Marckwardt considers the teaching of English as…
Descriptors: Educational Television, English (Second Language), Federal Aid, Financial Support