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El Aissati, Abderrahman; Karsmakers, Suzanne; Kurvers, Jeanne – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2011
In 2003, the Amazigh (Berber) language and the Tifinagh script were, for the first time in history, introduced as a subject for all students in public primary schools in Morocco. This study first investigates the language planning policy behind the introduction of the new Amazigh curriculum: selection, codification, standardization, curriculum…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Language Planning, Familiarity, Educational Practices
Shaughnessy, Colleen – Online Submission, 2006
The influx of immigrants and refugees with little or no previous formal education has made the investigation of English as a Second Language (ESL) literacy instructional techniques and methods a priority within the ESL professional field. The 2003-2004 resettlement of over 12,000, mostly preliterate, Somali Bantu refugees to the United States has…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Researchers, Females
Barrera, Manuel; Vang, Halee; Liu, Kristin; Thurlow, Martha – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2005
English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities, especially Hmong, Latinos, and Somalis, exhibit the lowest academic performance and participation rates on statewide tests of academic achievement required by No Child Left Behind (NCLB). These challenges are even more acute for learners with disabilities among these groups and likely reflect the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction