Educating Language Minority Children

Author : Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309517621
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Educating Language-Minority Children written by Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-03-05 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past 30 years, a large and growing number of students in U.S. schools have come from homes in which the language background is other than English. These students present unique challenges for America's education system. Based on Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children, a comprehensive study published in 1997, this book summarizes for teachers and education policymakers what has been learned over the past three decades about educating such students. It discusses a broad range of educational issues: how students learn a second language; how reading and writing skills develop in the first and second languages; how information on specific subjects (for example, biology) is stored and learned and the implications for second-language learners; how social and motivational factors affect learning for English-language learners; how the English proficiency and subject matter knowledge of English-language learners are assessed; and what is known about the attributes of effective schools and classrooms that serve English-language learners.

Author : Judith W. Rosenthal
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 9781853592720
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Science to Language Minority Students written by Judith W. Rosenthal and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 1996 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the USA, the number of college students with limited English proficiency is increasing. Even after successfully completing a course of English as a second language, many face both linguistic and cultural barriers in mainstream classes. This book focuses on both the theory and practice of assisting such students, especially in the sciences. As the number of non-native English speaking students increases at colleges and universities, innovative approaches are needed to successfully educate this population and how science is taught may be crucial. Instruction in the students' native language may become increasingly important in attracting and retaining non-native English speakers in college. This book is aimed primarily at staff who teach science to LEP undergraduates, but others who should be interested include staff involved with postgraduate students and high school science teachers.

Author : Rosalie Porter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351312227
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Educating Language Minority Children written by Rosalie Porter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: READ Perspectives, a refereed annual publication of the Institute for Research in English Acquisition and Development (READ), Washington, D.C., begins its sixth year with the theme "Educating Language Minority Children: An Agenda for the Future." Volume 6 features presentations from a Boston University conference organized by READ and the Pioneer Institute. The essays represent truly diverse viewpoints on the education of limited-English students, rare in the complex and contentious arena of bilingual education. The lead article, "Rethinking Bilingual Education," by Charles L Glenn of Boston University, inspired the conference's organization. Dr. Glenn proposes new ways of schooling limited-English-speaking children that depart dramatically from the practices of the past 30 years. He proposes sound recommendations for revising Massachusetts bilingual education law, ideas that could well be applied in other states. Also included are Christine Rossell's "Mystery on the Bilingual Express," a critique of the controversial study by Thomas and Collier; Rosalie Pedalino Porter's follow-up review of El Paso, Texas's programs for English learners; Mark Lopez's "Labor Market Effects of Bilingual Education"; "Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's English Acquisition Program," by Thomas J. Dolusio; Maria Estela Brisk's discussion on the need to restructure schools to incorporate the large non-English student population; several articles regarding educational reform in Massachusetts, including two by school superintendents Eugene Creedon and Douglas Sears, and one by Harold Lane, Chairman of the Joint Education Committee in the Massachusetts Legislature; and, finally, Kevin Clark's "From Primary Language Instruction to English Immersion: How Five California Districts Made the Switch." Kevin Clark's California study "From Primary Language Instruction to English Immersion: How Five California Districts Made the Switch," describes how radical changes are being carried out in a few representative school districts since passage of California Proposition 227, the "English for the Children" initiative. Educating Language Minority Children is a valuable selection of the most current thinking on policies, programs, and practices affecting limited-English students in U.S. public schools. It provides a wealth of practical information useful to educators, parents, legislators, and policy analysts, and is an essential addition to libraries nationwide.

Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309141672
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children written by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-04-16 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we effectively teach children from homes in which a language other than English is spoken? In Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children, a committee of experts focuses on this central question, striving toward the construction of a strong and credible knowledge base to inform the activities of those who educate children as well as those who fund and conduct research. The book reviews a broad range of studiesâ€"from basic ones on language, literacy, and learning to others in educational settings. The committee proposes a research agenda that responds to issues of policy and practice yet maintains scientific integrity. This comprehensive volume provides perspective on the history of bilingual education in the United States; summarizes relevant research on development of a second language, literacy, and content knowledge; reviews past evaluation studies; explores what we know about effective schools and classrooms for these children; examines research on the education of teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse students; critically reviews the system for the collection of education statistics as it relates to this student population; and recommends changes in the infrastructure that supports research on these students.

Author : Terrence Wiley
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847693806
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States written by Terrence Wiley and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2009-10-28 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States draws from quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to inform educational policy and practice. It is based on cutting-edge research and policy analyses from a number of well-known experts on immigrant language minority education in the USA. The collection includes contributions on the acquisition of English, language shift, the maintenance of heritage languages, prospects for long-term educational achievement, how family background, economic status, and gender and identity influence academic adjustment and achievement, challenges for appropriate language testing and placement, and examples of advocacy action research. It concludes with a thoughtful commentary aimed at broadening our understanding of the need to provide quality immigrant language minority education within the context of globalization. This collection will be of value to students and researchers interested in promoting educational equity and achievement for immigrant language minority students.

Author : Diane August
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0805862080
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Developing Reading and Writing in Second-language Learners written by Diane August and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reporting the findings of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth, this book concisely summarises what is known from empirical research about the development of literacy in language-minority children and youth, including development, environment, instruction, and assessment.

Author : Robert Milk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Re-thinking the Education of Teachers of Language Minority Children written by Robert Milk and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ofelia Garcia
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 080775885X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Educating Emergent Bilinguals written by Ofelia Garcia and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2018-04-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible guide introduces readers to the issues and controversies surrounding the education of language minority students in the United States. What makes this book a perennial favorite are the succinct descriptions of alternative practices for transforming our schools and students' futures, such as building on students' home languages and literacy practices, incorporating curricular and pedagogical innovations, using proven-effective approaches to parent engagement, and employing alternative assessment tools.

Author : H. D. Adamson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135626030
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Minority Students in American Schools written by H. D. Adamson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-03-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses questions of language education in the US, focusing on how to teach the 3.5 million students who do not speak English as a native language.

Author : Dorothy Waggoner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language Minority Children at Risk in America written by Dorothy Waggoner and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: