Author: Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited English Proficient and Bilingual Students
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309522722
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
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 studies--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.
Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children
The Evaluation of Bilingual Education Programs for Language-minority, Limited-English-proficient Students
Author: G. Kasten Tallmadge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education and state
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education and state
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
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: 0309517621
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
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.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309517621
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
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.
Changing Schools
Author: Herbert Teitelbaum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A monograph for school district personnel and education agencies presents a comprehensive plan to address the legal and administrative complexities of implementation of services for language minority students, particularly in bilingual education programs. The first section sketches federal involvement in bilingual education and related programs and outlines some of the responses from local education agencies. The second section discusses issues faced by providers of technical assistance in overcoming resistance to change. It looks at introducing bilingual education into a district, voluntary and mandated change, technical assistance centers, and the role of the technical assistance provider. Section three outlines and examines substantive options for school districts in program design, teacher training, and evaluation. Program design issues include district-wide bilingual education policy, program fragmentation, language arts instruction programs, entry and exit criteria, and content area instruction. Teacher and training issues include finding appropriate bilingual and English-as-a-second-language staff, bilingual materials, and inservice training program design. Evaluation issues include the potential advantages and problems evaluation poses, types of evaluation, creating effective evaluation, and data analysis and interpretation. (MSE)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
A monograph for school district personnel and education agencies presents a comprehensive plan to address the legal and administrative complexities of implementation of services for language minority students, particularly in bilingual education programs. The first section sketches federal involvement in bilingual education and related programs and outlines some of the responses from local education agencies. The second section discusses issues faced by providers of technical assistance in overcoming resistance to change. It looks at introducing bilingual education into a district, voluntary and mandated change, technical assistance centers, and the role of the technical assistance provider. Section three outlines and examines substantive options for school districts in program design, teacher training, and evaluation. Program design issues include district-wide bilingual education policy, program fragmentation, language arts instruction programs, entry and exit criteria, and content area instruction. Teacher and training issues include finding appropriate bilingual and English-as-a-second-language staff, bilingual materials, and inservice training program design. Evaluation issues include the potential advantages and problems evaluation poses, types of evaluation, creating effective evaluation, and data analysis and interpretation. (MSE)
Bilingual Education : Information on Limited English Proficient Students
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Bilingual
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Bilingual
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Language Minority Education in the United States
Author: Diane August
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Effectiveness of Bilingual Education
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Bilingual
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Bilingual
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Bilingual Education Handbook
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788127175
Category : Education, Bilingual
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
LEP students should have access to the same body of knowledge, skills, and ways of thinking about the world from the academic core as English-speaking students receive. This handbook is designed for teachers working directly with language-minority students; for parents of LEP children; for administrators; and for other interested parties. It is particularly useful in describing how the requirements of the core curriculum, as reflected in the subject-area frameworks, interact with the special needs of LEP students. Award-Winner! Illustrated.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788127175
Category : Education, Bilingual
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
LEP students should have access to the same body of knowledge, skills, and ways of thinking about the world from the academic core as English-speaking students receive. This handbook is designed for teachers working directly with language-minority students; for parents of LEP children; for administrators; and for other interested parties. It is particularly useful in describing how the requirements of the core curriculum, as reflected in the subject-area frameworks, interact with the special needs of LEP students. Award-Winner! Illustrated.
Focus on Evaluation and Measurement
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Bilingual
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education, Bilingual
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Schooling and Language Minority Students
Author: California. Office of Bilingual Bicultural Education
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A collection of papers discusses the importance of bilingual education's goals of high-level English proficiency, appropriate cognitive/academic development, and adequate psychosocial and cultural adjustment for language-minority students and describes various instructional strategies to achieve those outcomes. The papers include: "The Role of Primary Language Development in Promoting Educational Success for Language Minority Students" (James Cummins); "Bilingual Education and Second Language Acquisition Theory" (Stephen D. Krashen); "Effective Use of the Primary Language in the Classroom" (Dorothy Legarreta-Marcaida); "The Natural Approach in Bilingual Education" (Tracy D. Terrell); and "Reading Instruction for Language Minority Students" (Eleanor W. Thonis). A bilingual education program quality review instrument for kindergarten through grade six and a glossary are appended. (MSE)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A collection of papers discusses the importance of bilingual education's goals of high-level English proficiency, appropriate cognitive/academic development, and adequate psychosocial and cultural adjustment for language-minority students and describes various instructional strategies to achieve those outcomes. The papers include: "The Role of Primary Language Development in Promoting Educational Success for Language Minority Students" (James Cummins); "Bilingual Education and Second Language Acquisition Theory" (Stephen D. Krashen); "Effective Use of the Primary Language in the Classroom" (Dorothy Legarreta-Marcaida); "The Natural Approach in Bilingual Education" (Tracy D. Terrell); and "Reading Instruction for Language Minority Students" (Eleanor W. Thonis). A bilingual education program quality review instrument for kindergarten through grade six and a glossary are appended. (MSE)