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Loading... Learning and Not Learning English: Latino Students in American Schoolsby Guadalupe Valdes
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book follows the educational experiences of four recently arrived Hispanic immigrants to the United States. The book comments on strategies and misunderstandings concerning the teaching of English as a second language. It also covers the various theories about language acquisition and the questions surrounding the Americanization of our newest influx of immigrants. This is a good book for educators or administrators faced with the new challenges of teaching an ESL population, but it is not a book for educators with existing background and experience serving ELLs. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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Focusing on the lives and experiences of four Mexican children in an American middle school, the critically acclaimed author of Con Respeto examines both the policy and the instructional dilemmas that surround the English language education of immigrant children in this country. Using samples and analysis of the children's oral and written language as well as an examination of their classrooms, school, and community, this book addresses the difficulties surrounding the teaching and learning of English for second language learners. This comprehensive volume discusses; classroom activities; the amount of time it takes to "learn" English; how English language learning affects learning in other areas; the consequences of linguistic isolation; and how ESL students are tested. It also presents exclusive data on academic English development at various stages in a two-year process that raise important questions about current ESL teaching policies. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)428.0071Language English Standard English usage (Prescriptive linguistics)LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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