isolate the utility of monolingual—with translator—and bilingual education to the assimilation of information by students from grades 3-5 in the public school system. The remainder of this paper will examine the interplay between language and education, the relationship between race/ethnicity and socialization in contemporary American culture, and the research design proposed to investigate the aforementioned interactions. Language and Education For those immigrants coming to America that do not
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Lucia Esperanza is a seven-year-old bilingual female student who has been diagnosed with multiple disabilities (cerebral palsy with intellectual disability and language delay). Currently, Lucia uses a motorized wheelchair and an augmentative communication device. Unfortunately, Lucia’s does not receive all of the necessary resources and services she needs. Lucia’s mother has also made it clear during the IEP meeting about the struggles and concerns she has for Lucia. In order for Lucia to succeed
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In this paper I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of teaching the students in their primary language, should ELL instructions replace native language, should Ell students be identified as children who need special education. The large percentage of the population in our schools today are the English as second Language students (ESL) and the ESL population continues to grow more than the English speaking students.(Pellion 2007) In 2000-2001 the population of English
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Cultural Linguistic Autobiography Linguistic and Ethnic Background: As a bilingual facilitator and instructional coach for a primarily EL school, I’ve always wondered how much my personal cultural and linguistic background has affected my capacity to fulfill the needs of English language learners. My family and I are Mexican American with family background from Spain. I was born in Mexico and migrated to the United States at the age of 10. I grew up in a very close and proud family where Spanish
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The Official Language Movement Impact of English Language Movement is a website geared toward the political and Civil rights of bilingual citizens or lack thereof. It focuses on the author’s opinion of political correctness of the enforcement of English as the one and only language spoken in all local and governmental facilities. The author does not think that any other language
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2015 English Language Learners Policy Roxana Rodriguez California State University, Dominguez Hills SPE 481 – Diverse Learners with Exceptionalities July 12, 2015 English Learner History and Sociopolitical Context Immigration has always been a part of American history. However, in 1910 a shift in the type of American immigrant occurred. Up to this point most immigrants were from northern European and were mostly Anglo-Saxon and Protestant. With the incoming of immigrants who looked and
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Name: Sanchia Lawrence Dr. Sara Fischer EDU620-Assignment #1 September 14,2014 Week 1 Assignment Part 1 Read the material and answer the following questions, briefly. 1. What are the criteria to determine who gets Academic Intervention Services (AIS)? The purpose of Academic Intervention Services (AIS) is to provide support at the school level for students that
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who have computers at home are more likely to succeed in school. The Affects of Curriculum Tracking -Many Latinos attend schools within a school where they are tracked into lower curriculum tracks programs that do not prepare then for higher education -Cannot always blame the parents or the schools but should blame city/state/ federal govt , for their inequitable
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The materials used in a dual program need to consist of bilingual books of many genres and a variety of types of materials such as concrete, visual, audiovisual, art, and technology. One of the biggest problems with bilingual education is the absence of books in the first and second language. Most schools on average have one book in Spanish per Spanish-speaking child in schools with bilingual programs. When you provide books in ELL students primary languages, you demonstrate that your students first
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1. Should non-standard varieties of English be used in education? Some educators believe that teaching students in the standard variety of their language is beneficial as it provides a universal mode of communication. Others believe that students are best served by education taught in their own variety of a language, even if it is non-standard. Choose and defend a position in this debate, making sure to explore the benefits and drawbacks of your choice. Focus on a single non-standard variety
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