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December 2004/January 2005 | Volume 62 | Number 4

Educating Language Learners


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Perspectives / A Look at Language Learning

Amy M. Azzam

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Teacher Skills to Support English Language Learners

Deborah Short and Jana Echevarria

What can mainstream teachers do to differentiate instruction for English language learners?

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Getting at the Content

Yu Ren Dong

By teaching discipline-specific language, subject-matter teachers can further their students' second-language acquisition.

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Why We Need The Year of Languages

Sandy Cutshall

From improving international relations to increasing literacy in world literature, the benefits of multilingualism are many.

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Language Learning: A Worldwide Perspective

Donna Christian, Ingrid U. Pufahl and Nancy C. Rhodes

A study looks at how 19 countries build their foreign language programs.

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U.S. World Language Program Models

Audrey L. Heining-Boynton

Two program models guide elementary students toward learning a foreign language.

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Teaching English Through English

Christine Rossell

Providing a sheltered environment that teaches English language learners in English is preferable to bilingual instruction, this author believes.

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Skyrocketing Scores: An Urban Legend

Stephen Krashen

The author disputes the contention that dropping bilingual education promoted higher achievement scores in California.

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A View from the Classroom

Jill Wu

No one program guarantees success in all settings, this veteran teacher relates.

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The English They Need for the Test

Brian Bielenberg and Lily Wong Fillmore

How can we help language learners overcome the disadvantages they can experience when taking high-stakes tests?

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The Balancing Act of Bilingual Immersion

Samina Hadi-Tabassum

What is the best way to enhance the ability to speak different languages in different contexts?

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The Rich Promise of Two-Way Immersion

Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary

Two-way bilingual immersion programs foster academic achievement and positive school attitudes.

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The Third Language of Academic English

Jeff Zwiers

Five strategies help students comprehend language needed to read academic texts.

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Teaching Students from Many Nations

Judy Abrams and Julia Ferguson

Educators at the United Nations International School share insights from working with children from around the world.

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Reading Supports for All

Jill Fitzgerald and Michael F. Graves

The complexities of reading in a new language demand complex strategies.

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If I Said Something Wrong, I Was Afraid

Douglas B. Reeves

Students give gentle advice to their teachers about how to best help them.

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The Gift of Attention

Kathleen Fay and Suzanne Whaley

Listen carefully before making assumptions about the abilities of language learners, these authors advise.

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Voices: The Teacher / A Journey Toward Belonging

Catherine Little

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Research Matters / Successful Strategies for English Language Learners

Tracy Gray and Steve Fleischman

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All About Accountability / Swords with Blunt Edges

W. James Popham

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The Principal Connection / Valuing Conflict

Thomas R. Hoerr

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Reviews / The Physiology of Truth: Neuroscience and Human Knowledge: Jean-Pierre Changeux, 2004

Robert Sylwester

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Reviews / Ethical Leadership: Robert J. Starratt, 2004

Holly Highsmith Abrams

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ASCD Community in Action

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Web Wonders / Educating Language Learners

Diane L. Jackson

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