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December 2004/January 2005 | Volume 62 | Number 4
Educating Language Learners
Featured Articles
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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Departments
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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Online Only
EL Study Guide / Educating Language Learners
Naomi Thiers
For professional development and study groups.
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Copyright © 2004 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
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