Schooling and Language Minority Students
Schooling and Language Minority Students

Author: California. Office of Bilingual Bicultural Education

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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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)

Educating California's Immigrant Children
Educating California's Immigrant Children

Author: Patricia L. De Cos

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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This report is a follow-up to the author's testimony in an impartial hearing regarding the research related to Proposition 227, which was reported to the Senate and Assembly Education Committees on February 18, 1998.

Dual Language Education
Dual Language Education

Author: Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9781853595318

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Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.