It describes
how dual language learners perform at each learning stage.
Not exact matches
Peisner - Feinberg said focusing on classroom quality — especially on the instructional environments of
dual -
language learners — is essential to understanding
how to maximize their opportunities for learning.
We had a great session where teachers shared classroom video and led mini-exercises so parents could get a real feel for
how dual -
language was working in the classrooms.
One chapter summarizes 83 recent studies on
how best to teach literacy to limited - English students; another outlines the advantages of
dual -
language programs.
In an engaging and informative interview, Principal Daniela Anello demonstrated
how participating in a data - driven, innovative
dual language immersion program at DC Bilingual provides students and parents alike with resources for life - long learning.
A 12 - year study compares
how English
language learners fare in English immersion, bilingual, and
dual immersion programs.
The article offers five practices that can help schools improve educational achievement for these students: acceptance of shared responsibility by school staff; a
dual curriculum that promotes
language development as well as academic needs; careful consideration of
how to integrate immigrants with the general school population; extended learning time; and individual progress records.
This
dual approach (i.e., content teaching that incorporates
language development, typically referred to as sheltered instruction) and
how best to implement it have been the research focus of the Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English
Language Learners (CREATE).
So we'll continue to get information on
how student sub-groups — such as minority populations,
dual language learners, and students with learning disabilities — are performing, but we aren't tying those tests to harsh consequences for schools and teachers.
The bar graph above also reveals
how strong the demand continues to be for
dual -
language programs.
In her dissertation, she investigates
how emergent bilinguals in
dual language immersion (DLI) classrooms perceive, enact, and negotiate the tenuous intersections of race / ethnicity, social class position, and
language in American school settings.
While we do not know
how these families are spread across the District (see our research on demand for
dual language programs) and are working to increase access to information and research about these programs by communities across the District, we do know that:
In my talks, I often present the cases of Utah, Delaware, and Georgia as great examples of
how States can make a U-Turn and invest massively in
dual language education.
During these three days, I took part in no less than 9 events and talked about my book, the role of parents in creating
dual language programs, and
how these could benefit DC public schools.
Attendees were an interesting mix of educators in
dual language programs, world
language teachers, ESOL teachers, principals planning next year's implementation of their
dual language program and school officials looking at
how their counties could start offering
dual language programs.
Principal Will Flores, who oversees English and Spanish
dual -
language instruction from pre-K to fifth grade, provides one example of
how a leader engages in culturally competent practice.
Lê's text performs a
dual work, both contextualizing Dizon's images in the history of empire and unleashing a rhythmic play with
language, both visually and aurally, to cut to the core of
how meaning is produced.
Developed over three years of research by the artist, Lifeguards is a
dual screen audiovisual installation that examines the way culture is embedded in speech and
how identity is constructed through
language.
You will learn
how to help all of the families in your program facilitate
dual language development.