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ERIC Number: ED249773
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984
Pages: 227
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-89755-011-0
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Schooling and Language Minority Students: A Theoretical Framework.
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Bilingual Bicultural Education.
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)
Evaluation, Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University, Los Angeles, CA ($6.60).
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Teachers; Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Bilingual Bicultural Education.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
IES Cited: ED558159