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ERIC Number: EJ528258
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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"How Did You Learn to Write in English When You Haven't Been Taught in English?": The Language Experience Approach in a Dual Language Program.
Riojas Clark, Ellen
Bilingual Research Journal, v19 n3-4 p611-27 Sum-Fall 1995
Case study reports on the use of language experience and a natural approach to learning languages in a dual-language (Spanish-English) kindergarten class. Descriptions of student writing activities in the classroom illustrate the process of literacy development in the first and second languages. The importance of trained bilingual teachers and committed administrators is emphasized. (SV)
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Bilingual Education Programs, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, English (Second Language), Invented Spelling, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Language Experience Approach, Mexican American Education, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Writing (Composition)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Biliteracy
Note: Theme issue: "The ESL Component of Bilingual Education in Practice."