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ERIC Number: EJ528259
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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K-6 Bilingual Programs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area.
Medina, Suzanne L.
Bilingual Research Journal, v19 n3-4 p629-40 Sum-Fall 1995
A large urban California elementary school provides approximately 900 limited-English-proficient students with 3 bilingual programs: full and modified bilingual programs offering varying amounts of content instruction in the native language or sheltered English, and the "English language development" program which uses sheltered English and ESL methods. A new innovation is the bilingual ungraded K-4 classroom. (SV)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Nongraded Instructional Grouping, Parent Participation, Program Design, Second Language Instruction, Whole Language Approach
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Sheltered English
Note: Theme issue: "The ESL Component of Bilingual Education in Practice."