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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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A Study of Critical Literacy Work with Beginning English Language Learners: An Integrated Approach
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Lau, Sunny Man-Chu – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2013
This article reports some main findings of a year-long participatory action research study of critical literacy (CL) practices with middle school recent immigrant English language learners (ELLs) in Ontario, Canada. The CL program followed an integrated instructional model informed by Cummins' (2001) "Academic Expertise Framework" and Janks'…
Descriptors: Action Research, Literacy Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Nature and Content of L2 Socialization Patterns and Attainment of a Turkish Accent by Kurds
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Polat, Nihat – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2011
Studies have shown that learners with high degrees of socialization with the target language community acquire the target language better (Lybeck, 2002; Schumann, 1978). Milroy's (1987) use of social network theory in sociolinguistics indicates that socialization patterns are constituted by structural relationships of different types and…
Descriptors: Socialization, Speech Communication, Sociolinguistics, Social Networks