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ERIC Number: EJ367963
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Teachers of Limited English Proficient Children in the United States.
Waggoner, Dorothy; O'Malley, J. Michael
NABE: The Journal for the National Association for Bilingual Education, v9 n3 p25-42 Spr 1985
The 1980-81 Teachers Language Skills Survey shows dramatic increases in number and quality of professionally prepared bilingual education teachers since 1976-77, when the first training programs funded by the Bilingual Education Act were started. However, less than 25 percent of the teachers teaching bilingually in 1980-81 had basic qualifications to do so. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Needs, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Limited English Speaking, Schools of Education, Specialization, Teacher Education, Teacher Qualifications
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Bilingual Education Act 1968; Bilingual Education Act Amendments 1974; Training Needs