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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 Bilingual Education Professional Development Project for Primary Tibetan Teachers in China: The Experience and Lessons Learned
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Gouleta, Eirini – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2012
This paper examines bilingual education policies and practices in China and the interconnection and influences of the west in the new developments in bilingual education in this country. It focuses on bilingual education in Tibetan areas considering the sociopolitical context, the Tibetan tradition, and the current developments and new knowledge…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Bilingual Teachers
Methodologies and Teacher Stances: How Do They Interact in Classrooms?
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Torres-Guzman, Maria E. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
In this paper I focus on Read Alouds as a place for exploring the nexus of methodological beliefs and structures, and teachers' stances within a second grade Spanish-English dual-language education setting in New York City. Grounded in sociocultural and semiotic theory, I examined the segment in which the teacher reads from the written text in…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Aloud to Others, Grade 2, English (Second Language)
An Approach to Developing Language Awareness in the Irish Language Classroom: A Case Study
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O Laoire, Muiris – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2007
This case study deals with language awareness (LA) oriented instruction in the Irish language classroom, based on qualitative-type research conducted in a class of 21 English-medium secondary students studying Irish as a subject. Having outlined the general background to the teaching of Irish in secondary schools, the first section of the paper…
Descriptors: Phonology, Metalinguistics, Syntax, Learning Strategies