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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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Wu, Chiu-hui; Coady, Maria R. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2010
READ 180 is a reading program primarily designed for both struggling readers and English language learners (ELLs) in the United States. In this paper, we report findings from a qualitative study that investigated how four adolescent ELLs responded to using READ 180, particularly in relation to their cultural needs. Findings from the study showed…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Reading Programs, Culturally Relevant Education, Second Language Learning
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Finlayson, Rosalie; Slabbert, Sarah – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2003
The status of the current standard African languages has been seriously undermined by factors such as the association of the standardisation process with colonial and neo-colonial structures, the lack of function of the standards and the rise of high status non-standard urban varieties. This paper describes the process leading to and some…
Descriptors: African Languages, Urban Schools, Competition, Foreign Countries