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ERIC Number: EJ327893
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Language Growth in the Multiethnic Classroom.
Piper, David
Language Arts, v63 n1 p23-34 Jan 1986
Notes that those cross-cultural classroom exchanges that yield the most energy, intensity, and recognizable change are those centered upon students' simple needs, feelings, and fears. Uses such exchanges as the focus for wide-ranging questions about how best to modify language arts curricula and teaching to meet students' needs. (HTH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Intercultural Communication, Language Arts, Student Needs, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Multicultural Classrooms; Peer Interaction