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ERIC Number: EJ554012
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
Below the Tip of the Iceberg: Teaching Language-Minority Students.
Fueyo, Vivian
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v30 n1 p61-65 Sep-Oct 1997
Discusses the needs of language-minority students and explains the difference between progress in basic interpersonal communication skills (surface fluency) and cognitive/academic language proficiency (conceptual-linguistic knowledge). Strategies are provided for special educators in planning instruction, increasing comprehension during instruction, and increasing and increasing verbal interaction of language-minority students. (CR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Communication, Language Proficiency, Limited English Speaking, Minority Group Children, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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