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English Learners with Special Needs
March 2011
Table of Contents
Articles
Research for Practice
- Peña, Bedore, and Gillam—Two to Untangle: Language Impairment and Language Difference in Bilinguals (page 7)
- Samson—Are They Ready to Teach All Students: A Preliminary Review of Special Education Teacher Preparation Programs and Coursework Relevant to ELs with Disabilities (page 21)
- Staehr Fenner—Students with Interrupted Formal Schooling in Special Education (page 14)
Practice
Theory to Practice
- Estrada and Lavadenz—Factors Influencing the Disproportionality of ELs with Specific Learning Disability (page 23)
- Rice Doran—Professional Development for Teachers of ELSN Students (page 20)
- Villareal—Effective Interventions for Teaching Language: Peer Tutoring: Gains for the Tutor (page 16)
Success Stories
- Wiemelt and Bray—Incorporating Home Language & Culture Reports (page 9)
Teacher's Gems of Wisdom
- Bal, Khang, Kulkarni, and Mbeseha—Promising Practices for ELs with Special Needs (page 13)
- Kole—Sometimes 'Special' Means 'Bilingual' (page 4)
- Neusy—Coping Day to Day (page 19)
- Taylor—'Recipe' for Success (page 6)
Information
- Hillarious—ELs with Special Needs: A National Overview (page 10)
- Wilde—National Conversations on EL Education (page 3)
- Williford—Culture and Foreign Language Programs (page 24)
Plus:
askNCELA's Inbox (page 11), Editor's Notes (page 2), Terms & Acronyms (page 4), What's New at NCELA? (page 15), and What's New at OELA? (page 22)