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Schools across the country are expanding dual-language programs. Seven researchers from three countries highlight the benefits of bilingual education.

With the reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015, the Working Group recognizes the continuing evolution of this landmark federal legislation to more fully include English Learners.

This study aimed to investigate the effect of text-based methods on male and female upper-intermediate students' English speaking accuracy. The question this study tried to answer is if Text-based vs.

Performing well in oral examinations is a great challenge for language learners in EFL contexts because test takers have many linguistic concerns while performing let alone thinking of what to say.

The Interpretability Hypothesis (Tsimpli et. al., 2003; Tsimpli & Dimitrakopoulou, 2007) claims that uninterpretable features which are not instantiated in L1 are unavailable for L2 acquisition. This hypothesis is supported (e.g. Hawkins & Hattori, 2006; Al-Thubaiti, 2011) and opposed (e.g.

This study examines the interaction between African immigrant students and their mainstream teachers. I am particularly interested in the influence of classroom practices on the literacy development of Francophone African immigrant children in the U.S. classroom.

With the recent Immigration Enforcement Actions (raids) that have taken place across the nation, the following Highlighted Resource List has been hand chosen by BRYCS staff to assist service providers in working with migrant families.

This ethnographic case study examines a bilingual child's academic socialization in both formal and informal academic communities.

States use standards-based English language proficiency (ELP) assessments to inform relatively high-stakes decisions for English learner (EL) students. Results from these assessments are one of the primary criteria used to determine EL students' level of ELP and readiness for reclassification.