Download or read book A Comparison of Bilingual Programs and the Effects on English Language Proficiency written by Angela M. Randall and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the study is to compare two bilingual program models on the same campus, a late-exit transitional bilingual program and a dual langue two-way immersion program, by examining the English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills of English language learners (ELLs) participating in the programs during the 2010-2011 academic year. The Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) Reading, the Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment System (TELPAS) Composite, and the Language Assessment Scales Links (LAS Links) were used to compare the developing English language proficiency the students for the 2010-2011 academic year. The measures were correlated to determine a relationship. The results found no significant differences between the programs, although fifth grade was marginally significant with regard to oral language. A positive strong correlation was found at all grade levels for TELPAS Reading and LAS Links, indicating that students who perform well in English oral language skills are likely to perform well on reading comprehension.
Download or read book Educating English Language Learners written by Fred Genesee and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides a review of scientific research on the learning outcomes of students with limited or no proficiency in English in U.S. schools. Research on students in kindergarten to grade 12 is reviewed. The primary chapters of the book focus on these students' acquisition of oral language skills in English, their development of literacy (reading & writing) skills in English, instructional issues in teaching literacy, and achievement in academic domains (i.e., mathematics, science, and reading). The reviews and analyses of the research are relatively technical with a focus on research quality, design characteristics, and statistical analyses. The book provides a set of summary tables that give details about each study, including full references, characteristics of the students in the research, assessment tools and procedures, and results. A concluding chapter summarizes the major issues discussed and makes recommendations about particular areas that need further research.
Download or read book Under Attack written by Stephen D. Krashen and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Krashen takes on the critics of bilingual education, providing compelling answers to some persistent questions.
Download or read book A Study of the Effects of Bilingual and Structured English Immersion Programs on the Oral English and Literacy Development of Students Learning English as a Second Language written by Danny Lee Wood and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study had two purposes: (1) to compare two different English language learner (ELL) programs--transitional bilingual education (TBE) programs and transitional structured English immersion (SEI) programs--to identify which, if either, was superior in facilitating English language acquisition; and (2) to identify the relationship between English oral proficiency and English literacy proficiency. To answer these questions, this study analyzed English proficiency scores from the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) from a large school district in California from 2002 - 2007. The CELDT is an instrument that was aligned with the English Language Development (ELD) standards of California and first administered in 2001 to measure English language proficiency. The CELDT provided measurements in three English skill scales: oral (listening and speaking), reading, and writing. The CELDT also produced a composite overall English proficiency score from the combined performance scale scores. The students in the study were primarily Hispanic (98.26%) native Spanish speakers (99%) from lower socioeconomic backgrounds (91.4%). Of the 2,731 students whose scores were analyzed, 1,196 (44%) were in their respective SEI or TBE programs the entire 6-year period of the study. For the program comparisons, there were four groups of students: (a) students who were in transitional bilingual programs for the entire length of the study, (b) students who were in transitional bilingual programs for various lengths of time before transferring to SEI programs, (c) students who were in the SEI program for the entire length of the study, and (d) students who were in the SEI program for various lengths of time before transferring to other programs or schools. The bilingual and SEI programs in this study were analyzed in four different ways: raw CELDT score means, CELDT proficiency levels, CELDT highest scorers, and the comparison of oral to literacy skills. When CELDT means were compared, the SEI groups performed slightly better throughout the study period over all. However, the bilingual students narrowed the scoring gap each year across all skill areas, and in the case of oral skills, one of the bilingual groups scored higher than both SEI groups in 2007. When CELDT overall and oral proficiency levels were compared, all groups finished in the same level by grade four (2006) for overall proficiency, and were the same for oral proficiency by grade five (except for the higher bilingual score just mentioned). By 2007, while SEI students slightly outperformed bilingual students each year, the proficiency scores for reading and writing were close between both programs. When scores were calculated for the percentage of students that scored at the highest levels between the groups, the SEI scores were almost always the highest. However, bilingual students out performed SEI students in 2007 on CELDT and academic measures.
Download or read book Dual Language Education written by Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.
Download or read book Research Evidence for the Effectiveness of Bilingual Education written by Rudolph C. Troike and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Language and Literacy in Bilingual Children written by D. Kimbrough Oller and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets a high standard for rigor and scientific approach to the study of bilingualism and provides new insights regarding the critical issues of theory and practice, including the interdependence of linguistic knowledge in bilinguals, the role of socioeconomic status, the effect of different language usage patterns in the home, and the role of schooling by single-language immersion as opposed to systematic training in both home and target languages. The rich landscape of outcomes reported in the volume will provide a frame for interpretation and understanding of effects of bilingualism for years to come.
Download or read book Theory Technology and Public Policy on Bilingual Education written by Raymond V. Padilla and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of papers on bilingual education covers these topics: (1) second-language acquisition theories relevant to bilingual education; (2) the age factor in native language maintenance and in the development of English proficiency of overseas Japanese children; (3) applying the Cummins language proficiency model to students who acquire language bimodally; (4) acquisition of Spanish sounds in two-year-old Chicanos; (5) bilingual education's role in Puerto Rican students' cultural adjustment; (6) qualitative analysis of teacher disapproval behavior; (7) assessing a community's ethnolinguistic complexity; (8) a bilingual education program effective with both Spanish and Asian language students; (9) Spanish mathematics instruction in some Texas schools; (10) oral history in bilingual social studies; and (11) a ten-year-old language learner's journal. Other topics include (1) improving vocational education for bilingual students; (2) the microcounseling approach for limited-English-proficient adults; (3) linguistic interferences among Korean students learning English; (4) scoring a Spanish informal reading inventory for bilingual students; (5) classroom observation for Spanish-speaking parents; (6) bilingual education on television; (7) the impact of state evaluation systems on limited-English-speakers; (8) issues in bilingual education policy formation; (9) language rights versus racial nondiscrimination; (10) bilingual education in higher education; (11) bilingual bicultural education; and (12) Hispanic women in higher education. (MSE)
Download or read book Bilingual Education written by Peter Duignan and published by Hoover Institution Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effects of Dual Language Programs on the Student Achievement of English Learners written by Ignacio Reyes and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation's increasing Spanish speaking population with limited English proficiency poses a challenge to the educational system. Educational policy and practice are influenced by conflicting interpretations of research causing opposing opinions about language of instruction for English language Learners. After many years of research, there is no conclusive evidence on which method better serves English Learners towards English language proficiency. This study compared the achievement of English Learners who participated in a dual language program with English Learners who participated in a traditional classroom program. CST scores in English language arts were analyzed to compare academic progress, to determine which instructional approach better serves this student population in pursuing academic English language proficiency. The results suggest that English Learners who participated in the Dual Language Academy showed greater achievement than the English Learners who did not participate. These findings are congruent with bilingual education advocates asserting that English Learners' performance in these types of programs is better than, or at least as good as English Learners' performance in programs conducted only in English.
Download or read book Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-08-25 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educating dual language learners (DLLs) and English learners (ELs) effectively is a national challenge with consequences both for individuals and for American society. Despite their linguistic, cognitive, and social potential, many ELsâ€"who account for more than 9 percent of enrollment in grades K-12 in U.S. schoolsâ€"are struggling to meet the requirements for academic success, and their prospects for success in postsecondary education and in the workforce are jeopardized as a result. Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures examines how evidence based on research relevant to the development of DLLs/ELs from birth to age 21 can inform education and health policies and related practices that can result in better educational outcomes. This report makes recommendations for policy, practice, and research and data collection focused on addressing the challenges in caring for and educating DLLs/ELs from birth to grade 12.
Download or read book Learning in Two Languages written by Gary Imhoff and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being off the public agenda for a decade, the subject of bilingual education is once again at the center of public debate. Assumptions about the values of cultural pluralism and the rise of the "unmeltable ethnics" so dominant for the last twenty years have met a renewed public affirmation of the value of assimilation. In the United States "bilingual education" refers to programs that emphasize students' home languages and culture; teach academic subject matter in students' home languages; and introduce English into the curriculum at a deliberate pace. Students in such programs are generally members of immigrant groups and racial and ethnic minorities, and they usually come from lower-class economic backgrounds. Over the years, a number of different objectives have been advanced for bilingual education programs. In the 1960s and early 1970s, educators believed that these programs should be evaluated by students' linguistic proficiency and progress on standardized tests. More recently, advocates have promoted more subjective measures, such as students' enhanced sense of well-being and self-esteem. And yet others argue that the real goals of bilingual education should be social change and economic redistribution, and that programs should be evaluated by these long-range goals. The conference that gave rise to the essays in this volume was the first national symposium at which advocates and critics of bilingual education confronted each other's arguments face-to-face. These essays address the objectives by which bilingual education should be evaluated; the administrative practices by which programs are run; and the latest research findings on the effectiveness of bilingual education. Authors include Henry Trueba, Rudolph Troike, James Banks, Joshua Fishman, and Christine Rossell. "Learning in Two Languages "will interest educators and policy researchers, students of ethnic relations, and others concerned about the future direction of U.S. educational policies in this controversial area.
Download or read book Educating Language Minority Children written by Committee on Developing a Research Agenda on the Education of Limited-English-Proficient and Bilingual Students and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-03-05 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past 30 years, a large and growing number of students in U.S. schools have come from homes in which the language background is other than English. These students present unique challenges for America's education system. Based on Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children, a comprehensive study published in 1997, this book summarizes for teachers and education policymakers what has been learned over the past three decades about educating such students. It discusses a broad range of educational issues: how students learn a second language; how reading and writing skills develop in the first and second languages; how information on specific subjects (for example, biology) is stored and learned and the implications for second-language learners; how social and motivational factors affect learning for English-language learners; how the English proficiency and subject matter knowledge of English-language learners are assessed; and what is known about the attributes of effective schools and classrooms that serve English-language learners.
Download or read book An Examination of the Academic Effects of Two Way Dual Immersion Bilingual Programs on Elementary Native English Language Students written by Kathy Noll Allison and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a long-standing debate over the best way to educate students who come to school speaking a language other than English. Many programs have been used to meet these students' needs and one of them, Two-Way/Dual Immersion (TW/DI), is the focus of this study. Opponents disagree that it is the best way to educate English Language Learners (ELLs), saying that bilingual education is too slow, scores are lower, and students fall too far behind their Anglo counterparts. Proponents ofTW/DI, however, claim that it has several benefits: ELLs have the opportunity to learn content in their primary language, while acquiring English, so that they don't fall behind academically; they are more motivated; and their scores are as good as, and usually better in the long-run, than ELLs in English Immersion. But what about the Native English Language (NEL) students in the program? How does it affect them? Although they benefit from a multicultural experience and learning a second language, does it have an effect on their academics? By comparing and analyzing state and national test scores over a four-year period, this study focused on the academic effects of NELs in TW /D I and found that they do just as well as, and many times better than, NELs not in TW/DI. Though mean differences in test scores were not statistically significant, the trends were positive and warrant additional research into a program that can benefit both ELLs and NELs equally. Key Words: bilingual education, Two-Way, Dual Immersion, English Language Learners, Native English Language, academic effects, Proposition 227
Download or read book Developing Reading and Writing in Second language Learners written by Diane August and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reporting the findings of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth, this book concisely summarises what is known from empirical research about the development of literacy in language-minority children and youth, including development, environment, instruction, and assessment.
Download or read book Language Culture and Power written by Lourdes Diaz Soto and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides insights into the impact that eliminating bilingual education programs has on the lives of families and communities. Persuasively argues that linguistic repression is an unwise language policy for a democratic nation.
Download or read book The Question of Effectiveness written by Lori S. Orum and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
