Schooling and Language Minority Students

A Theoretical Framework

Author: California State Department of Education Office of Bilingual Bicultural Education
ISBN: 0897550110

A collection of papers discusses the importance of bilingual education's goals of high-level English proficiency, appropriate cognitive/academic development, and adequate psychosocial and cultural adjustment for language-minority students and describes various instructional strategies to achieve those outcomes. The papers include: "The Role of Primary Language Development in Promoting Educational Success for Language Minority Students" (James Cummins); "Bilingual Education and Second Language Acquisition Theory" (Stephen D. Krashen); "Effective Use of the Primary Language in the Classroom" (Dorothy Legarreta-Marcaida); "The Natural Approach in Bilingual Education" (Tracy D. Terrell); and "Reading Instruction for Language Minority Students" (Eleanor W. Thonis). A bilingual education program quality review instrument for kindergarten through grade six and a glossary are appended. (MSE)

Publisher: Evaluation, Dissemination, and Assessment Center, California State University, Los Angeles
Publish Date: 1981

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This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Education Studies (EDST))