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Ardasheva, Yuliya; Tretter, Thomas R. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
This paper reports on the curriculum development stage for a larger science-literacy intervention for secondary school newcomers enrolled in an urban US school. After providing background to the study, we review literature on effective vocabulary instruction and report on the "Science Vocabulary Support" program development, refinement,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Intervention, Teaching Methods, Observation
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Forrest, Scott N. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2006
There is an increasing amount of research and discussion about the characteristics and learning needs of "Generation 1.5." These learners share characteristics of both first- and second-generation immigrants; they have grown up and been educated in the United States, but live in homes where English is not the primary language. They often…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Literacy, Learning Strategies, Immigrants