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Peer reviewedPiper, David – English Education, 1985
Argues that with the recent influx of so many mainstreamed new Canadian students with insufficient fluency in English there is a need to rethink policies on access to specialized English instruction and about their relationship to high school English teaching. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Speidel, Gisela E. – Kamehameha Journal of Education, 1992
Examines ways to adjust instruction to develop language while teaching specific academic content to students from different cultural and language backgrounds, focusing on students in Hawaii. Information is presented on adjusting instruction so that students will understand better, with emphasis on providing sufficient cues and information,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Download full textVongthieres, Siri; Egan, Lawrence A. – 1980
This report includes (1) a paper that was written by Siri Vongthieres and Lawrence Egan regarding the educational needs of both native born and recently arrived Asian Americans, and (2) a review of that paper by Masako Ledward, LaVerne Moore, and Emiko I. Kudo. Issues discussed concerning American born Asian students include: (1) English language…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages)
