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Avoiding the Deficit Model of Teaching: Students Who Have EAL/EAL and Learning Difficulties
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Tangen, Donna; Spooner-Lane, Rebecca – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2008
Without a carefully designed plan for the provision of students with English as an additional language (EAL), educators may feel overwhelmed by the complexities of teaching such students. Educators may attribute poorer academic outcomes of some students with EAL to learning difficulties without first considering how they might adapt their teaching…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Disabilities, English (Second Language)