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Hadaway, Nancy L.; Young, Terrell A. – Language Arts, 2009
Immigrants currently make up over 12% of the U.S. population, with children of immigrants comprising more than 20% of the population. Consequently, English learners are the fastest growing group in U.S. schools today, accounting for 10.5% of the total public school student population in Pre-K through Grade 12 in 2004-2005, a 56.2% increase over…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Second Language Learning, Picture Books, Migrant Children
Bruce, Michael G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1986
Describes The Council of Europe's recently produced booklet showing how it pursues its goals of European unity through educational activity. (MD)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Democracy, Education, Educational Change
Tao, Pauline; And Others – 1990
This book consists of a collection of stories written by adults who attend a bilingual ESL (English as a Second Language) program co-sponsored by the Toronto Board of Education and Chinese Information and Community Services. All the writings deal with Chinese culture but the book may be used by people of diverse backgrounds and of varying levels…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Chinese Culture, Cultural Enrichment
Ditmars, Jane W. – 1993
This manual provides specific lesson plans for teaching life skills and literacy to adult beginning readers and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. It includes four curricular sections: Focus on Language Arts, Focus on Life Skills and Literacy, Focus on Holidays and Observances and Focus on Survival Math. A total of 95 topics are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cultural Enrichment