Bridging the Chasm between Your English-and-ESL Students.

Rudnick, Beth G.

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ERIC Number: EJ518648

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Publication Date: 1995

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Bridging the Chasm between Your English-and-ESL Students.

Rudnick, Beth G.

Teaching PreK-8, v26 n2 p48-49 Oct 1995

Describes how a fifth-grade teacher intervened to bridge the language and cultural social divisions in her classroom. By experiencing a key math lesson entirely in Spanish, native English speakers quickly began to understand what it is like to not be able to understand. Teachers reported a profound effect of this experiment on the classroom. (ET)

Descriptors: Attitude Change, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Language Teachers, Preadolescents, Second Language Learning, Social Differences

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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