Immigrants and Students: How Is the INS Coping with ESL Learners?.

Penedes, Chaz

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ERIC Number: EJ570290

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Immigrants and Students: How Is the INS Coping with ESL Learners?

Penedes, Chaz

American Language Review, v1 n5 p12-14 Nov-Dec 1997

The Immigration and Naturalization Service oversees citizenship testing and issues visas to foreign students. Recommendations for improvement of the system include simplification of the citizenship oath, standardized citizenship tests in history and government, improved testing oversight to reduce cheating, and closer monitoring of foreign students. (MSE)

Descriptors: Cheating, Citizenship Education, College Admission, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Higher Education, Immigrants, Limited English Speaking, Program Development, Recordkeeping, Second Language Instruction, Testing Programs, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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