ENG 382 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: No Child Left Behind Act, First Language, Socioeconomic Status
15 Dec 2016
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Equal access to education: content area knowledge. Receive high quality academic instruction across content areas: english proficiency. Acquire the english they need to participate and achieve at school. Defining and identifying ells and in society: the no child left behind act of 2001 refers to ell students as limited. English proficient (lep) students, defined as those: procedures for identifying ells vary from state to state. Labeling ells: lack of consistency in labeling students not yet proficient in english, some commonly used labels include: Label used in federal and some state laws. No indication of active learning; emphasis on limited takes a deficit view. English language learner (ell) [or english learner (el)] Label preferred by most in the field; emphasis on actively learning the new language. But many lms students are fluent in english and lack proficiency in their native language. Nice emphasis on diversity, but proficient and native speakers of english are also part of schools" cultural and linguistic diversity.
