| Ñandutí: FAQs: Benefits of Starting Language Learning Early - Ñandutí focuses on foreign language learning in Grades K-8. Designed for parents, teachers and administrators. Ñandutí suggests practical, easily-implementable materials, resources, and techniques.
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| ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics - ERIC/CLL provides a wide range of services and materials for language educators, most of them free of charge. These include digests and short bibliographies, a semiannual newsletter, and a question-answering service.
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| CREDE Research on Bilingual Education - UCSC Researchers find all students benefit from strong cognitive and academic instruction conducted in their first language
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| Cummins & Genzuk Report - Analysis of final report longitudinal study of structured English immersion, early exit and late-exit transitional bilingual education programs for language-minority children.
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| A Model for Language Teachers and Educators - Analysis of an interview conducted at San Diego State University in 1995 with Dr. Li-Rong Lilly Cheng.
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| Jim Cummins - Educator and teacher resources for second language and literacy development.
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| SAT-9 Scores and Proposition 227 - Kenji Hakuta's observations of the effect of "English for the Children" legislation on standardized test scores of limited English proficient students.
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| Language, literacy and communication - Language, literacy and communication are intrinsic to human development and central to lifelong learning. The advancement of multi-lingualism affords learners the opportunity to develop and value their home languages, other languagesand a shared understanding of a common South African culture.
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| SEDL - Language and Diversity Program - The research activities of the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory. Program models for the education of immigrant children and second-language learners.
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| Language Policy: Bilingualism and Intelligence - Handouts for a Language Policy college course. Somewhat cryptic, but a good introduction or review.
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| Readings in Bilingual Education - Collection of articles on bilingual education policy and practice.
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| Theoretical Principles of Bilingual Education - A slide show reviewing the research basis for bilingual education. Based on the work of Jim Cummins.
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| American Shibboleth: Ebonics - Background and analysis of the Ebonics controversy from a linguistic perspective.
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| Center for Applied Linguistics - CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and policy analysis.
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| Bilingual Education: Arguments For and (Bogus) Arguments Against - By Stephen Krashen. May, 1999.
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| Teaching Indigenous Languages - An online text which examines the social and linguistic implications of teaching indigenous languages in public schools.
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| Spanish for U.S. Hispanic Bilinguals in Higher Education. - ERIC Digest, November, 1992. "Little attention has been given to developing and coordinating well designed and carefully articulated programs for Hispanic bilingual college students of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds"
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| Improving Schooling for Language-Minority Children - Outlines the research needs in the area of instruction of limited-English proficient students.
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| Educating Language-Minority Children - Diane August and Kenji Hakuta, Editors. A review of the current knowledge about the education of limited-English proficient students.
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| Fostering Second Language Development in Young Children - Eight principles, drawn from theory and research on second language acquisition and culturally sensitive instruction, to guide educators working with linguistically diverse students.
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| The Bilingualism Database - Resources on all aspects of bilingualism: education, identity, assessment, special education, health, and language acquisition. From the University of Birmingham.
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| Why Bilingual Education? - By Stephen Krashen. This article explains the rationale underlying good bilingual education programs and summarizes research findings about their effectiveness.
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| Moving in and Out of Bilingualism: Native Language Maintenance and Shift - Study of maintenance and loss of bilingual language skills amongst Mexican-descent children in the United States.
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| Stabilizing Indigenous Languages: Additional Papers - Papers describing bilingual education efforts for speakers of indigenous languages.
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| National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition and Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) - Funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA) to collect, analyze, and disseminate information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S.
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| Aging and Bilingualism - An investigation that looks at the effects of natural aging on language processes in those individuals who are bilingual.
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| Bilingualism, Languages and Education Network (BLEN) - Educational forum helping teachers in primary and secondary schools.
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