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Direct linkBrown, Clara Lee – Social Studies, 2007
Reading in content areas is generally difficult for English-language learners (ELLs), but reading in social studies is particularly challenging for ELLs for several reasons. First, ELLs often lack background information that textbook authors assume readers have. Second, ELLs in the process of learning a new language do not have…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English (Second Language), Social Studies, Textbooks
