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Download full textEscamilla, Kathy; And Others – 1993
During the 1989-90 school year, Descubriendo la Lectura, a Spanish-language adaptation of the English Reading Recovery project was implemented in a large urban school district in Arizona. The program is designed to identify first-grade students at risk of becoming poor readers and to provide a series of intense short-term learning experiences that…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary School Students, Emergent Literacy, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedEscamilla, Kathy; Andrade, Anna – Education and Urban Society, 1992
Research suggests that use of a child's native language in initial literacy instruction is beneficial. The Descubriendo la Lectura (DLL) Spanish-language application of the English Reading Recovery Program is described as implemented for one Spanish-speaking first grade boy. The DLL program capitalizes on strengths children demonstrate in reading.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
