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The Impact of a Structured English Immersion Model on English Language Learners' Reading Achievement
Direct linkLugo, Fred – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Researchers have estimated that by 2030, two of every five American public school students will be acquiring English as second language learners (Shah & Cavanagh, 2012). Providing adequate means by which ELLs can obtain both English language and academic proficiency will be paramount if they are to be successful, contributing members of their…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Immersion Programs
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Download full textJimenez-Silva, Margarita; Bernstein, Katie A.; Baca, Evelyn C. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016
Restrictive language policies for education have been passed in several states in the United States. In 1998, 2000, and 2002, California, Arizona, and Massachusetts passed the most restrictive of these policies, impacting 4.4 million students classified as English language learners (ELLs). This study examines how these policies are currently…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, School Districts
Rios-Aguilar, Cecilia; Gonzalez Canche, Manuel S.; Moll, Luis C. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Arizona's most recent English Language Learner (ELL) legislation, starting in the school year 2008-2009, requires all such students be educated through a specific Structured English Immersion (SEI) model: the 4-hour English Language Development (ELD) block. The basic premise behind this particular model is that ELL students…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, English Language Learners, School Districts, Models
Lillie, Karen E.; Markos, Amy; Arias, M. Beatriz; Wiley, Terrence G. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Over the last ten years, a convergence of laws and decrees has impacted the development and implementation of Arizona's current program for English language learners (ELLs): the four-hour Structured English Immersion (SEI) model. Arizona's new model, while being touted by some as the most effective program for ELLs (Clark,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Compensatory Education, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
Pascopella, Angela – District Administration, 2011
Between 1979 and 2008, the number of school-age children (ages 5-17) in the United States who spoke a language other than English at home increased from 3.8 to 10.9 million, or from 9 to 21 percent of the population in this age range, according to the latest figures from the National Center on Education Statistics (NCES). The NCES also reveals…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Private Schools, Immersion Programs, Dropout Rate
Lopez, Francesca – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2010
Perception of scholastic competence, perception of educational opportunities, motivation, and acculturative stress are student level variables that have been established in the relevant literature as predicting academic achievement. This study examined the degree to which those variables accurately predict student group membership in two districts…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Student Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Academic Achievement
