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Me Puede Ensenar? A Guide to Educating Hispanic/Latino Students in Catholic High Schools
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Patnode, Pamela M. – National Catholic Educational Association, 2021
According to Instituto Cervantes (2017), there are more Spanish speakers living in the United States than there are Spanish speakers in Spain. Tragically, many Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELLs) are failing in American schools (Huerta, Tong, Irby, & Lara-Alecio, 2016; Lichon & Dees, 2018). Yet, Catholic schools have…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Spanish Speaking, English Language Learners, Catholic Schools
Innovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments
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Chong, Sin Wang, Ed.; Reinders, Hayo, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2023
This edited book documents practices of learning-oriented language assessment through practitioner research and research syntheses. Learning-oriented language assessment refers to language assessment strategies that capitalise on learner differences and their relationships with the learning environments. In other words, learners are placed at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Evaluation Methods, Student Centered Learning
Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education.
Cahan, Susan, Ed.; Kocur, Zoya, Ed. – 1996
As a curriculum guide for high school teachers and students, this volume is a natural outgrowth of the philosophy of the New Museum of Contemporary Art. It provides thought-provoking and innovative materials that challenge the normative practice of art education and art history. Contemporary art is used as the focal point for an antiracist,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History
The Dominican Americans. The New Americans Series.
Tores-Saillant, Silvio; Hernandez, Ramona – 1998
Books in the New Americans Series are designed for high school students and general readers who want to learn more about the immigrants who have become their new neighbors. This volume deals with the experience of Dominican Americans, a settled community in its North American abode. The book begins with a brief historical background that traces…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Dominicans
Language Issues in Literacy and Bilingual/Multicultural Education. Harvard Educational Review Reprint. Series No. 22.
Minami, Masahiko, Ed.; Kennedy, Bruce P., Ed. – 1991
This collection of articles related to language issues and literacy and bilingual and multicultural education include the following: "Three Processes in the Child's Acquisition of Syntax" (Roger Brown and Ursula Bellugi); "Pre-School Children's Knowledge of English Phonology" (Charles Read); "Stages in Language Development and Reading Exposure"…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Cultural Influences
Spanish and Academic Achievement among Midwest Mexican Youth: The Myth of the Barrier. Latino Communities: Emerging Voices: Political, Social, Cultural, and Legal Issues. A Garland Series.
MacGregor-Mendoza, Patricia – 1999
This book explores the relationship between Spanish language usage, English language proficiency, and the long-term educational outcomes of Mexican American youths. Language use patterns and language attitudes were examined among 38 high school dropouts, 188 high school students, and 36 college students, all Mexican Americans in Chicago. Chapters…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, College Students