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Peer reviewedRodriguez, Timothy A. – Reading Teacher, 2001
Considers how if educators view students' first language as a problem that needs to be eradicated, perhaps they make learning English more difficult. Describes an approach focusing on cognates used with 20 middle school students in their first year of a transitional program in south Florida. (SG)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Grade 5
