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Uccelli, Paola; Phillips Galloway, Emily – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2017
Educators are aware of the need to promote students' academic language to support text comprehension. Yet, besides teaching academic vocabulary, many educators continue to ask, What would this instruction entail? Guided by a new framework known as core academic language skills (CALS), the authors' research focuses on delineating core language…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Reading Comprehension
Betters, Jennifer R. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In the past century, French has shifted from being the native language of many Louisianans to being an endangered dialect. Since the creation of the state agency CODOFIL (Council for the Development of French in Louisiana) in the 1960's, efforts have been made to revitalize French in Louisiana, and since the 1980's, some parishes have offered…
Descriptors: French, Immersion Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction