Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ675324
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Learning Climates for English Language Learners: A Case of Fourth-Grade Students in California.
Butler, Yuko Goto; Gutierrez, Michele Bousquet
Bilingual Research Journal, v27 n2 p207-24 Sum 2003
Interviews with 61 fourth-grade English language learners (ELLs) and native English speakers in an English-only California school district found that compared with weaker ELL readers, ELLs who read English well expressed more confidence about their own primary-language abilities and about others' perceptions of their primary language and language-mixing practices. (Contains 21 references.) (TD)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Educational Environment, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Grade 4, Language Proficiency, Limited English Speaking, Peer Acceptance, Reading Ability, Self Esteem, Student Attitudes
For full text: http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol27 no2/abstracts.html.
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Language: English
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