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Go to Bilingualism in the Home
Bilingualism in the Home
(Adapted from article by Jim Cummins). Educators have often told parents that using their native language at home will hurt their children's learning of English and other school subjects. Following...
http://tools.thecenterweb.org/cwis/cwisdocs/bilingual-home.h...
Go to Do Native Language Services Help or Hinder English Language Learners?
Do Native Language Services Help or Hinder English Language Learners?
READWELL Scholar Christy Walsh discusses the research on the effectiveness of bilingual and dual language programs.
http://www.thecenterweb.org/documents/readwell/walsh.pdf
Go to English Language Learning, Illinois State Board of Education
English Language Learning, Illinois State Board of Education
Every year public schools in Illinois work to bring students of limited English proficiency into the mainstream of American life. The goals of English language learning programs are to accelerate the...
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/bilingual/
Go to ENLACE Network
ENLACE Network
The ENLACE (ENriching Language And Culture Education) network currently consists of 35 Illinois and Wisconsin school districts, including Chicago, that are either applying or interested in applying...
http://www.thecenterweb.org/irc/pages/res-enlace.html
Go to ERIC Digests at Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
ERIC Digests at Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
Some of the ERIC Digests (full-text) on the CAL website. These articles are short overviews of issues in ESL and bilingual education.
http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/
Go to Harvest Sun Press
Harvest Sun Press
The goal at Harvest Sun Press is to provide a select yet diverse offering of creative and entertaining books and publishing properties. Our current list of published and forthcoming titles includes a...
http://www.harvestsunpress.com
Go to High Desert Productions
High Desert Productions
Discover unique ways to experience the world around you through High Desert Productions' bilingual children's books. While learning a second language, children as well as adults will also enjoy...
http://www.englishspanishchildrensbooks.com
Go to NAEYC’s Position on Early Childhood Education of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children
NAEYC’s Position on Early Childhood Education of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children
Position statement of the National Association for the Education of Young Children. "Because knowing more than one language is a cognitive asset (Hakuta & Garcia 1989), early education programs...
NAEYC-position.pdf
Go to OELA's National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
OELA's National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition
OELA's National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) collects, analyzes, synthesizes and disseminates information about language...
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/

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