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Name: Teaching Reading to Limited English Proficient Students
ID: m13093
Language: English (en)
Summary: Rural schools are schools located in rural areas with a population of less than 2,500 as defined by the Department of Education, Bureau of the Census (National Education Association [NEA], 2004) and face unique challenges for developing programs to serve the linguistic and cultural needs of English Language Learners (ELLs): (1) limited experience with ELLs; (2) a shortage of certified English as a Second Language (ESL) and/or bilingual teachers; (3) a shortage of translators with the proficiency to speak, read, or write in the students’ home language; and (4) limited curriculum materials in the students’ first language.
Subject: Social Sciences
Keywords: Administrators, Limited English Proficient Students, Professional Development, Rural Schools, Teachers
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Linda Edgar-Creighton (edu_lmc@shsu.edu)
Copyright Holders: Linda Edgar-Creighton (edu_lmc@shsu.edu)
Maintainers: Linda Edgar-Creighton (edu_lmc@shsu.edu)
Latest version: 1.3 (history)
First publication date: Nov 3, 2005 11:57 am US/Central
Last revision to module: Nov 5, 2005 10:57 pm US/Central
Module XML: m13093_1.3.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.3 Nov 5, 2005 10:57 pm US/Central by Linda Edgar-Creighton
Changes: 
update link
Version: 1.2 Nov 5, 2005 10:56 pm US/Central by Linda Edgar-Creighton
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update linl\k
Version: 1.1 Nov 3, 2005 12:04 pm US/Central by Linda Edgar-Creighton
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New module

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