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“IN PLAIN ENGLISH?” ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING IN THE U.S.

The US is a country of many languages. In public schools, about 10 percent (4.5 million) of all kids are English Language Learners (ELLs). Of those ELLs, Spanish is the first language of about 71 percent, but there are hundreds of different languages spoken in US schools. Any one school can have a dozen or more languages spoken by its students. Schools put different types of learning programs in place to help students transition to speaking English. One example is sheltered instruction, which combines............. CONTINUE READING
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