

We hope that colleagues across the land will find OBEMLA is grateful for the labor and thought of these thirty people, Mission, it is the children who will be the most important beneficiaries of our We need ourĬollective best thinking to create the most effective tools to achieve our critical We need it to discover not the single right answer but a multitude ofĪpproaches to respond to the multitude of local situations. Similar controversies once swirled (and still do)Īround the teaching of the classics and math and writing. Long history of American education, the specialized field of bilingual education The fact is that bilingual education is, relatively speaking, in its infancy. Ideologies, whatever the motivations behind both controversy and question, Proponents of bilingual education must constantly wrestle with questionsĪbout how our shared mission is best carried out. Today the focus of controversy - pedagogical and political. It is no secret that bilingual education is I cannot sufficiendy underscore the importance ofwork of this natureĪnd of the people who produced it. Of the information, interpretation, and direction contained therein. The publication of their work is intended to widen the availability The experience and insights of two groups with vital contributions to make to Research papers and asking practitioners to respond, we hoped to bring together Meet grade promotion and graduation requirements.

The mission of OBEMLA i* both simple and challenging: toĮnable limited English proficient students to learn English and simultaneously The 1 990 Research Symposium on Issues of LEP Students was a firstįor the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs Department of Education, and endorsement by the Federal Govern. However, these contents do not necessarily represent the policy of The ten papers in this publication were commissioned by the Oftice ofīilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, U.S. * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made Language teaching, early childhood, and assessment. Topics range from demographics to methodology, Practitioners who served as discussants at the symposium are included To Limited-English-Proficient (LEP) students. Languages Affairs for the 1990 research symposium on issues related

Ten research papers are presented that wereĬommissioned by the Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Learning Special Education StudentĮvaluation Teacher Education Teacher supply and Limited English Speaking Literacy PrimaryĮducation Second Language Instruction *Second.Higher Education * Language Research Language Tests *Eilingualism Bilingual Teachers Demography EarlyĬhildhood Education Elementary Secondary Education For individual papers, see FL 020 031-040.Ĭollected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languagesĥ22p. Proceedings of the Research Symposium on LimitedĮnglish Proficient Students1 Issues (1st, Washington,ĭistrict of Columbia, September 10-12, 1990).
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