July 2007
Monthly Archive
23 Jul 2007 07:15 am
House bill would provide $250,000 for Norwich Connecticut ESL program
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The city’s public school system may receive $250,000 in funding for its English as a Second Language program after the House of Representatives Thursday passed the Fiscal Year 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations bill. The amount was part of $1.075 million secured by U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D- 2nd District, for projects throughout Eastern Connecticut. The funding will enhance English language instruction programs with advanced software technology for the district’s large English as a Second Language student population and also stimulate literacy and graduation rates for the general student population. |
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22 Jul 2007 07:13 am
Second Chance Summer School
| The First Step Early Intervention Program, under the leadership of Lina Zhitnik, is teaming up with the Brighton Neighborhood Association to fund the 26th year of Second Chance Summer School. This year, the program will focus on students in need of reading enhancement. Many of the participants come from homes where English is the second language. Zhitnik, in looking over the published report of reading scores in District 21, realized that many children from immigrant families are falling behind. “The parental support is lacking because the parents do not speak English. |
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21 Jul 2007 07:16 am
Parents sue Granville OH schools for lack of ESL classes.
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Two Granville residents have sued the village school district for discriminating against their adopted children based on race. David McCombs and Andrea Ziegert, adoptive parents of three Chinese children, filed the federal civil rights lawsuit on May 31. In it, they claim the district either refused to give language classes or provided inadequate service to the three children. The two tried to enroll their children in English as a Second Language and Limited English Proficient classes, according to the suit. No specific details are mentioned, but the plaintiffs claimed the district’s “exclusion, denial and discrimination was based upon the national origin and/or race of Plaintiffs’ children.” |
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search for : English as a Second Language
20 Jul 2007 07:19 am
Hispanic students receive summer help in Highline School District
| Although Martha Molina didn’t win the title of Miss Hispanic Seafair this year, she knows she is making a difference through her involvement with the non-profit Para Los Ninos in Burien. A 22-year-old graduate of Highline Community College, Molina placed first-runner-up in last week’s Miss Hispanic Seafair competition. Not winning taught Molina that she doesn’t “need a crown or sash to be a leader….” “It is a good feeling to share with the judges what your true passions are,” she said of the community platform presentation-her favorite phase of the competition. Molina volunteers with Para Los Ninos Descubriendo Nuestra Cultura (For the Children: Discovering Our Culture). |
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19 Jul 2007 07:12 am
Teaching English language learners in Salem-Keizer
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Three methods are currently used by Salem-Keizer schools: 1. Dual Language: English speakers learn Spanish and Spanish-speakers learn English. By the time they leave the school, both groups know two languages. This approach is used at Harritt Elementary and Grant Community schools, 2. Early Exit: For young children who have a base of knowledge in Spanish. Teach them first in Spanish, then transition them to English by third grade. Used in most elementary schools, 3. English as a Second Language: For older kids and kids who speak any of two-dozen plus languages other than Spanish. All kids learn English all day, with no literacy class in their own language. Tutoring in their native language helps them keep up so they don’t lose skills in other subjects while they’re learning English. This is closest to what people call “immersion.” Used in most schools. |
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18 Jul 2007 08:11 am
Trips to Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA an incentive for English as a second language learning
| One of the most effective ways to teach English as a second language is through hands-on work. For that reason, many of the teachers in the ELL program have turned toward field trips, gardening and baking to help their students learn the language. Besides spending time in the classroom, half the students also take swimming lessons at the Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA, and others go bowling and to Bay Beach Amusement Park. The kids are bused to and from the ELL program, which is held at Franklin Elementary School, as well as provided lunch by the Salvation Army. |
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17 Jul 2007 08:20 am
As Texas begins pilot English/Spanish program, Lufkin Independent School District is adding its third class
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A dual language program offered for the past 15 years by Lufkin ISD has been so successful, the district is expanding it in the coming school year. The growth comes at the same time a new law establishing a dual language pilot program was signed by Gov. Rick Perry. In the dual language program, half the class is made up of English-speaking students while the other half is made up of English as a second language students. Half the instructional day is taught in English, the other half in Spanish, with the goal being to develop bilingual and biliterate students. Two teachers, one who teaches in English, the other in Spanish, are assigned to each grade level, with students switching classrooms halfway through the day. |
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16 Jul 2007 07:11 am
Dual language programs strengthens the education of Texan immigrant children.
| Given enough time, all immigrant families in the U.S will end up with English speakers. Adults may not speak the language, but most of their children will, and their children might not speak anything else. In the process of learning English, though, first- or second-generation children miss other key elements of education. Often, they drop out. Texas can’t afford to waste another generation. The Texas legislature was so enlightened when it launched a pilot project for young children with low English skills. The six-year program will bring “dual language” learning to 30 Texas schools. The results will likely be those that all Texans want: immigrant children speaking fluent English; native and non-native speakers with equal achievement scores; and native English speakers who are bilingual, with all the cognitive edge that comes with that, by middle school. |
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