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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Limited English proficient (LEP)"”.
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Art - A Tool For Teaching English To ESL Level I Students
… diverse population of students. In order for Limited English Proficient (LEP) high school students to be academically successful and meet the goals of No Child Left Behind 2001, they must learn academic English. As an art teacher, I understand the importance of art in a student's general …
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An Exploratory Data Analysis of Reasons Hispanic Parents Give for Withdrawing or Denying Permission for Their Limited English Proficient Children to Participate in Transitional Bilingual Education Programs
… who reside in a typical school district with limited English proficient (LEP) students, give for withdrawing or denying permission for their LEP children to participate in transitional bilingual education programs. Secondly, this study provided an analysis of these parents' modes and extent of …
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Limited English Proficient Mothers' Perceptions of the Transition Process From Early Intervention Programs to Preschool Programs: Cultural and Linguistic Barriers
<p>This study explored the satisfaction level of limited English proficient (LEP) mothers with the transition process from early intervention programs to preschool special education programs in a culturally and linguistically diverse Illinois public school district. The research focused on …
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Writing in the Digital Era: New Dimensions for English Learners' Literacy
… focus is on the development of writing skills of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students, this study investigates the integration of technology into the curriculum, describes the social and economic factors related to this population, and it also examines literacy development of English Language …
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Teachers' Attitudes Towards Code Switching within a Bilingual Classroom
… the school system, these students are labeled as English Language Learners (ELLs) or Limited English Proficient (LEP) with each entering with varying levels of the English language as well as their native language, Spanish. As more of these students come in, the more students our schools need to …
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A Case Study of the Effects of the Illinois System for Evaluation of Vocational Education Upon the Programs Serving Limited English Speaking Students
… education programs and services aimed at limited English proficient (LEP) students in Illinois. This was accomplished by developing and portraying a comprehensive picture of the current evaluation process. Included in the body of data were the views and concerns of several groups involved …
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Parent Engagement and Cultural Capital: Negotiating Culture in a Multilingual/Multiethnic School
… school negotiated culture with limited English proficient (LEP) students' families, particularly in the context of parent involvement activities. In order to understand how such negotiation of culture occurred, the researcher focused on the perspectives that school …
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Iowa High Schools: Meeting the Challenges of Educating Limited English Proficient Students
… Iowa has caused an increase in the population of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in the schools of Iowa. The condition of education of Iowa secondary LEP students in mainstream classrooms has not been studied extensively. Valid and reliable tools for studying the education of LEP …
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Placement in the prekindergarten bilingual and English as a second language programs as a predictor of reading achievement of 3rd grade students.
… the academic needs of the growing number of limited English proficient (LEP) students. Divergent views on whether those needs were best met through instruction in the student's first language and English, known as bilingual education, or instruction solely in English, compounded the challenge …
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How Mind Wandering Relates to Reading in a Second Language
… approximately half were also designated as limited English proficient (LEP), with Spanish as their first language. Each student completed measures of mind wandering, reading, and other domains, and bilingual/LEP students also completed additional language measures in both English and …
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Perceptions and Experiences of Prenatal Care Providers in Communicating about the HIV Test with Pregnant Latinas in South Carolina
… increased dramatically within the past 15 years. Limited South Carolina Latino health data and communication/language barriers between providers and their Latina patients have made it difficult to assess whether pregnant Latinas are being routinely offered HIV testing and whether they may decline …
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Teaching limited English proficient students: an analysis of curricular and instructional comments made by in-service, content-area teachers in a middle school
… teachers in a middle school were saying to their Limited English Proficient (LEP) students as part of the curriculum and instruction, and lo categorize the comments along the lines of scientific curriculum inquiry (Foshay, 1991, as cited in Short, 1991). Observations and interview s were the …
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Facilitating the Transition of Limited English Proficient Students From Their Native Language to English
… facilitated the transition of middle school Limited English Proficient (LEP) students from their native language to English. The research questions are: (1) How did the content area teachers influence the LEP student with learning English? (2) How did the ESL teacher influence the LEP student …
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Understanding the Multicultural Experience of Lep Adolescents
… study of the multicultural experience of Limited English Proficient (LEP) students who are learning a second language in an inner-city high school in southeastern Georgia. The LEP students are enrolled or have been enrolled in the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program. …
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Program Differences in the Development of English Learners in Rural Texas Schools
… Texas Education Agency and instead implement an English only English as a Second Language (ESL) program. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the what is the relationship, if any, between third grade TELPAS, English Learner status, and longitudinal STARR results for Spanish-speaking …
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Federal public policy and bilingual education
This paper is divided into four chapters. Chapter one presents an introduction and overview of the nature of the problem, its significance and implication for public policy, and a presentation of the research design and methodology. Chapter two reviews the historical and legal background of …