English language learners enrollment in the Council member districts has remained relatively stable over the past several years. In 2007-08‚ 1.1 million ELLs were enrolled in urban schools‚ accounting for 16.5 percent of total district enrollment. In 2009–10‚ 1.2 million ELLs were enrolled‚ accounting for 17.5 percent of total district enrollment (Uro & Barrio‚ p. 26‚ 2013). The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 required students in grades three through eight to be tested every year in reading
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Significant language development and academic growth of the English Learner Kathy Gallivan ELL 497‚ Capstone Class Prof. Louise Framan November 5‚ 2012 The ultimate goal of teaching content and language to English language learners involves many theories of pedagogy and language acquisition. One language development theory is discussed within an introduction of Stephen Krashen at a language seminar‚ Mr. Shoebottom summarized his theory of language acquisition as having “no fundamental
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TOU2002 – Tourism Impacts and Sustainability Topic: Socio-Cultural impacts of tourism Tourism considered as global phenomenon which is carried out by persons itself. This naturally results in meeting of different culture‚ economy‚ progress‚ status‚ etc. round the globe. Human being considered as social animal cause’s significant social culture impact by tourism. According to Teo (1994) impacts are defined as “change in value system‚ moral‚ conduct‚ individual behaviour‚ relationship
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Mass Media Tools: Internet Social Networks: Enhance Writing for English Language Learners Submitted By Joana Jane D. Santos Year and Section: BSEDE-3-1 Submitted to Cez Eugenio Language of Education Area Date SY 2012-2013 Introduction Social Networking has been one of the latest fads in the internet today. That most of the students spend most of their time in browsing like Facebook‚ YouTube‚ Twitter‚ Slideshare and etc. Socialization makes other people communicate with others
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Reading Skills of Spanish-Speaking English Language Learners in Bilingual Education Classrooms‚” a scholarly article was written by Romilia Dominguez de Ramirez and Edward S. Shapiro; tailors the importance of constructing significant resources in schools to help Spanish-speaking English language learners‚ also addressed as ELLs. Over the years‚ a dramatic increase of Spanish speaking students in U.S. schools has increased. It is stated that 78% of English language learners in Grades K-12 speak Spanish
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WHAT ARE THE MICRO AND MACRO ENVIRONMENT AFFECTING MARKETING INTRODUCTION A Business principally is the organized effort by individuals in an organization to produce goods and services and to sell these goods and services in a market place to earn a good profit margin. The operating environment for all organizations whether they are commercial‚ charitable‚ governmental‚ or in the public sector more generally‚ is never static and seldom entirely predictable‚ and can therefore profoundly affect a
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ACADEMIC FACTORS AFFECTING LEARNING AT A NURSING COLLEGE IN THE WESTERN CAPE YOLANDE NERISSA MAGERMAN Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Health Science in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Stellenbosch University SUPERVISOR: DR. E.L. STELLENBERG MARCH 2011 DECLARATION By submitting this thesis electronically‚ I declare that the entirety of the work contained therein is my own‚ original work‚ that I am the sole author thereof
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Description of the 4 Primary Temperaments John T. Cocoris‚ Th.M.‚ Psy.D The following is an overview description of the four primary temperaments. The Choleric is an extroverted‚ hot-tempered‚ quick thinking‚ active‚ practical‚ strong-willed and easily annoyed person. Cholerics are self-confident‚ self-sufficient and very independent minded. They are decisive and opinionated and find it easy to make decisions for themselves as well as others. Cholerics tend to leave little room for negotiating
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SOCIO CULTURAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM The socio-cultural impacts of tourism described here are the effects on host communities of direct and indirect relations with tourists‚ and of interaction with the tourism industry. For a variety of reasons‚ host communities often are the weaker party in interactions with their guests and service providers‚ leveraging any influence they might have. These influences are not always apparent‚ as they are difficult to measure‚ depend on value judgments and are often
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environment is defined as: the aggregate of social and cultural conditions that influence the life of an individual or community. Tourism and the environment have a very complex and interdependent relationship. Tourism is one of the largest industries in today’s world economy and is a great source of foreign exchange for many developing countries‚ whose major assets are their natural resources. At the same time‚ it is the environmental quality of a place that will determine the success of the tourism
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