Bilingual Research Journal back issues from April 2006:
Language and Ethnicity: Multiple Literacies in Context, Language Education in Guatemala
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract This study focuses on the research literature available in the United States on the evolution of language policy and planning issues involved in bilingual education programs in Mayan communities in Guatemala. I begin with general comments regarding language policy and planning ...
Bilingual Language Use in Hispanic Young Adults: Did Elementary Bilingual Programs Help?
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract This descriptive study of language use examined the extent to which bilingual Hispanic young adults used their two languages in varying aspects of their lives and analyzed the extent to which they maintained the use of Spanish in these domains. A convenience sample of 202 ...
Integrated Bilingual Education: An Alternative Approach
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract Despite the importance of the integration of English language learners with native English speakers for social, academic, and linguistic purposes, few models of integrated bilingual education, other than two-way immersion programs, exist. This article describes one district's ...
The Intersection of Accountability and Language: Can Reading Intervention Replace English Language Development?
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract The language in recent education policy equates academic achievement with reading proficiency for English language learners (ELLs). In response to federal and state accountability efforts focused on reading, California high schools began to substitute reading intervention ...
The Latino Students' Attitudes, Perceptions, and Views on Bilingual Education
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract In light of the continuing debate surrounding bilingual education, there has been a renewed interest to examine the perceptions and views on the subject from various constituents. The purpose of this study was to examine the group who is the target of and most affected by this ...
The Crosslinguistic Role of Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency on Reading Growth in Spanish and English
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract The Office of Civil Rights (2001) and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001(Antunez, 2003) mandate that language proficiency and academic achievement be measured in order to provide equal educational opportunities to English language learners and have an accountability system for ...
Recruiting Paraeducators Into Bilingual Teaching Roles: The Importance of Support, Supervision, and Self-Efficacy
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract This mixed methods study examined the self-efficacy beliefs of paraeducators who became bilingual teachers and paraeducators who did not to explore the possibility that self-efficacy plays a role in paraeducators' career decisions. Data were collected through three sources: a ...
Differential Outcomes of Two Bilingual Education Programs on English Language Learners
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract This study investigated the effects of two types of bilingual programs (two-way and transitional) on the academic performance and attitudes of fifth-grade students who entered kindergarten or first grade with different levels of English proficiency. A mixed methods design with ...
Parents' Attitudes Towards Bilingual Education Policy in Taiwan
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract This paper investigates the opinions of parents on some critical issues relating to recent educational reforms and their effects on foreign language education in Taiwan, particularly those aspects of the reforms that relate to the learning of English as a foreign language in the ...
A Study of Teacher Efficacy of Special Education Teachers of English Language Learners With Disabilities
Apr 01, 2006; ... Abstract This study examined the teacher efficacy of special education teachers of English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities by surveying 202 elementary special education teachers. Overall participant teacher efficacy scores were high. No statistically significant differences in ...
Language Policy
Apr 01, 2006; ... Language Policy, by Bernard Spolsky. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.250 pp. Hb. $70.00; pb. $27.99 Considering the current state of minority languages in the United States and around the world, this book is a must have for anyone interested in the field of language policy ....