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Bilingual Education
National Association for Bilingual Education
Last Updated Nov 18, 2008 08:31 PM
The National Association for Bilingual Education is the only professional organization at the national level wholly devoted to representing both English language learners and bilingual education professionals. Along with our affiliate organizations in 23 states, we represent a combined membership of more than 20,000 bilingual and English-as-a-second-language teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, university professors and students, researchers, advocates, policymakers, and parents.
NABE supports the education of English language learners through:
Professional development opportunities for our members.
Partnerships with other civil rights and education organizations to fight for the interests of language minority students.
Lobbying at federal and state levels to ensure adequate funding of all programs that serve English language learners.
Grassroots advocacy to mobilize parents and communities on behalf of educational excellence and equity.
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The development of Bilingual Education skills is important for kids at the early age. at KidsLearnOnline.com Kids will build Bilingual vocabulary. Use of Both Languages and Cultural Diversity
On the campuses where effective bilingual programs operate, there is campus-wide respect for the cultural differences of students. Teachers - bilingual, English as a second language (ESL) and mainstream - use cross-cultural interactions (where students and teachers learn from each other and about each other in deep and meaningful ways) and publicly display value for students' native languages.
The specific instruction of LEP students is characterized by a structured use of the two languages. The amount of language use is based firmly... Conclusions. Structural and caregiver characteristics have been found to be associated with children’s academic, cognitive, behavioral, and social development.
Smaller group sizes, lower child-caregiver ratios, and more caregiver training and education appear to have positive effects on these important developmental outcomes. Future work might address threshold levels for these child care characteristics, or the point at which further improvements in structural quality do ... |
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