1. Chapter 7 Language CIED 5052 Multicultural Issues

2. Beantworten Sie die folgenden Fragen! 1. What is the difference between standard English and a dialect? 2. How does the Arkansas English Only act impact educational practices in our public schools? 3. Why is it beneficial to promote literacy skills in the first language? 4. What languages are spoken in your district? 5. In the Lau vs. Nichols suit of 1974, what law did the defendants invoke as being violated?

3. Die Antworten 1. Standard English—language considered proper by a community; Dialect—language used by a region or a social class 2. Content instruction has to be in English only. This hinders the comprehension and understanding of ELs. Arkansas cannot offer immersion or bilingual programs. 3. Higher ACT scores, esp. in geography and vocab, quicker acquisition of literacy and academic skills in target language, greater self-efficacy 4. Your own answers 5. Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964

4. Webseiten http://en.elresearch.org/issues/10 STARlight consortium for EL achievement http://en.elresearch.org/issues/10 http://www.ericdigests.org/1993/native.htm article by Jim Cummins http://www.ericdigests.org/1993/native.htm http://www.cal.org/index.html Center for Applied Linguistics http://www.cal.org/index.html http://www.tesol.org/ Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages http://www.tesol.org/