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Restructuring Schools For Linguistic Diversity
Ofelia B. Miramontes, Adel Nadeau, and Nancy L. Commins
Foreword by Eugene Garcia
Language and Literacy Series
Pub Date: 1997, 336 pages
Paperback: $23.95, ISBN: 0807736031
Cloth: $52, ISBN: 080773604X
 
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"Students from linguistically and culturally diverse families are often defined by a characteristic they share: a lack of English fluency. But such a definition masks their diversity and underestimates the challenge facing schools. This book...provides needed analysis, a forum for dialogues that must continue, and the hope of educational reform for all students."
–From the Foreword by Eugene García
The linguistically diverse population is the fastest growing segment of the student population in this country. Educators are beginning to realize that a "models" approach to designing programs for linguistically diverse students does not work, whereas a decision-making approach accommodates the variety of needs presented by these students. Restructuring Schools for Linguistic Diversity offers what no other book in the field does: The integration of the most current knowledge regarding English as a Second Language and bilingual instruction across the curriculum, presented with a process for incorporating them into a complete program that lies precisely within the goals and realities of schools.
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