Crunch Time for Arizona’s English Learner Program Looms

Posted on: April 8th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Education ] [ Hispanic News ] [ Arizona ]
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“Two-dozen third-graders are sitting in a Holmes Elementary School classroom, staring at computer monitors. The soft clicking of mouses and the tapping on keyboards is punctuated by yelps of excitement, as the students conquer one aspect or another of their educational video games.

There’s an overt, nervous excitement shared by the students, as they finish the final day of classes before the beginning of spring break. Their principal, Darlene Johnson, also is nervous, but her anxiety is rooted in a complex and long-term problem that has nothing to do with free time and fun.

When the next school year begins in August, the computer lab may be no more. The room is one of several that may be cannibalized to add seven new classrooms to implement the state’s new model for teaching English to students who speak a different native language. The English language learners program calls for at least four hours of intensive English instruction each day.”*

*From: http://www.redorbit.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

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