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This is a story about English language learners - one in particular - and a reflection on what we, as educators, can do to promote their success.

As educators, we''re faced every day with the question of how to teach the thousands - many thousands - of children who arrive in our schools as immigrants and refugees, coming with no English, from cultural backgrounds so different from America''s, often from impoverished households and often from households where education of the kind we know was completely absent.

Our work as educators is to help these children start to climb the wall that stands between their past, wherever and however that was lived, and a future in America, where their education will prepare them to take advantage of the same opportunities everyone else here enjoys.

This is not an easy job. But it''s one we can''t afford to get wrong. And this is not a small corner in our education system today. The number of English language learners in U.S. sch

Let Our Children Soar The Complexity and

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      Publisher John Catt Educational Ltd
      Published 12 May 2023
      ISBN-13 9781398388673
      978-1398388673
      ISBN-10 139838867X
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      Language teaching theory and methods Teaching skills and techniques

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This is a story about English language learners - one in particular - and a reflection on what we, as educators, can do to promote their success.

      As educators, we''re faced every day with the question of how to teach the thousands - many thousands - of children who arrive in our schools as immigrants and refugees, coming with no English, from cultural backgrounds so different from America''s, often from impoverished households and often from households where education of the kind we know was completely absent.

      Our work as educators is to help these children start to climb the wall that stands between their past, wherever and however that was lived, and a future in America, where their education will prepare them to take advantage of the same opportunities everyone else here enjoys.

      This is not an easy job. But it''s one we can''t afford to get wrong. And this is not a small corner in our education system today. The number of English language learners in U.S. sch

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