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Distinguishing learning disabilities from language acquisition in LEP students

There are often difficulties in differentiating between intrinsic processing disorders and extrinsic factors that affect student performance, such as language acquisition proficiency. Lock & Layton (2002).

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Teaching cultural diversity in suburban elementary classrooms

At a suburban Chicago elementary school, a first-year teacher expressed some frustration with the diverse population in her classroom.

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Language communication difficulties among newly arrived Iraqi high school students

Effective language communication is a critical aspect of one's everyday life and in the language learning process. Communication mentioned throughout this research paper is the students' interaction with their teachers and classmates within the Australian mainstream classrooms.

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Esteban's identity crisis and peer rejection in high school

Esteban is a 10-grader whose first language is Spanish. He attends high school that is located close to the U.S./Mexico border in a middle class neighborhood.

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Patient-centered nursing and emergency department outcomes

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Business culture and environment differences between England and China

For managers conducting cross-border activity between England and China, there are a number of factors that should be considered.

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Individual characteristics and online shopping adoption in Hong Kong

Hynes and Suewin (1982) conducted a study on Internet commerce as practiced by Hong Kong individuals and the association between individual characteristics and their tendency to use the Internet for shopping.

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Growing up multilingual and multicultural in Jerusalem

Meanwhile, living in Jerusalem also made it essential to learn Hebrew too. Finally, in that regard, I began learning conversational French at the age of three when I started my primary education at the Lycee Francais de Jerusalem.

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Dlugosz's study of early reading in foreign language instruction for children

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Massachusetts Bay Colony versus Virginia: economic and social comparison

Massachusetts Bay and you -- Perfect (or, as perfect as one can be on this godless earth) Together" At first, it seems tempting -- the warm weather of Virginia, the apparently less Puritanical colonists, living the easy life on plantations that are toiled for you -- versus the snowy Massachusetts…

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