Achievement Gap and Languages Term Paper

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Bilingualism

As Pettito and Kovelman (2003) point out, conditions for becoming bilingual are youth, consistent exposure to both languages, and practice in a range of contexts. The ELL teacher cannot do much about the first condition -- but consistent exposure to the L2 and providing a range of contexts are two things the ELL teacher can do. Each of these practices can be achieved in the following five ways: 1) reading in a variety of formats, 2) speaking with a variety of individuals (making the ELL speak with peers, adults, strangers, etc.
), 3) learning grammar and practicing grammar skills (diagramming exercises on the board are a good way to make this happen, 4) taking field trips so that the ELLs are exposed to new surroundings and giving them questionnaires that they must fill out by asking people questions on the field trip,….....

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