ESL(English Second Language) programs- This is a program taught in English speaking countries to educate individuals that family do not primarily speak English or a class for people who moved to English speaking countries that have no formal education in speaking English. For both Peley and Raji, this program was used to help these children better understand English. They needed this extra English education because their families primary language is not English.
Push-In Classrooms vs. Pull-out: The debate for the strengths and weaknesses of these programs are all over the web (especially concerning ESL programs). One common theme among the debates is the strength of a pull out program to get students into one common area. Often times these programs involve multiple students from different locations in the schools. It is easier for the teachers of these programs to gather students to come to one location and teach in the room. A postive argument for a push-in classroom is that the students often times will have a program more guided along classroom ideals and the students will also feel more included in the general education programs.
Cultural Blindness: Fosters an assumption that that people are all basically alike, so what works with one group of people should work within all other cultures. (www.med.umich.edu/multicultural/ccp/basic.htm#continuum). The website quoted here also provides a great example of what each teacher should strive for, cultural proficiency.
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