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Literacy Gatekeepers In The Ontario Education System. Why Esl Students Fail? A Bordieuan Perspective, Anna Rzepecka-Karwowska Jun 2021

Literacy Gatekeepers In The Ontario Education System. Why Esl Students Fail? A Bordieuan Perspective, Anna Rzepecka-Karwowska

Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students in Open or Online Learning Environments: A Research Symposium

Ontario's education system aims to improve children's literacy levels who hail from diverse backgrounds. Schools must tailor their program layout to their students’ unique needs. Immersion is one of them. As with submersion, instruction occurs in the second language (L2), but there are significant differences. ESL students experience linguistic barriers. According to Migration Matters (June 2017), by 2022, 78% of job openings will require some post-secondary training or university degree. Many immigrants do not have the skills necessary to succeed, and these percentages have not improved. There is a widening incongruence between the complexity of the needs of ESL learners …