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Sharing Behaviors Of Saudi Students In An Intensive English Environment, Jason E. Tacker
Sharing Behaviors Of Saudi Students In An Intensive English Environment, Jason E. Tacker
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For more than three semesters, the Saudi students of the Intensive English Center (IEC) have had what could be viewed as interesting kinds of sharing behaviors, manifesting themselves in ways that teachers have started to notice. These behaviors have gone on for some time and they seem to have increased with the number of Saudi students coming to the IEC over the past 2 years. The students have been observed helping each other on tests, forging homework, and plagiarizing. What makes this situation difficult is that the students are not American, so they cannot clearly be judged under a set …
Strategies For Improving Instruction & Services To English Language Learners In The High School Library Media Center, Eileen Ray
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One of the biggest challenges facing librarians in schools today is working with students who are just learning the English language. An extensive body of literature and research related to school library media centers and English Language Learners was reviewed to address this challenge. On the basis of this research, a handbook was created to help fill the gap between the instruction librarians receive in library methodology courses and the reality in which librarians work every day. The handbook includes eight strategies addressing four areas of need: information literacy instruction, the promotion ofliteracy, the development of technological skills and the …