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Art - A Tool For Teaching English To Esl Level I Students, Allison G. Duvall Jan 2006

Art - A Tool For Teaching English To Esl Level I Students, Allison G. Duvall

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Today's classrooms are filled with an ethnically and linguistically diverse population of students. In order for Limited English Proficient (LEP) high school students to be academically successful and meet the goals of No Child Left Behind 2001, they must learn academic English. As an art teacher, I understand the importance of art in a student's general education. However, could a high school art class, also, act as a tool for teaching LEP students the English language? My goal, through the use of action research, is to find an effective way to set up an English as a Second Language (ESL) …