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Why Do English Language Learners Struggle with Reading?: Distinguishing Language Acquisition from Learning Disabilities

Name: Why Do English Language Learners Struggle with Reading?: Distinguishing Language Acquisition from Learning Disabilities
Author: John J. Hoover
ISBN: 9781412941471

by John J. Hoover, Leonard M. Baca, Janette Kettmann Klingner, Leonard M. Baca (Editor)

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This guide includes assessment techniques, instructional tips, and practical strategies to determine whether reading difficulties in ELLs are related to language acquisition or to learning disabilities.

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About the Author, John J. Hoover

Leonard M. Baca has been a professor of education at the University of Colorado-Boulder since 1973. He has taught courses in bilingual and bilingual special education and served as the program chair. Baca is founder and director of the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education. He is the author of The Bilingual Special Education Interface (Merrill/Prentice Hall, 2004) and several articles dealing with English Language Learners with disabilities. He earned his EdD from the University of Northern Colorado.

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Editorials

Christine Engel

"Tackles the very difficult issue of why ELLs are disproportionately represented in special education and how, as educators, we need to look at our assessments to verify that there is a true need for referral versus a lack of understanding of the language acquisition process."

James Becker

"Distinguishing learning disabilities from language acquisition issues has always been difficult. This book is relevant to many educators."

Anne Beveridge

"We need better assessment strategies to determinelearning disabilitiesin ELL students. This book is highly relevant as not only does it address this issue, but offers practical suggestions and approaches to remedy the problem."