Linguistically Responsive teacher education: Preparing classroom teachers to teach english language learners

Journal of Teacher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-373

  Lucas, Tamara ^a   Villegas, Ana Mara ^a   Freedson Gonzalez, Margaret ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

English language learners; Linguistic diversity; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549097182     PISSN: 00224871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022487108322110     Document Type: Article

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