“Accommodating Diversity”: Pre-Service Teachers’ Views on Effective Practices for English Language Learners

Teacher Preparation for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms: A Resource for Teacher Educators

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 73-90

  De Jong, Ester J ^a   Harper, Candace A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203843239-14     Document Type: Chapter

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