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General Information     top

English Learners :  Language and Culture in Education
http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/el/
A list of links from the California Department of Education about "Programs for English Learners," including information about "Bilingual Teacher Training Programs in California" and Proposition 227.

National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA)
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/
Authorized under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, The NCELA collects and analyzes data on language instruction programs for limited-English proficient children.  Links to statistics, classroom practices, and more.

Recursos para la Enseñanza y el Aprendizaje de las Culturas Hispanas (REACH)
http://www.nflc.org/reach/
For Spanish teachers:  To help in the teaching of Spanish and Hispanic cultures to bilingual Latino students.
For Spanish-speaking students in the US:  To aid in the development of their communicative abilities in Spanish, and their appreciation for Hispanic cultures in the US and the rest of the world.
For the public in general:  To offer access to a variety of useful reference information on the language and Hispanic cultures.

Proposition 227     top

About Proposition 227 -- The 1998 voter-passed initiative in California mandating children who are "English learners" (formerly called "limited English proficient") be placed in sheltered English immersion programs rather than bilingual programs:

University of California's Linguistic Minority Research Institute (UC LMRI)
http://lmri.ucsb.edu/
Disseminating research findings to researchers, educators, and policymakers on educational issues affecting linguistic minorities, as well as racial and ethnic minorities, and immigrants.

Educating California's Immigrant Children : An Overview of Bilingual Education / by Patricia L. de Cos
http://www.library.ca.gov/crb/99/09/99009.pdf
The California State Library's California Research Bureau's still useful 1999 report on Proposition 227.  See Executive Summary.

Official English     top

Two organizations seeking to make English the official language of the United States:

• English First
  http://www.englishfirst.org/index.html
   

• U.S. English Home Page
  http://www.us-english.org/inc/
   

Online Databases (Rio Hondo Students only)    top

Issue & Controversies @ FACTS.com
Try searching for "bilingual education " in the Issues and Controversies database to find current information on the debate and its history, milestones, and legislation.

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The following books can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library.

Reference Books (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:

Specifically about bilingual education:

Bilingual education : a reference handbook (Contemporary education issues)
Call number: Ref LC3731.F45 2002

Encyclopedia of bilingualism & bilingual education
Call number: Ref LC3707.E53 1998

Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in childhood and society
Call number: Ref HQ767.9.T34 2002

General articles about bilingual education or bilingualism:

Encyclopedia of American education (Facts on File library of American history)
Call number: Ref LB17.U54 2001

Overview statements PRO & CON about bilingual education:

Bilingual education (At issue) (Opposing viewpoints series)
Call number: Ref LC3731 .B5517 2003

Culture wars : opposing viewpoints
Call number: Ref HN59.2.C85 2003

Education : opposing viewpoints
Call number: Ref LA217.2.E37 2005

Immigration : opposing viewpoints
Call number: Ref JV6483.I5533 2004

Race relations : opposing viewpoints
Call number: Ref E184.A1R316 2001

Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in childhood and society
Call number: Ref HQ767.9.T34 2002

Ethnic groups, immigrants, etc. and bilingual education:

Encyclopedia of American immigration
Call number: Ref JV6465.E53 2001

The Hispanic American almanac : a reference work on Hispanics in the United States
Call number: Ref E184.S75H557 2003

Legal aspects of bilingual education, "official English" laws, etc.:

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
Call number: Ref KF4548.E53 2000 (see v.4, "Official English" laws)

West's encyclopedia of American law
Call number: Ref KF154.W47 2005

Suggested Subject Headings
For additional titles on this topic at Rio Hondo, click on the following Library of Congress subject headings:

Education, Bilingual

English language--Political aspects--United States

English-only movement

Language policy--United States

Linguistic minorities--Education--United States

WebCat     top
Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo College Library.

Articles   top
The Rio Hondo College Library provides online access to full-text articles through our online databases.  Please note:  you must be a Rio Hondo College student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.

The sample searches and articles below are from the ProQuest database.  If you are viewing this subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the links below.   To gain access if you are at home or off-campus, first click here: https://rioweb.rh.cc.ca.us/library/.  Input your student ID number and password [your birthdate].  You will see a list of  all the online databases to which you have access.  Click on ProQuest and enter the database.  You may conduct your own searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and click on any of the links below:

(SUB(bilingual education) )  (from Peer-Reviewed Journals only)
(SUB(bilingual education) and GEO(California))
(SUB(bilingual education) and SUB(academic achievement) and not SOURCE(Bilingual Research Journal))
(SUB(bilingual education) and NAME(Unz, Ron K.))
(SUB(bilingual education) and SUB(Asian Americans))

Researched and evaluated by:
D. Petticoffer, Librarian 3/1998
last update: K. Bourgaize, Librarian 12/2007

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