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Preferred term
designation and redesignation of English language learners
Definition
- For the past 40 years, educators have used a categorical scheme to label linguistically and culturally diverse students through their years of schooling. Typically, though not uniformly, a three-part system has been institutionalized by states and school districts; namely, those students who (1) are non-English proficient, thus considered English language learners (ELLs), who qualify for language support services; (2) have changed their status to redesignated English language learners, once having attained English language proficiency; or (3) have been deemed English proficient, upon initial entry into a school district, and are able to participate in general education classes without language support. [Source: Encyclopedia of Bilingual Education; Designation and Redesignation of English Language Learners]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/designation_and_redesignation_of_English_language_learners
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