Sep
24
ELL = ?
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I realized that not everyone knows what ELL stands for.
It stands for English Language Learners. I hardly ever hear ESL anymore which stood for English as a Second Language. Basically ELL students are those whose primary language is something other than English.
Sep
22
Literacy Oppressions
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Botelho and Rudman (2009) speak about the oppression against the lower classes and against slaves in learning how to read. Upper classes were afraid that the low class folk would start having higher aspirations and that was a threat to their superior position. If slaves were learned they would be able to use their knowledge [...]