Katherine Luttrell Professor Lefkowitz ENG 123- 014 28 September 2017 Annotated Bibliography Reeves, Jenelle R. “Secondary Teacher Attitudes toward Including English-Language Learners in Mainstream Classrooms.” The Journal of Educational Research, vol. 99, no. 3, Jan. 2006, pp. 131–142. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/27548123?ref=search-gateway:8097200d913813fdd97d850489e233ad. Reeves’s article discusses the opinions of secondary subject-area classroom teachers on having English language learners in their class including whether they believed they should be included before obtaining English proficiency and if their inclusion created a positive learning environment. Reeves conducted a survey of 279 mainstream classroom teachers about their …show more content…
“Race/ethnicity/cultural differences” Diversities in Education: Effective Ways to Reach All Learners. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. Mitchell promotes Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education which allows students to learn in their native language when they first arrive at a new school before learning the local language. Mitchell claims that it helps the students’ self-confidence and retainment of first language leading to greater success later in their education. This source furthers the argument of a separate learning environment for English language learners outside of the mainstream classroom where they can learn in their native tongue before integrating. Megan Madigan Peercy & Melinda Martin-Beltran “Envisioning collaboration: including ESOL students and teachers in the mainstream classroom” International Journal of Inclusive Education, vol. 16, no. 7, July 2012, 657-673, DOI: …show more content…
Honigsfeld is generally against English language learners being put into the mainstream classroom or an immersion classroom without prior bilingual English instruction claiming that it is hard on the students and isn’t fair to them. This resource is important to any argument in terms of ESL classrooms because it gives solid definitions and descriptions of the various types of ESL