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Publication details [#58162]

Rubinstein-Avila, Eliane, Suzanne E. Kaplan and Alisa G. Leckie. 2013. The need for speed: a critical discourse analysis of the reclassification of English language learners in Arizona. Language Policy 12 (2) : 159–176.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

critical discourse analysis | foreign language acquisition | language policy | language proficiency | monolingualism

Language as a subject

English, American

Place, Publisher

Springer

Annotation

Arizona’s English language learner (ELLS) Task Force fails to elaborate an educational policy to reclassify ELLS linguistically and academically within one school year to English proficient students, properly prepared for uni, given the too restricted timeframe.