ESL Students Find Themselves and Expand their Horizons through Global Literature
Global literature was incorporated into an ESL classroom to help students improve their English language skills while also creating connections to their cultures and backgrounds, expanding their worldview through these books and covering other topics such as geography and history to enhance their ab...
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Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures
2013-11-01
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| description | Global literature was incorporated into an ESL classroom to help students improve their English language skills while also creating connections to their cultures and backgrounds, expanding their worldview through these books and covering other topics such as geography and history to enhance their ability to study cross-curricular subjects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b5f8fbc2aee14c27abc7d64bfdbf13f32022-12-22T03:48:24ZengWorlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and LiteraturesWOW Stories2577-05512013-11-01IV6618ESL Students Find Themselves and Expand their Horizons through Global LiteratureHeather O’Leary0Hamilton Elementary School, Schenectady, New YorkGlobal literature was incorporated into an ESL classroom to help students improve their English language skills while also creating connections to their cultures and backgrounds, expanding their worldview through these books and covering other topics such as geography and history to enhance their ability to study cross-curricular subjects. https://wowlit.org/on-line-publications/stories/storiesiv7/4/global children's literatureteachingesleducation |
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| title | ESL Students Find Themselves and Expand their Horizons through Global Literature |
| title_full | ESL Students Find Themselves and Expand their Horizons through Global Literature |
| title_fullStr | ESL Students Find Themselves and Expand their Horizons through Global Literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | ESL Students Find Themselves and Expand their Horizons through Global Literature |
| title_short | ESL Students Find Themselves and Expand their Horizons through Global Literature |
| title_sort | esl students find themselves and expand their horizons through global literature |
| topic | global children's literature teaching esl education |
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