Dual Language Learners Analysis

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A. Introduction
There are many demographics that come to mind when thinking of Grant Bowler Elementary School in Logandale, Nevada. Three of the more prominent demographics that will be identified are religion, language, and non-working parents. Grant Bowler Elementary is located in a rural area Moapa Valley, which is an unincorporated division of Clark County. It is primarily a farming community and small businesses with about 7,000 people and made up of three different communities Moapa Valley town, Logandale, and Overton. The school has approximately 500 students enrolled from Kindergarten to Fifth grade. This results in an 18:1 teacher student ratio.
A1. Local Demographics
The first demographic that will be addresses is religion.
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(2014). Dual Language Learners. This article explained how children receive an advantage to learn both English and a second language simultaneously. When children learn English as a second language, it takes five to seven years to master that second language. This sets the child at a disadvantage in the classroom with lower English literacy skills. When reading this article the dual language learners student receive their benefits of knowing two languages at different periods during their life. Whether, adulthood or childhood every dual language learners end up on …show more content…
Our community is growing and our school will become full of diversity and culture. The grounds for using the resources provided would be for awareness and inclusion. It would be helpful to be able to explain differences between cultures without offending anybody. Likewise, it’s important to be capable of explaining to student, when necessary, why it required for everybody to be included in activities. These resources would be able to prepare leaders, and the leaders could pass their learning to the

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