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A 3 page discussion of Limited English Proficiency (LEP) and the challenge it presents in education. Discusses the finding that more LEP children are native than foreign-born and speculates on the reasons for this development. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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File: AM2_PPedLEP.rtf
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immigrants to our country has introduced a number of concerns to educators around the nation. The most pressing of these revolve around communication. It can be contended that
proficiency in the English language is one of the most important determinants of success in the educational arena. Immigrants, however, often enter the country with little or no skills
in the English language. Limited English Proficiency (LEP) can have a tremendously negative affect on these immigrants children as they enter the educational system. Interestingly, however, Fix and Passel
(2003) have pointed out that "more LEP children are native than foreign-born". Among the first generation immigrants 35 percent are LEP (Fix and Passel, 2003). The second generation,
however, is 46% LEP (Fix and Passel, 2003). The reasons for this relationship are complex to say the least and definitive answers for those reasons are speculative at best.
To understand how native born children can less at an advantage in terms of their command of the English language, it is logical
to look at the high levels of discrimination these children face. While those that immigrate intentionally to the U.S. do so with high expectations and are more likely to
exert a significant effort in learning the English language, once those individuals are here they encounter the realities of the immigrant existence. A phenomena known as polarization occurs, a
phenomena where immigrants of like background form their own communities and social groups. They do so both out of a need to associate with like individual but also as
a reaction to mainstream discrimination and resentment. Even when the prejudices against Hispanics were not as blatant Carrs (1996) observation that group polarization might increase social support from the
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