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Hearing anyone discuss nonnative English speakers as if they lack something switches on Jacelyn Smallwood Ramos’s advocacy instinct.
“They’re not a problem to be solved,” says Smallwood Ramos, an assistant English professor at the University of Puerto Rico in Bayamón.
“Students must know that their native language fluency has been valuable from the start and will be valuable to...
Preparing Multilingual Students for College
Hearing anyone discuss nonnative English speakers as if they lack something switches on Jacelyn Smallwood Ramos’s advocacy instinct.
“They’re not a problem to be...
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