English Language Learners in Georgia: Describing a Ghost Population in the Shadows
Location
Room 218
Proposal Track
Research Project
Session Format
Presentation
Session Format
Presentation
Preferred Time
Friday morning
Abstract
This presentation provides quantitative and qualitative representations of growing Hispanic and Asian ELL populations in Georgia. The growth of Hispanic and Asian linguistic minority groups in Georgia has been sudden and rapid (Census Brief, 2001, 2011, 2002, 2012; Kochhar, Suro, & Tafoya, 2005; Passel, Cohn, & Lopez, 2011); (b) This rapid and sudden growth of Hispanic and Asian linguistic minorities has presented new challenges for educators in Georgia and the Southeast (Beck & Allexsaht-Snider, 2001; Beck & Stevenson, in press; Monroe, 2013); and, (c) Education policy makers and other education officials in Georgia have just begun to address these new challenges (Baudette, 2015; Kochhar, Suro, & Tafoya, 2005). This presentation begins to describe Hispanic and Asian ELL populations in Georgia using recent statistical and qualitative data representations.
References
Baudette, P. (2015). Mapping Trends in Georgia’s Student Population over the Past Ten Years. https://gosa.georgia.gov/mapping-trends-georgia%E2%80%99s-student-population-over-past-ten-years (Retrieved July 2015).
Beck, S.A. & Allexsaht-Snider, M. (2001). Recent language education policy in Georgia: Appropriation, assimilation, and Americanization. In S. Wortham’s, E. Murillo, Jr., & T. Hamman (Eds.), Education in the new Latino diaspora: Policy and the politics of identity. Westport, CT: Ablex Press.
Beck, Scott & Stevenson, Alma. (In press for publication in September 2015). Migrant Students Scaffolding and Writing their Own Stories: From Socio-Culturally Relevant Enabling Mentor Texts to Collaborative Student Narratives. Voices from the Middle(Special Issue on Motivation), 23(1), 59-67.
Census Brief. (2002). The Asian population. Washington, DC: The US Census Bureau.
Census Brief. (2012). The Asian population. Washington, DC: The US Census Bureau.
Census Brief. (2001). The Hispanic population: Washington, DC: The US Census Bureau.
Census Brief. (2011). The Hispanic population: Washington, DC: The US Census Bureau.
Kochhar, R.; Suro, R.; & Tafoya, S. (2005). The new Latino South:The context and consequences of rapid population growth. Pew Hispanic Research Center: Washington, DC.
Passel, J.S.; Cohn, D.; & Lopez, M.H. (2011). Hispanics account for more than half of nation’s growth in past decade. Pew Hispanic Research Center: Washington, D.C.
Keywords
English for Speakers of Other Languages, English language learners, Latino students
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Recommended Citation
Leckie, Alisa PhD and Jupp, James, "English Language Learners in Georgia: Describing a Ghost Population in the Shadows" (2015). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 30.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2015/2015/30
English Language Learners in Georgia: Describing a Ghost Population in the Shadows
Room 218
This presentation provides quantitative and qualitative representations of growing Hispanic and Asian ELL populations in Georgia. The growth of Hispanic and Asian linguistic minority groups in Georgia has been sudden and rapid (Census Brief, 2001, 2011, 2002, 2012; Kochhar, Suro, & Tafoya, 2005; Passel, Cohn, & Lopez, 2011); (b) This rapid and sudden growth of Hispanic and Asian linguistic minorities has presented new challenges for educators in Georgia and the Southeast (Beck & Allexsaht-Snider, 2001; Beck & Stevenson, in press; Monroe, 2013); and, (c) Education policy makers and other education officials in Georgia have just begun to address these new challenges (Baudette, 2015; Kochhar, Suro, & Tafoya, 2005). This presentation begins to describe Hispanic and Asian ELL populations in Georgia using recent statistical and qualitative data representations.
References
Baudette, P. (2015). Mapping Trends in Georgia’s Student Population over the Past Ten Years. https://gosa.georgia.gov/mapping-trends-georgia%E2%80%99s-student-population-over-past-ten-years (Retrieved July 2015).
Beck, S.A. & Allexsaht-Snider, M. (2001). Recent language education policy in Georgia: Appropriation, assimilation, and Americanization. In S. Wortham’s, E. Murillo, Jr., & T. Hamman (Eds.), Education in the new Latino diaspora: Policy and the politics of identity. Westport, CT: Ablex Press.
Beck, Scott & Stevenson, Alma. (In press for publication in September 2015). Migrant Students Scaffolding and Writing their Own Stories: From Socio-Culturally Relevant Enabling Mentor Texts to Collaborative Student Narratives. Voices from the Middle(Special Issue on Motivation), 23(1), 59-67.
Census Brief. (2002). The Asian population. Washington, DC: The US Census Bureau.
Census Brief. (2012). The Asian population. Washington, DC: The US Census Bureau.
Census Brief. (2001). The Hispanic population: Washington, DC: The US Census Bureau.
Census Brief. (2011). The Hispanic population: Washington, DC: The US Census Bureau.
Kochhar, R.; Suro, R.; & Tafoya, S. (2005). The new Latino South:The context and consequences of rapid population growth. Pew Hispanic Research Center: Washington, DC.
Passel, J.S.; Cohn, D.; & Lopez, M.H. (2011). Hispanics account for more than half of nation’s growth in past decade. Pew Hispanic Research Center: Washington, D.C.
