Middle school language arts teachers attitudes and perceptions toward the inclusion of English language learners in mainstream classrooms

Literature Review

Background

In this section , the researcher shall discuss the main attitudes and perceptions of middle school teachers who are teaching language arts to students who are English language learners , or ELL , with the focus being on schools in North Carolina . There have been studies written about the in the past , since classroom across the United States are currently supporting the system of including such students in mainstream schools that include native English speakers . Since the researcher is also interested in how these teachers react towards their students using

their native language in class , the researcher also wants to find out the different instructional strategies that are used and the support that is received by these students as well . In addition , the researcher also wants to further investigate the experience that middle school teachers require first before they begin to teach ELL students including the kind of training that they have received and should further receive . Moreover , since the is quite a controversial one the researcher would also like to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of teaching ELL students along with their other students who are already native English speakers

In the United States , middle school refers to any school that prepares a student who has just finished elementary school before he /she attends senior high school . For some , middle school can also be termed as `secondary education ' or `junior high school ' which consists of students who are in their early adolescent years , therefore meaning that middle...