Who is the culturally and linguistically diverse learner?
The term cultural and linguistic diversity stresses the relationship between language and culture and the characteristics of students who are ethnically, racially, culturally, and linguistically different from the mainstream population. A culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) student, or English language learner (ELL), is one who has to acquire a second or additional language and culture, a process that can be very challenging. The degree of challenge will depend on the personal, experiential, and contextual factors students bring to the process as well as how well they regulate the linguistic, cognitive, social, and emotional tasks required in language and cultural acquisition. The school-age population is becoming more diverse and education personnel must be more knowledgeable of their students needs. Educators need to recognize that the needs of CLD/ ELLs go beyond English-as-a-second-language programs (Chamberlain, 2005; Fuste-Hermann, Silliman, Bahr, Fasnacht, & Frederico, 2
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