Why do English learners struggle with reading? : distinguishing language acquisition from learning disabilities

This book provides a practical guide to translating current research into effective practice, with how-to material and other instructional aids that will facilitate teaching and assessing EL students whose reading problems make it difficult to determine whether or not they have learning disabilities. Updates to the second edition include new research, new vignettes, a discussion of educational needs of students with limited and interrupted formal education, and expanded coverage of cultural diversity and associated behaviours in distinguishing learning differences from disabilities.