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    "pk": 48257,
    "title": "Language Through Music: Bridging the Opportunity Gap in the ELD Classroom",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Because long-term English language learners (LTELs) in California normatively take two hours of English language instruction beginning in middle school, their schedules disallow participation in electives, such as arts, representing a significant opportunity gap. This mixed methods study examined the student, parent, and teacher experiences as well as the student English language development outcomes of a pilot program undertaken in one Southern California school district, in which one class of 17 LTEL students were placed into a choir class that embedded ELD standards into the curriculum. After one semester of the pilot program, qualitative data in the form of interviews, journals, and a focus group indicated that the program improved social-emotional outcomes for LTEL students and was highly supported by their parents, while teachers indicated that the program was positive, but needed further support in order to work well as a regular course offering. Quantitative results derived from ANCOVA analyses of English language assessments indicated that the students in the program significantly improved in their English development in comparison to a demographically matched control group from the same district. Implications for practice and further research are discussed.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": {
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        "short_name": "",
        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "English language learners"
        },
        {
            "word": "music education"
        },
        {
            "word": "opportunity gap"
        },
        {
            "word": "Achievement Gap"
        },
        {
            "word": "propensity score matching"
        },
        {
            "word": "English Language Development"
        },
        {
            "word": "singing"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Language Arts",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/21h3c7wd",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "BENITA",
            "middle_name": "L",
            "last_name": "SCHECKEL",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Azusa Pacific University",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Stacy",
            "middle_name": "M",
            "last_name": "Kula",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Azusa Pacific University",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2020-08-03T20:25:28Z",
    "date_accepted": "2020-08-03T20:25:28Z",
    "date_published": "2022-05-06T14:43:25Z",
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    ]
}