Mainstreaming is one of the important goals of all specialized instruction of limited-English-proficient students (LEP). Letting LEP students study alongside their non-LEP counterparts encourages mutual learning and decreases the possibility that the language minority student will remain isolated. This increased contact may also contribute to the improvement in self-concept for the language minority student (Placer-Barber, 1981).
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