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The Education Access and Success Program Child Development and English As A Second Language Educational Access Success to Spanish/Chinese Speaker Program Study sponsored by De Anza College English-As-A-Second Language and Child Development and Education Departments June 2008 Acknowledgements This report has been made possible with the support of the De Anza College 2007-08 Vocational and Technical Education (VTEA) Title IC funds. Special thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their assistance and support. De Anza College Lydia Hearn, Dean of Language Arts Marcy Betlach, ESL Department Chair Christine Chai, ESL Department Instructor Iris Thot-Johnson, ESL Department Instructor, Principal Writer Li-Wei Sun, Child Development and Education Department Instructor, Model Developer Nellie Vargas, Child Development and Education Department Instructor, Model Developer Mayra E. Cruz, Child Development and Education Department Chair, Model Developer Mountain View/Los Altos Adult Education Laura Stefanski, Director Ronald Kirchem, ESL Coordinator Community in Action Team (Comunidad en Acción) Marilu Delgado, President and Community Member Table of Contents Education and Access Program Model Research 4 Education and Access Program Model Research —Spanish 19 Education and Access Program Model Research —Mandarin 20 References 21 Appendixes Mountain View/Los Altos Adult Education 23 ESL Beginning-High Course Outline- Bridge course ESL Course Sequence 27 Introduction De Anza College, located in Northern California, in the greater San Francisco Bay area, is a community college made up of diverse populations. The racial composition of De Anza College students in Fall of 2005 was the following: African American (Non-Latino), 5.3%; Asian, 34.7%; Latino, 13.7%; Native American; 0.6%; Pacific Islander, 0.8%; White, No