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Including Language Awareness Activities in Physical Education

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The purpose of this activity is to develop instructional strategies for including English Language Learners (ELLs) in physical education. The chapter helps physical education teachers, city schools, school administrators, and ELL teachers to solve political, cultural, and social issues and establish best practices in teaching ELLs.

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Sato, T. (2016). Including Language Awareness Activities in Physical Education. In: Dowdy, J.K., Gao, Y. (eds) Pump It Up. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-612-5_17

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