Bilingual Education category: 1602 books
Becoming a Multicultural Educator
Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2018
Becoming a Multicultural Educator: Developing Awareness, Gaining Skills, and Taking Action focuses on the development and application of research-based curriculum, instruction, and assessment strategies for multicultural education in PK–12 classrooms. Award-winning authors William A. Howe and Penelope...
Tongue-Tied
The Lives of Multilingual Children in Public Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2004
Tongue-Tied is an anthology that gives voice to millions of people who, on a daily basis, are denied the opportunity to speak in their own language. First-person accounts by Amy Tan, Sherman Alexie, bell hooks, Richard Rodriguez, Maxine Hong Kingston, and many other authors open windows into the lives...
Why English?
Confronting the Hydra
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
This book explores the ways and means by which English threatens the vitality and diversity of other languages and cultures in the modern world. Using the metaphor of the Hydra monster from ancient Greek mythology, it explores the use and misuse of English in a wide range of contexts, revealing how...
Engaging the Hispanic Learner
Ten Strategies for Using Culture to Increase Achievement
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Every year a new group of students walks through the classroom door and the question arises: what can I do differently to better help my Hispanic students? This is one of the most fundamental questions every teacher must ask. The reason being, quite simply, that the percentage of Hispanic students...
Language and Minority Rights
Ethnicity, Nationalism and the Politics of Language
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The second edition addresses new theoretical and empirical developments since its initial publication, including the burgeoning influence of globalization and the relentless rise of English as the current world language. May’s broad position, however, remains largely unchanged. He argues that the...
One Child, Two Languages
A Guide for Early Childhood Educators of Children Learning English as a Second Language, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Today's early childhood educators are serving more children learning English as a second language than ever—in Head Start alone, nearly 30% of the children speak a language other than English at home.* To support second language learners and put them on the path to academic success, every teacher...
Team Teaching and Team Learning in the Language Classroom
Collaboration for innovation in ELT
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
This book reignites discussion on the importance of collaboration and innovation in language education. The pivotal difference highlighted in this volume is the concept of team learning through collaborative relationships such as team teaching. It explores ways in which team learning happens in ELT...
L2 Writing in Secondary Classrooms
Student Experiences, Academic Issues, and Teacher Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013
Second language writers and the teaching of writing at the secondary level have received little attention compared with other skills such as reading. Addressing this gap, this volume uniquely looks at both adolescent L2 writing and the preparation of secondary teachers to work with this population...
Children's Literature and Learner Empowerment
Children and Teenagers in English Language Education
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Children's literature can be a powerful way to encourage and empower EFL students but is less commonly used in the classroom than adult literature. This text provides a comprehensive introduction to children's and young adult literature in EFL teaching. It demonstrates the complexity of children's...
Culturally Proficient Education
An Asset-Based Response to Conditions of Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
Develop culturally proficient policies and practices that create opportunities for students of poverty!
Countering the perspective that students from poverty come to school with deficits that prevent them from learning, this resource offers educators the knowledge and skills to maximize educational...
by Eugene E. Garcia, Erminda Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Young Hispanic children are the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority population in the United States, representing diverse racial, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds. Educational skills and achievement lag significantly for this population, creating an unacceptable achievement gap at the...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Co-published with The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF)
An important contribution to the emerging body of research-based knowledge about teaching English to native speakers of Arabic, this volume presents empirical studies carried out in Egypt, Lebanon,...
by Alan Davies
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
Applied Linguistics is still a growing field. Key texts and handbooks have appeared in recent years and international applied linguistics conferences and professional associations occur regularly. While Applied Linguistics continues to attract new entrants and to generate new strands of research,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Equity expertise from premier educators
This resource showcases key chapters from critically acclaimed Corwin publications written by stellar authors. These renowned educators believe in making education accessible and successful for all students and ultimately creating a stronger democratic...