Literacy, Vocabulary, and Acculturation

Ashraf Esmail; Abul Pitre; Alice Duhon-Ross McCallum; Judith Blakely; H. Prentice Baptiste

doi:10.5771/9781475872637

Summary

The recent increase in immigration patterns in the United States has meant an increase in the number of children whose first language is not English entering American schools. Some reports indicate that as many as one in four students come from families where the language spoken in the home is not English. This book is focused on providing teachers access to credible information that will assist them understand the English language learner, develop effective strategies to teach English language learners, create effective learning environments and use assessments to meet the needs of English language learners as well as garner community resources to support for English language learners.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-7261-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-7263-7
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 174
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Introduction No access
Chapter 1 Beyond the Strategies No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter 2 Negotiating Possibilities for Teaching English Learners No access Pages 11 - 18
Chapter 3 Improving Mathematics Outcomes for English Language Learners Through Implementation No access Pages 19 - 26
Chapter 4 Evolving the Language We Use No access Pages 27 - 38
Chapter 5 English Language Bilingualism No access Pages 39 - 46
Chapter 6 Positioning English Language Learners for Mathematical Success No access Pages 47 - 52
Chapter 7 Educational Journeys No access Pages 53 - 62
Chapter 8 Linking Multicultural Education With Best Practices for Multilingual Students No access Pages 63 - 72
Chapter 9 Beyond Language No access Pages 73 - 84
Chapter 10 Becoming “Talent Scouts” No access Pages 85 - 92
Chapter 11 Introducing Translanguaging as Pedagogy No access Pages 93 - 100
Chapter 12 Characteristics of English Language Learners No access Pages 101 - 108
Chapter 13 A Need for Taiwanese Indigenous Immigrant Literature No access Pages 109 - 116
Chapter 14 Lessons and Transformations From the Borderlands No access Pages 117 - 126
Chapter 15 Strategies for Moving From Learning English, Bilingual Education‌‌‌ to a More Inclusive Multiling No access Pages 127 - 138
Chapter 16 Real Teachers Teaching Real Students No access Pages 139 - 148
Chapter 17 Creating Social Change for English Language Learners by Improving Access to Grade-Level Instructio No access Pages 149 - 156
Chapter 18 Binds and Unravels No access Pages 157 - 168
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 169 - 174