(Language and Literacy Series) 2nd Edition
by Ofelia García (Author), Jo Anne Kleifgen (Author), Jim Cummins (Foreword)
Now available in a revised and
expanded edition, this accessible guide introduces readers to the issues
and controversies surrounding the education of language minority
students in the United States. What makes this book a perennial favorite
are the succinct descriptions of alternative practices for transforming
our schools and students’ futures, such as building on students’ home
languages and literacy practices, incorporating curricular and
pedagogical innovations, using proven-effective approaches to parent
engagement, and employing alternative assessment tools.
The
authors have updated their bestseller to reflect recent shifts in
policies, programs, and practices due to globalization and the changing
economy; demographic trends; and new research on EL pedagogy. A totally
new chapter highlights multimedia and multimodal instructional
possibilities for engaging EL students.
This Second Edition is
essential reading for all teachers of language-minority students, as
well as principals, superintendents, and policymakers.
Book Features:
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Uses the most up-to-date research findings to demonstrate how ignoring
children’s bilingualism perpetuates inequities in their schooling.
- Points out the problems with current policies and practices and proposes more effective alternative methods.
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Contrasts the common view of bilingualism as either subtractive or
additive with more current understandings of individual bilingualism in
translanguaging theories.
- Highlights how multimodalities form
part of students’ communicative repertoire and shows teachers how they
can leverage this to engage students.
