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Educating Emergent Bilinguals

Policies, Programs, and Practices for English Learners
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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.
Ofelia Garcia is a professor in the PhD programs in Urban Education and Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York. She received the 2024 Literacy Research Association (LRA) Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award. Jo Anne Kleifgen is professor emerita of Linguistics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
"...we recommend this text without hesitation and with a particular nod to its call to action; rather than simply teaching the reader about inequities, this book prompts us to do something, inciting change for the good of all." --Teachers College Record "An excellent resource for policymakers, researchers, and educators who are interested in taking specific action to improve the education of English learners." --Linguistics and Education (of first edition) "This is a must-read not only for teachers of language-minority students, but also for school principals, policymakers, teacher educators, and researchers looking to promote socially-just, equitable education for emergent bilingual students." --International Journal of Multilingualism
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