Educating English Learners for a Transformed World
Author: Virginia P. Collier
Publisher:
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780984316908
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Virginia P. Collier
Publisher:
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9780984316908
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James Crawford
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 1847690726
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A collection of 18 essays addressing the policy and politics of educating English language learners. Subjects include demographic change and its educational implications, American responses to language diversity, public controversies over bilingual education, high-stakes testing and its impact on English language learners, and the precarious status of language rights in the USA.
Author: Fred Genesee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-01-16
Total Pages: 10
ISBN-13: 1139448986
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The book provides a review of scientific research on the learning outcomes of students with limited or no proficiency in English in U.S. schools. Research on students in kindergarten to grade 12 is reviewed. The primary chapters of the book focus on these students' acquisition of oral language skills in English, their development of literacy (reading & writing) skills in English, instructional issues in teaching literacy, and achievement in academic domains (i.e., mathematics, science, and reading). The reviews and analyses of the research are relatively technical with a focus on research quality, design characteristics, and statistical analyses. The book provides a set of summary tables that give details about each study, including full references, characteristics of the students in the research, assessment tools and procedures, and results. A concluding chapter summarizes the major issues discussed and makes recommendations about particular areas that need further research.
Author: Debbie Zacarian
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2012-09-04
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1452279993
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Put all English learners on the path to success—right from the start! As more beginning ELs enroll in schools every year, educators need a realistic framework for addressing the varied needs of this growing population. In this practical resource, the authors provide templates, tools, and vignettes illustrating real-world challenges to help teachers and administrators: Learn strategies for teaching beginning level ELs across the curriculum Create a welcoming environment for students and families Reach out to students from both literacy and non-literacy-oriented homes Design programs that meet the needs of beginning ELs and students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE)
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2017-08-25
Total Pages: 529
ISBN-13: 0309455405
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Educating dual language learners (DLLs) and English learners (ELs) effectively is a national challenge with consequences both for individuals and for American society. Despite their linguistic, cognitive, and social potential, many ELsâ€"who account for more than 9 percent of enrollment in grades K-12 in U.S. schoolsâ€"are struggling to meet the requirements for academic success, and their prospects for success in postsecondary education and in the workforce are jeopardized as a result. Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures examines how evidence based on research relevant to the development of DLLs/ELs from birth to age 21 can inform education and health policies and related practices that can result in better educational outcomes. This report makes recommendations for policy, practice, and research and data collection focused on addressing the challenges in caring for and educating DLLs/ELs from birth to grade 12.
Author: Victor M. Hernández-Gantes
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-10-09
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1135907439
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Exploring the unique challenges of vocational education, this book provides simple and straightforward advice on how to teach English Language Learners in the classroom, in the laboratory or workshop, and in work-based learning settings.
Author: Yasuko Kanno
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2021-09-09
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 1800413769
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why does a public high school, despite having resources and educators with good intentions, end up graduating English learners (ELs) without preparing them for college and career? This book answers this question through a longitudinal ethnographic case study of a diverse high school in Pennsylvania. The author takes the reader on a journey with seven EL students through their last two years of high school, exploring how and why none of them reached the postsecondary destinations they originally aspired to. This book provides a sobering look into the systemic undereducation of high school ELs and the role of high schools in limiting their postsecondary options.
Author: Kate Menken
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1853599972
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book explores how high-stakes tests mandated by No Child Left Behind have become de facto language policy in U.S. schools, detailing how testing has shaped curriculum and instruction, and the myriad ways that tests are now a defining force in the daily lives of English Language Learners and the educators who serve them.
Author: Ofelia Garcia
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2018-04-13
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 080775885X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.