Educating Emergent Bilinguals: Policies, Programs, and Practices for English Lea

Description: Educating Emergent Bilinguals by Jo Anne Kleifgen, Ofelia García, Jim Cummins Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description 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 favourite are the succinct descriptions of alternative practices for transforming schools and students futures. Publisher Description 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:Uses the most up-to-date research findings to demonstrate how ignoring childrens bilingualism perpetuates inequities in their schooling. Points out the problems with current policies and practices and proposes more effective alternative methods.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. Author Biography Ofelia García 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. Details ISBN 080775885X ISBN-13 9780807758854 Title Educating Emergent Bilinguals Author Jo Anne Kleifgen, Ofelia García, Jim Cummins Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 256 Edition 2nd Publisher Teachers College Press GE_Item_ID:161881476; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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