Educating Emergent Bilinguals - Policies, Programs, and Practices for English Learners

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.

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ofelia Garcaia, Ofelia Garcia, Ofelia/ Kleifgen Garcia, Ofelia García, Jo Anne Kleifgen
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780807758854
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-5885-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Language and Literacy Series; Language and Literacy; Language and Literacy; Language and Literacy Series
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries