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English Language Learners is written from a practitioner's perspective and is designed for practitioners. Social change is the guiding theme, with each chapter based on theory with an emphasis on practice. This book focuses on elements such as cultural relevance, multiculturalism, learner-centered teaching, authentic assessment, and diversity.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Jancarlos J. Wagner-RomeroChapter 1. Providing Effective Learning Environments for English Learners through Practicing Care Theory and Understanding Identities
SoYoung KangChapter 2. Moving Toward Coherent and Collaborative Coaching for Linguistically Responsive Teaching
Monica S. Yoo, Leslie Grant, Lisa Fetman, and Veronica GarzaChapter 3. Working with Undocumented Immigrant Students: Developing and Sustaining Longstanding Relationships
James Cohen, Magdalena Haro, Sarah Heinz, and Thalia MarronChapter 4. Assessing the English Language Learner
Amy Van BurenChapter 5. Transforming Pre-Service Teacher Education: Culturally Responsive Teaching through Multicultural Children's Literature as a Vehicle of Social Change for English Language Learners
Sunyung SongChapter 6. Recognizing Embodied Histories and Intersectionality of Students of Color in Language Teaching
Brianna R. Ramirez and Ruby OsoriaChapter 7. The Future Is Multilingual: Chicanafuturism as Curriculum for English Language Learners
Jim L. Hollar and Jesslyn R. HollarChapter 8. A Critical Multicultural Analysis of English Learners in Picturebooks
Amina ChaudhriChapter 9. Assessment of English Learners: Adopting a Cultural Validity Assessment Framework
Eric J. López and Esther GarzaChapter 10. Grade Level Placement of English Language Learners: Legal and Ethical Considerations
Mariola KrolChapter 11. Characteristics of English Learners
Daniela DiGregorioChapter 12. Fluidity of Diversity: Reshaping How Educators Understand English Language Learners' Needs in the Classroom
Dorota Silber-Furman and Andrea Arce-TrigattiChapter 13. Serving English Language Learners with Exceptional and Diverse Needs
Srimani ChakravarthiChapter 14. Effective Learning Environments for English Learners
Abbey BachmannChapter 15. Culturally Responsive Social-Emotional Learning for ELL Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education
Jessica Furrer and Sara Castro-OlivoAbout the Editors
About the Contributors
About the author
Ashraf Esmail is associate professor of criminal justice and director of the Center for Racial Justice at Dillard University. Abul Pitre is professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at San Francisco State University. He teaches courses such as The Life and Thought of Elijah Muhammad, Hip Hop Workshop, Black Religion, Critical Black Pedagogy, and a wide range of subjects -- including education,?leadership, critical pedagogy, and Nation of Islam Studies.? Pitre has authored, edited, and co-edited 29 books, including several with Rowman & Littlefield.? He is best known for The Educational Philosophy of Elijah Muhammad and A Critical Black Pedagogy Reader: The Brothers Speak. He was on a panel with Dr. Cornel West where he discussed his most recent book, Liberation Pedagogy: Elijah Muhammad and the Art of Soul Crafting.Alice Duhon Ross is a core faculty for the Richard W. Riley College of Education at Walden University. Current research focus is multicultural, international, peace education. She is a career educator with over thirty years of teaching in higher education and is Nationally Board-Certified Counselor and National Board-Certified School Counselor. Dr. Judith Blakely is academic coordinator at Walden University and serves a vital role in maximizing student achievement by incorporating leadership, advocacy, and collaboration. She is certified in multiple states as a school superintendent, school administrator (pre-K-12 principal), and Director of Special, Bilingual, and Gifted Education. Dr.Iain Mackenzie is reader in politics at University of Kent, UK.Jeffrey S. Scheuer is the author of two previous books on media and politics, The Sound Bite Society: How Television Helps the Right and Hurts the Left (Four Walls Eight Windows, 1999; Routledge, 2001), a Choice “Outstanding Academic Title,” and The Big Picture: Why Democracies Need Journalistic Excellence (Routledge, 2007). He lives in New York City and West Tisbury, Mass.
