Educating Emergent Bilinguals: Policies, Programs, And Practices For English Learners (Language And Literacy Series)

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.

• | Author: Ofelia Garcia|Jo Anne Kleifgen
• | Publisher: Teachers College Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 13, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 080775885X
• | ISBN-13: 9780807758854