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

by Ofelia García and Jo Anne Kleifgen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080775885X
• ISBN13: 9780807758854
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"