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Summary
Summary
Demographic predictions are that students with close connections to their bilingual/bicultural heritages (now labeled language minority students by the federal government) will be very large in number in the near future, becoming the majority in many states over the next three decades. The authors feel it is the responsibility of all educators, not just specialists, to prepare themselves to work with language minority students. This time-tested classic text (not an edited volume) integrates theory and practice and provides comprehensive coverage of bilingual and ESL issues. The text integrates the fields of ESL, bilingual, and multicultural education and provides rich examples of effective practices and their underlying research knowledge base and provides an extremely clear and balanced overview of research on teaching in multilingual and multicultural contexts
Table of Contents
Preface |
Foreward |
Prologue: Carlos's Story |
Chapter 1 Students |
What Do We Mean by Bilingual Education and ESL? |
Demographics |
Types of Language Minority Students |
Student and Family Background |
What Happens at School |
Discovering the Student |
Program Models |
ESL Pullout |
Newcomer Programs |
Summary |
Key Terms |
Reflection Questions |
Resources |
Chapter 2 Policy and Programs |
The Politics of Bilingual Education |
Historical Background |
Historical Overview of Title VII Legislation, 1968-2001 |
"No Child Left Behind" (PL 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425, 2002) |
Court Decisions and the Office for Civil Rights |
State Policies |
Leading School Reform at the Local Level |
Summary |
Key Terms |
Reflection Questions |
Resources |
Chapter 3 Teaching |
Portrait of a Traditional Classroom |
The Workplace of the Twenty-first Century |
Passive Learning |
Active, Inquiry-Based Learning |
Activating Students' Prior Knowledge |
Cooperative Learning |
Accelerated Learning |
Critical Pedagogy |
Art |
Technology |
Music |
Weaving It All Together |
Summary |
Key Terms |
Reflection Questions |
Resources |
Chapter 4 Language |
Language Acquistion |
Interdependence of First and Second Languages |
Second-Language Acquistion as a Natural, Developmental Process |
Instructional Approaches to Teaching a Second Language |
Teaching Language Arts in a Bilingual Classroom |
Language and Multicultural Literature across the Curriculm |
Summary |
Key Terms |
Reflection Questions |
Resources |
Chapter 5 Culture |
Perspectives on the Concept of Culture |
Processes in the Development of Cultural Identities |
Multicultural Education |
Prejudice and Discrimination |
The Role of Culture in Language Minority Achievement |
Ethnographic Approaches to Cultural Understanding |
Summary |
Key Terms |
Reflection Questions |
Resources |
Chapter 6 Mathematics and Science |
Achievement of Language Minority Students in Mathematics and Science |
Current Standards and Math and Science Reform |
Opportunity to Learn Standards |
Language in Mathematics and Science Classrooms |
Cultural Issues in Mathematics and Science |
A Theme-Based Approach: Science, Technology, and Society |
Summary |
Key Terms |
Reflection Questions |
Resources |
Chapter 7 Social Studies |
Multiple Perspectives: A Framework for Social Studies |
Classroom Settings for Bilingual and ESL Social Studies |
Methods for Social Studies Instruction |
Critical Thinking and Study Skills Development |
Paying Attention to Social Studies Language Issues |
Theme-Based, Integrated Social Studies Units |
Summary |
Key Terms |
Reflection Questions |
Resources |
Chapter 8 Assessment |
Context for Assessment |
Basic Assessment Concepts |
Types of Assessments |
School-Based Assessment |
Classroom-Based Assessment |
Linking Assessment to Instruction |
Need for Long-Term Professional Development |
Summary |
Key Terms |
Reflection Questions |
Resources |
Chapter 9 Bilingual Special Education |
Foundations for Bilingual Special Education |
Current Educational Policies |
English Language Learners in Special Education |
Understanding the Prereferraal, Evaluation and Placement Processes |
Rethinking Identification and Referrals of English Language Learners for Special Education Services |
Summary |
Key Terms |
Reflection Questions |
Resources |
Chapter 10 School and Community |
Examples of Community Programs |
The Historical Context of Language Minority Communities |
Developing a Portrait of the Community |
Pathways to Partnerships |
Summary |
Key Terms |
Reflection Questions |
Resources |
Afterword |
Glossary |
References |
Credits |
Index |