Teaching in Two Languages

A Guide for K–12 Bilingual Educators
Sharon Adelman Reyes - Program Director, Diversity & Learning K-12
Tatyana Kleyn - City College of New York, CUNY
Teaching in Two Languages
February 2010 | 200 pages | Corwin
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"The authors deliver a passionate, practical, and loving approach to teaching children whose first language is other than English. This is a source of both inspiration and practical strategies for those educating our newest emergent bilingual citizens."
—Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, Language, Culture, and Teaching
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"Finally, a comprehensive and beautifully written guide to teaching bilingually. Full of creative strategies, practical mentoring, and well-chosen vignettes, this book is destined to become the standard text in bilingual methods courses."
—James Crawford, President
Institute for Language and Education Policy

"A truly intellectual text for all teachers of bilingual learners."
—María E. Torres-Guzmán, Professor of Bilingual/Bicultural Education
Teachers College, Columbia University

A hands-on guide to meeting the unique challenges of educating English language learners!

Bilingual education programs give students who are learning languages and content the opportunity to progress academically while gaining proficiency in English as well as their first language. Grounded in current research, this hands-on guide helps educators navigate the linguistic, academic, and cultural considerations of bilingual classrooms. 

Focusing on teachers' day-to-day experiences, the authors present classroom-ready strategies such as 

  • Guidance on balancing instruction in two languages, including age-specific needs and social and academic language development
  • Tools for content-area teaching across the curriculum, including vocabulary development
  • Recommendations on appropriate assessments
  • Vignettes from schools and teachers illustrating solutions to challenges

Appropriate for a wide range of K-12 bilingual programs, Teaching in Two Languages is a comprehensive guide to language and content-area instruction for educators in any bilingual program or setting.

For more information on the authors' consulting group, DiversityLearningK12, click here.

Contents

Foreword by Ofelia Garcia

Foreword by Ofelia Garcia

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

About the Contributors

  • 1. Languages in the Bilingual Classroom
  • 2. Cultures in the Bilingual Classroom
  • 3. Curriculum and Instruction
  • 4. Teaching Bilingually Across the Content Areas by Irma M. Olmedo
  • 5. Content and Professional Vocabulary Development by Jaime J. Gelabert-Desnoyer
  • 6. Second Language Instruction
  • 7. Assessing Bilingual Students
  • 8. Expanding the Bilingual Context
  • 9. Equity and Advocacy
  • 10. Not Just One

Professional and Support Organizations

Professional and Support Organizations

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

"The authors deliver a passionate, practical, and loving approach to teaching children whose first language is other than English. This is a source of both inspiration and practical strategies for those educating our newest emergent bilingual citizens."
—Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, Language, Culture, and Teaching
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"Finally, a comprehensive and beautifully written guide to teaching bilingually. Full of creative strategies, practical mentoring, and well-chosen vignettes, this book is destined to become the standard text in bilingual methods courses."
—James Crawford, President
Institute for Language and Education Policy

"A truly intellectual text for all teachers of bilingual learners."
—María E. Torres-Guzmán, Professor of Bilingual/Bicultural Education
Teachers College, Columbia University

A hands-on guide to meeting the unique challenges of educating English language learners!

Bilingual education programs give students who are learning languages and content the opportunity to progress academically while gaining proficiency in English as well as their first language. Grounded in current research, this hands-on guide helps educators navigate the linguistic, academic, and cultural considerations of bilingual classrooms. 

Focusing on teachers' day-to-day experiences, the authors present classroom-ready strategies such as 

  • Guidance on balancing instruction in two languages, including age-specific needs and social and academic language development
  • Tools for content-area teaching across the curriculum, including vocabulary development
  • Recommendations on appropriate assessments
  • Vignettes from schools and teachers illustrating solutions to challenges

Appropriate for a wide range of K-12 bilingual programs, Teaching in Two Languages is a comprehensive guide to language and content-area instruction for educators in any bilingual program or setting.

For more information on the authors' consulting group, DiversityLearningK12, click here.

Contents

Foreword by Ofelia Garcia

Foreword by Ofelia Garcia

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

About the Contributors

  • 1. Languages in the Bilingual Classroom
  • 2. Cultures in the Bilingual Classroom
  • 3. Curriculum and Instruction
  • 4. Teaching Bilingually Across the Content Areas by Irma M. Olmedo
  • 5. Content and Professional Vocabulary Development by Jaime J. Gelabert-Desnoyer
  • 6. Second Language Instruction
  • 7. Assessing Bilingual Students
  • 8. Expanding the Bilingual Context
  • 9. Equity and Advocacy
  • 10. Not Just One

Professional and Support Organizations

Professional and Support Organizations

Index

Index

Additional materials

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Teaching in Two Languages

A Guide for K–12 Bilingual Educators


February 2010 | 200 pages | Corwin

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"The authors deliver a passionate, practical, and loving approach to teaching children whose first language is other than English. This is a source of both inspiration and practical strategies for those educating our newest emergent bilingual citizens."
—Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, Language, Culture, and Teaching
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

"Finally, a comprehensive and beautifully written guide to teaching bilingually. Full of creative strategies, practical mentoring, and well-chosen vignettes, this book is destined to become the standard text in bilingual methods courses."
—James Crawford, President
Institute for Language and Education Policy

"A truly intellectual text for all teachers of bilingual learners."
—María E. Torres-Guzmán, Professor of Bilingual/Bicultural Education
Teachers College, Columbia University

A hands-on guide to meeting the unique challenges of educating English language learners!

Bilingual education programs give students who are learning languages and content the opportunity to progress academically while gaining proficiency in English as well as their first language. Grounded in current research, this hands-on guide helps educators navigate the linguistic, academic, and cultural considerations of bilingual classrooms. 

Focusing on teachers' day-to-day experiences, the authors present classroom-ready strategies such as 

  • Guidance on balancing instruction in two languages, including age-specific needs and social and academic language development
  • Tools for content-area teaching across the curriculum, including vocabulary development
  • Recommendations on appropriate assessments
  • Vignettes from schools and teachers illustrating solutions to challenges

Appropriate for a wide range of K-12 bilingual programs, Teaching in Two Languages is a comprehensive guide to language and content-area instruction for educators in any bilingual program or setting.

For more information on the authors' consulting group, DiversityLearningK12, click here.


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword by Ofelia Garcia
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • About the Contributors
  • 1. Languages in the Bilingual Classroom
  • 2. Cultures in the Bilingual Classroom
  • 3. Curriculum and Instruction
  • 4. Teaching Bilingually Across the Content Areas by Irma M. Olmedo
  • 5. Content and Professional Vocabulary Development by Jaime J. Gelabert-Desnoyer
  • 6. Second Language Instruction
  • 7. Assessing Bilingual Students
  • 8. Expanding the Bilingual Context
  • 9. Equity and Advocacy
  • 10. Not Just One
  • Professional and Support Organizations
  • Index

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"The essential questions emerging from the field of multilingualism in education guide this truly intellectual, teacher-oriented text on instruction in more than one language."
Maria E. Torres-Guzman, Professor of Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
"Speaking directly to bilingual teachers, Reyes, Kleyn, and their contributors deliver a passionate, practical, and loving approach to teaching children whose first language is other than English. This book will be a source of both inspiration and practical strategies for those who are educating our newest emergent bilingual citizens."
Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, Language, Culture, and Teaching, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Finally, a comprehensive and beautifully written guide to teaching bilingually. Full of creative strategies, practical mentoring, and well-chosen vignettes, this book is destined to become the standard text in bilingual methods courses."
James Crawford, President, Institute for Language and Education Policy

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