The recent increase in immigration patterns in the United States has meant an increase in the number of children entering American schools whose first language is not English. Some reports indicate that as many as one in four students come from families where the language spoken in the home is not English. English Language Learners: The Power of ......
This book examines the impact of and response to the rapidly growing English language learner (ELL) populations in the southeastern United States on K-16 schooling. Using examples of policy and practice from seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee), the book explores how the contemporary context of ......
French Immersion Ideologies in Canada looks at discourses that capture ideologies in the context of French immersion in Alberta, Canada, from a sociolinguistics for change lens.
This unique volume brings together findings from six separate but interconnected studies, carried out over seven years in the same small bilingual elementary school. During a period of rapid gentrification in Austin, Texas, Hillside Elementary transformed from a predominantly Latinx, under-resourced and under-enrolled neighborhood school with a ......
Conditions, Processes, and Knowledge in SLA and Bilingualism
Neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, and psycholinguists have investigated the implicit and explicit continuum in language development and use from theoretical, empirical, and methodological perspectives. This title addresses these perspectives in an effort to build connections among them and to draw pedagogical implications when possible.
Grounded in state-of-the-art research, this book explores how English language learners develop both the oral language and literacy skills necessary for school success. Chapters examine the cognitive bases of English acquisition, and how the process is different for children from alphabetic (such as Spanish) and nonalphabetic (such as Chinese) ......
Explore the layers of African multilingualism as they affect language policy and education. This book includes case studies ranging across the continent, the contributors consider multilingualism in the classroom as well as in domains ranging from music and film to politics. It also reveals how poor teacher training leads to failures in education.
This book introduces aspiring bilinguals to second language acquisition research, but in a way that is accessible to non-specialists and relevant to their lives as language learners.
