7 Steps to Success in Dual Language Immersion by Lore Carrera-Carrilo

Dual language immersion is one of the most important movements in second language education today. But many teachers, administrators, and policy makers have questions. How is it different from traditional second language instruction? What does it look...

Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers: How to Help Students Succeed Across Content Areas by Yvonne Freeman

Academic Language! Academic Literacy!: A Guide for K-12 Educators by Eli R Johnson

Develop students' understanding of academic language and watch literacy skills soar! To achieve higher levels of learning, students must be able to understand academic language—the formalized language of instruction found in classrooms, textbooks,...

Balancing Reading & Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English Language Learners, K-5 by Mary Cappellini

Teaching reading to children in a language that is not their own is a daunting task. Combining the best classroom practices and research on teaching reading and language acquisition, Mary Cappellini integrates effective reading instruction with...

Becoming One Community: Reading & Writing with English Language Learners by Kathleen Fay

More and more classrooms across the country are filled with children who speak languages other than English. In these diverse classrooms, many teachers struggle with how to create reading and writing instruction that is appropriate for their English...

Bilingual and Multilingual Education in the 21st Century: Building on Experience by Christian Abello-Contesse

This book includes the work of specialists working in various educational contexts to create comprehensive coverage of current bilingual initiatives. Themes covered include issues in language use in classrooms; participant perspectives on bilingual...

Bilingual Education: An Introductory Reader by Ofelia Garcia

The book contains a comprehensive selection of outstanding and influential articles on bilingual education in the United States and the rest of the world. It is designed for instructors and students, with questions and activities based on each of the...

Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners

Now you can use the reenergized framework from the second edition of our best-selling guide Classroom Instruction That Works, 2nd Edition, to improve the instruction of English language learners (ELL) too. This all-new edition...

Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners: Facilitator's Guide

It's much easier to spread the insights and strategies from ASCD's best-selling Classroom Instruction That Works with English Language Learners to everyone in your school when you have this guide for conducting a workshop or professional development...

Content-Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners

Teachers across the country are seeking ways to make their multicultural classrooms come alive with student talk about content. Content-Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners is a practical, hands-on guide...

Dual Language Education by Kathryn J Lindholm-Leary

Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through 2 languages. This book provides the background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings...

Dual Language Education: Program Design and Implementation by Sonia Soltero

As our global economy increasingly demands a highly educated, bilingual and biliterate workforce, educators feel more compelled than ever to offer culturally and linguistically responsive education that speaks to these demands as well as the diversity...