Why read Teacher Preparation for Bilingual Student Populations?

Book cover of Teacher Preparation for Bilingual Student Populations: Educar para Transformar

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The growing number of bilingual students in public schools coupled with a critical shortage of teachers specially prepared to serve this population calls for a critical examination of policies and practices in bilingual and ESL teacher preparation. This volume focuses on understanding the structural, substantive, and contextual elements of preparation…

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Alice Ginsberg

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Although we’ve come a long way in supporting what has traditionally been called English Language Learners (ELLs), there is a long way yet to go. With a critical shortage of certified bilingual teachers, it is still the case in many schools that students for whom English is not their first language are placed in lower academic tracks and do not benefit from the growing body of research on supporting bilingual and multilingual learners.

This collection of essays adopts an asset-based approach to language learning, noting that: “bilinguals who speak another language possess linguistic, lexical, grammatical and cultural knowledge and are…

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