Esta obra representa una valiosa ayuda para los educadores que enseñan la lectura y la escritura de los idiomas inglés y español a estudiantes que cursan desde kindergarten hasta sexto año básico. Se otorga especial importancia a las experiencias concretas de lectura y escritura para contribuir efectivamente al aprendizaje de los estudiantes bilingües. Incluye tópicos de gran interés y utilidad tales como teoría de la alfabetización, destacando las principales dificultades que enfrentan los alumnos que se inician en el aprendizaje de la lectora y escritura en ambos idiomas. El texto también presenta numerosos ejemplos de textos escritos por niños, preguntas de evaluación aplicables a la lectura y la escritura, descripción de los procesos de aprendizaje, ejercicios para la etapa de transición al inglés, sugerencias de literatura infantil en idioma español y de actividades de motivación en el aula.

"Teaching Dual Language Learners is a practical guide to help early childhood educators understand the needs of and provide instruction for young dual language learners in their classroom"--

Based on an extended ethnographic study of a dual language (Spanish-English) Kindergarten, this book takes a critical look at children's linguistic (and non-linguistic) interactions and the ways that teaching design can help or hinder language development. With a focus on official “Spanish time”, it explores the particular challenges of supporting the minority language use as well as the teacher's strategies for doing so. In bilingual classrooms, teachers' goals include bilingualism as well as academic achievement for all. The children may share these interests, but have their own agendas as well. This book explores the linguistic and social interactions that may help, or hinder, these multiple and sometimes conflicting agendas. How can teachers design educational practice that takes into consideration broader forces of language hegemony as well as children's immediate interests?

Introduces core principles of effective reading practice. Presented as a definitive checklist, these principles form the basis of much of the book and help teachers plan their reading curriculum and assess their teaching of reading easily and confidently. First, the authors introduce the checklist, then they present the theory of reading behind it. As the chapters progress, each item on the checklist is explained and illustrated in detail with examples of eight exemplary teachers who work effectively with mainstream, ESL, and bilingual students. Daily schedules, sample strategy lessons, and lists of literature at different grade levels--both elementary and secondary--help readers put the principles into practice. In the final chapter, the authors address some of the hard questions teachers, administrators, and parents raise about reading, including questions about phonics and phonemic awareness.

Dual Language Instruction: A Handbook for Enriched Education provides a comprehensive, theoretical frameworkand practical guide to implementing, evaluating, administering, and maintaining a successful dual languageinstruction program.

Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.