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Riah Werner – English Teaching Forum, 2025
Storytelling passes down traditions and values while preserving languages and serving as a natural site for linguistic innovation and creativity. This article describes an approach to creating multilingual, multimodal stories that were developed for an after-school club at a rural Tanzanian secondary school. Club members told stories, wrote…
Descriptors: Clubs, Self Concept, Student Characteristics, English (Second Language)
Kate Seltzer; Susana Ibarra Johnson; Ofelia García – Brookes Publishing Company, 2025
The concept of "translanguaging"--using a child's full linguistic repertoire, or all of their linguistic resources, to make meaning--is key to bilingual students' success in school and beyond. Created by some of the most prominent leaders in the field of educating bilingual students, this second edition provides the foundational…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Academic Achievement, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Turner, Alison; Manfra, Meghan – Social Education, 2023
There have been multiple calls to support more systematic approaches to addressing the needs of multilingual students in social studies. In this action research study, the authors point to the Maryland Humanities Inquiry Kits, which provide an example of how to leverage digital history resources in the multilingual classroom for a culturally and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Social Studies, Primary Sources, Culturally Relevant Education
Nutta, Joyce W. – Harvard Education Press, 2021
The engaging profiles of "English Learners at Home and at School" offer access to a deeper and broader understanding of the lived experiences of English learners and their families. Such knowledge is essential for all educators in order to anticipate the needs of, and best support, English learners. In this highly readable volume, Joyce…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Family Environment, Educational Environment, Empathy
Gottlieb, Margo – Corwin, 2021
What if multilingual learners had the freedom to interact in more than one language with their peers during classroom assessment? What if multilingual learners and their teachers in dual language settings had opportunities to use assessment data in multiple languages to make decisions? Just imagine the rich linguistic, academic, and cultural…
Descriptors: Teaching Guides, Multilingualism, English Language Learners, Bilingual Education Programs
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Szilagyi, Janka; Giambo, Debra; Szecsi, Tunde – Childhood Education, 2013
Is it an asset or a burden to be bilingual? Although bilingualism is appreciated by many people worldwide, immigrant families often struggle with the maintenance of their heritage language (HL) and culture. In the United States. For example, the HL in most families is completely lost within three generations (Fishman, 1991). The loss of a child's…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Self Concept, Immigrants, Language Maintenance
Matheidesz, Maria – Simulation/Games for Learning, 1987
Describes a board game called Running Errands which is designed to (1) develop language and communication strategies in simulated situations and (2) develop social skills and provide cultural background knowledge. Its use with second language learners of any age and with young children in their own language is discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Background, Daily Living Skills, Educational Games
Minneapolis Public Schools, MN. – 1977
A biography for elementary school students describes Howard Joseph McKee, Jr, an American Indian elder who teaches the Winnebago language and is developing a system for translating it into English. Mr. McKee's photograph and a map of Nebraska reservations are included. A teaching guide following the bibliography contains learning objectives and…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Indians, Biographies, Career Awareness
Boruszczak, Bohdan, Comp. – 2002
This workbook is one of four intermediate- to advanced-level activity books in a series for teaching the Ukrainian language to both native speakers and second language learners. It offers a selection of exercises, vocabulary builders, dialogs, and writing exercises for language skill development. A teacher's answer key to accompany the activity…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups
Boruszczak, Bohdan, Comp. – 2002
This workbook is one of four intermediate- to advanced-level activity books in a series for teaching the Ukrainian language to both native speakers and second language learners. It offers a selection of exercises, vocabulary builders, dialogs, and writing exercises for language skill development. A teacher's answer key to accompany the activity…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups
Boruszczak, Bohdan, Comp. – 2002
This workbook is one of four intermediate- to advanced-level activity books in a series for teaching the Ukrainian language to both native speakers and second language learners. It offers a selection of exercises, vocabulary builders, dialogs, and writing exercises for language skill development. A teacher's answer key to accompany the activity…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups
Boruszczak, Bohdan, Comp. – 2002
This workbook is one of four intermediate- to advanced-level activity books in a series for teaching the Ukrainian language to both native speakers and second language learners. It offers a selection of exercises, vocabulary builders, dialogs, and writing exercises for language skill development. A teacher's answer key to accompany the activity…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Groups
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bilingual Education Office. – 1986
A handbook for teachers and administrators dealing with limited-English-speaking native Pilipino-speaking students in the schools gives information on the unique historical, sociocultural, and linguistic characteristics of this group and provides information about educational resources. It begins with an overview of Filipino immigration history,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics