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Direct linkDe Costa, Peter I., Ed.; Li, Wendy, Ed.; Lee, Jongbong, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2022
This book presents the results of research that focused on international students receiving writing instruction on a US university campus. It explores how the students developed their foreign-student identities and their own ways of grappling with the unique issues they encountered as they worked to improve their academic literacy skills. The book…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Multilingualism, Writing Instruction, Academic Language
Georgia Earnest García – Guilford Press, 2025
This research-based, highly practical volume presents ways teachers and schools can accelerate literacy achievement with bilingual K-6 students in both English and their home languages. Georgia Earnest García shares innovative instructional strategies for students with different language backgrounds in multiple settings--bilingual/ESL classrooms,…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Bilingualism, Evidence Based Practice, Kindergarten
Magaly Lavadenz; Elvira G. Armas – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book presents a validated observation instrument to support and further develop the pedagogic expertise of teachers of English Learners in US schools. Based on sociocultural and second language teaching and learning theories, the Observation Protocol for Academic Literacies (OPAL) has a variety of uses across teacher preparation programs,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Diane Staehr Fenner; Sydney Snyder; Meghan Gregoire-Smith – Corwin, 2024
In this eagerly anticipated revision of their bestselling book, authors Diane Staehr Fenner, Sydney Snyder, and Meghan Gregoire-Smith share dynamic, research-backed strategies that every educator of multilingual learners (MLs) can add to their repertoire. Including more of what educators loved from the first edition--authentic classroom examples,…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedMuhammad Mooneeb Ali, Editor; Muhammad Nadeem Anwar, Editor; Shawana Fazal, Editor; Shazia Ayyaz, Editor – IGI Global, 2025
The integration of artificial intelligence in language learning is transforming education by making language acquisition more personalized, efficient, and accessible. AI-powered tools, such as intelligent tutoring systems and adaptive learning platforms, enable learners to receive real-time feedback, customized lessons, and immersive experiences…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Cummins, Jim – Multilingual Matters, 2021
Over the past 40 years, Jim Cummins has proposed a number of highly influential theoretical concepts, including the threshold and interdependence hypotheses and the distinction between conversational fluency and academic language proficiency. In this book, he provides a personal account of how these ideas developed and he examines the credibility…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Linguistic Theory, Language Fluency
Barnes, Erica M.; Grifenhagen, Jill F.; Dickinson, David K. – Teachers College Press, 2021
This practical guide shows teachers how to introduce academic language to young children, with an emphasis on appreciating and leveraging linguistic diversity. New educational standards are asking students to master content-area concepts and increasingly complex texts in earlier grades. This practitioner-friendly text provides instructional…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Academic Language, Language Usage, Kindergarten
Fogal, Gary G., Ed.; Verspoor, Marjolijn H., Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2020
This volume integrates complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) and L2 writing scholarship through a collection of in-depth studies and commentary across a range of writing constructs, learning contexts, and second and foreign languages. The text is arranged thematically across four topics: (i) perspectives on complexity, accuracy, and fluency, (ii)…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing (Composition), Epistemology
Sharples, Robert – Multilingual Matters, 2021
This book offers an evidence-based guide to EAL for everyone who works with multilingual learners. It provides a concise, helpful introduction to the latest research underpinning three key areas of EAL practice: (1) How children acquire additional languages? (2) How language works across the curriculum? and (3) How you can establish outstanding…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
Download full textPlutino, Alessia, Ed.; Borthwick, Kate, Ed.; Corradini, Erika, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
The present volume collects papers from InnoConf19, which took place at the University of Southampton on the 28th of June 2019. The theme of the conference was 'Treasuring languages: innovative and creative approaches in HE'. The contributions collected in this peer-reviewed volume aim to reflect on best practice in higher education. They showcase…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation
Innovation in Learning-Oriented Language Assessment. New Language Learning and Teaching Environments
Chong, Sin Wang, Ed.; Reinders, Hayo, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2023
This edited book documents practices of learning-oriented language assessment through practitioner research and research syntheses. Learning-oriented language assessment refers to language assessment strategies that capitalise on learner differences and their relationships with the learning environments. In other words, learners are placed at the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Tests, Evaluation Methods, Student Centered Learning
Anderson, Vivienne, Ed.; Johnson, Henry, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019
This multidisciplinary collection examines the connections between education, migration and translation across school and higher education sectors, and a broad range of socio-geographical contexts. Organised around the themes of knowledge, language, mobility, and practice, it brings together studies from around the world to offer a timely critique…
Descriptors: Immigration, Interdisciplinary Approach, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Keengwe, Jared, Ed.; Onchwari, Grace, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
Standardized tests have been selected as a key assessment factor in expanding the academic achievement of the national student population. However, these tests position immigrant students at the risk of academic failure, leading education experts to search for new strategies and teaching models. The "Handbook of Research on Assessment…
Descriptors: Guides, Immigrants, Refugees, Land Settlement
