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Transnational and Community Literacies for Teachers
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Jimenez, Robert T.; Smith, Patrick H.; Teague, Brad L. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2009
This article advocates for the inclusion of transnational and community literacies in the literacy instruction provided to all students, but especially those who are ELLs (English language learners). Transnational and community literacies are texts and literacy practices that reflect the multidirectional movements of people, media, language and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Prior Learning, Limited English Speaking, Family Literacy
"It's a Difference That Changes Us": An Alternative View of the Language and Literacy Learning Needs of Latina/o Students.
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Jimenez, Robert T. – Reading Teacher, 2001
Suggests that one of the reasons that schools are not as successful supporting the literacy development of Latina/o students is that school literacy, whether it be in Spanish or English, envisions forms of literacy that these students do not recognize. Notes that low academic achievement for many Latina/o students is not due to a lack of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Instructional Effectiveness
Moving Beyond the Obvious: Examining Our Thinking About Linguistically Diverse Students
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Jimenez, Robert T. – Learning Point Associates / North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), 2005
In the first section of this two part paper, the author provides a very brief theoretical framework for thinking about content-area literacy instruction for ELLs. In the second section, the author asks: What do effective teachers of linguistically diverse students know and do? This question is answered in five parts. Part one focuses on content…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language)
Understanding and Promoting the Reading Comprehension of Bilingual Students.
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Jimenez, Robert T. – Bilingual Research Journal, 1994
This paper explores three issues in the literacy acquisition of Latino students, including common problems faced by second-language readers of English; explicit strategies for transfer of first-language strengths to second-language literacy; and the development of language-specific strategies. (46 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans, Literacy
How Will Bilingual/ESL Programs in Literacy Change in the Next Millennium?
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Fitzgerald, Jill; Garcia, Georgia Earnest; Jimenez, Robert T.; Barrera, Rosalinda – Reading Research Quarterly, 2000
Presents three short essays on how bilingual/ESL programs in literacy will change in the next millennium. Discusses particular future reading instruction practices in two-way bilingual programs; what literacy instruction would look like based on second-language theory and bilingual research; and pressing needs in the literacy education of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Education
Promoting Learning for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students. Classroom Applications from Contemporary Research.
Gersten, Russell M.; Jimenez, Robert T. – 1998
This collection of essays is designed to help teachers of linguistically and culturally diverse students address their students' needs effectively. Essays include: "A Balanced Approach to Early Spanish Literacy Instruction" (Claude Goldenberg); "Language and Preliteracy Development of English as a Second Language Learners in Early…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design