Issue Archive

Editor's Note
Preparing Preservice Teachers to Address the Disproportionality of ELLs in Exceptional Education Programs
Dramatic Differences: The Power of Playbuilding for Young English Language Learners
Technology and Language Teaching: A Conversation with Dr. James May

Editor's Note
Benefits and Challenges of Co-teaching English Learners in one Elementary School in Transition
Essay Review: Implications for Educators of Daniel Everett’s Language: The Cultural Tool
New Book Publication Announcement

From the Editors
The Evolution, Experiences, and Lessons Learned with ESOL Infusion in Florida
Infusing EL Content into a Sociocultural Studies in Education Course
Infusing EL Content into a Foundations Course
Infusing EL Content and Instruction into English Education Courses
Preparing Teacher Candidates to Meet the Needs of English Language Learners: The TELLs Certificate

Preservice Teachers’ Perceptions of their Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes toward Working with English Language Learners in Mainstream Classrooms
Biliteracy in Two Older Adopted Salvadoran Children
Enhancing Reading Proficiency in English Language Learners
Book Review of Differentiating Instruction and Assessment for English Language Learners: A Guide for K-12 Teachers

Deciding When to Step In and When to Back Off: Culturally Mediated Writing Instruction for Adolescent English Learners: An article providing a framework for when a teacher should "step in to provide support for a student” and to “back off and let students work independently” depending on their students’ needs.
“You Got the Word Now”: Problematizing Vocabulary-Based Academic Language Instruction for English Learners in Science: An article describing how teachers' understanding of infusing language into science teaching can shape instructional practices and consequently influence the simultaneous English language development and science learning of English Learner students.
Book Review: Teaching reading to English language learners: Insights from linguistics.

A study of optimism among Latinos in a successful urban school: A study investigating how to develop and sustain optimism among students often considered academically at-risk.
Vocabulary Development in the Science Classroom: Using Hypermedia Authoring to Support English Learners: A study investigating the the impact of authoring hypermedia projects on the academic vocabulary development of middle school, ESL students.
Building a community for migrant education services through family literacy and farm worker outreach: An article offering a vision for creating a multi-purpose resource center that serves the cultural, linguistic, and literacy needs of migrant families with the goal of enhancing the education of migrant workers.
Home to school transitions: A Guatemalan family portrait: A study detailing how bilingualism and cultural assimilation influences literacy development in immigrant children.

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