| Advocating for English Learners: Selected Essays Contributor(s): Crawford, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847690726 ISBN-13: 9781847690722 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: A collection of 18 essays addressing the policy and politics of educating English language learners. Subjects include demographic change and its educational implications, American responses to language diversity, public controversies over bilingual educat |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Bilingual Education - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Etymology - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 428.24 |
| LCCN: 2008005758 |
| Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.7" W x 8.2" (0.85 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How to teach English language learners has been among the most contentious - indeed, most politicized - issues in American education over the past three decades. Meeting the pedagogical needs of these children, the fastest-growing population in U.S. schools, is a formidable challenge in itself. Educators' mission is further complicated by external factors including the English-only movement, anti-immigrant agitation, resistance to civil-rights laws, attacks on bilingual education, mandates for high-stakes testing and other misguided "reforms", uninformed media coverage, and legislators' one-size-fits-all responses to diverse students. In the 18 essays collected here, James Crawford analyzes the policies and politics behind these conflicts, critiques the strategies and tactics employed, and suggests ways to improve advocacy on behalf of English language learners. |
Contributor Bio(s): Crawford, James: - James Crawford is president of the Institute for Language and Education Policy (www.elladvocates.org), a nonprofit research and advocacy organization. His recent books include English Learners in American Classrooms: 101 Questions, 101 Answers (coauthored with Stephen Krashen); At War with Diversity: US Language Policy in an Age of Anxiety; and Educating English Learners: Language Diversity in the Classroom (5th ed). Previously, he served as Washington editor of Education Week and executive director of the National Association for Bilingual Education. |