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The Bilingual Advantage: Promoting Academic Development, Biliteracy, and Native Language in the Classroom

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The Bilingual Advantage: Promoting Academic Development, Biliteracy, and Native Language in the Classroom - Rodríguez, Diane, and Carrasquillo, Angela, and Lee, Kyung Soon
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This comprehensive account of bilingualism examines the importance of using students native languages as a tool for supporting higher levels of learning. The authors highlight the social, linguistic, neuro-cognitive, and academic advantages of bilingualism, as well as the challenges faced by English language learners and their teachers in schools across the United States. They describe effective strategies for using native languages, even when the teacher lacks proficiency in that language. This resource addresses both the ...

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The Bilingual Advantage: Promoting Academic Development, Biliteracy, and Native Language in the Classroom 2014, Teachers College Press

ISBN-13: 9780807755105

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