Learning and Not Learning English

Latino Students in American Schools

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Bilingual Education, Teaching
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Author: Guadalupe Valdes ISBN: 9780807775448
Publisher: Teachers College Press Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Guadalupe Valdes
ISBN: 9780807775448
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication: December 15, 2009
Imprint:
Language: English

Focusing on the lives and experiences of four Mexican children in an American middle school, the critically acclaimed author of Con Respeto examines both the policy and the instructional dilemmas that surround the English language education of immigrant children in this country. Using samples and analysis of the children’s oral and written language as well as an examination of their classrooms, school, and community, this book addresses the difficulties surrounding the teaching and learning of English for second language learners. This comprehensive volume presents exclusive data on academic English development at various stages in a two-year process that raise important questions about current ESL teaching policies.

“A rich qualitative and compelling case for attending to the complexity and power of acknowledging and being responsive to language learning inside and outside those places we call school.”
Eugene E. García, Professor and Dean, University of California, Berkeley

“Riveting, courageous, and forthright. Dr. Valdés exposes the inequities of the lack of access to knowledge that middle school and high school immigrant students face in the teaching and learning of academic English, and shows us that we need to seriously revamp how we teach English as a second language or we will continue to fail future generations.”
Barbara M. Flores, Professor of Education, California State University, San Bernardino

“Helps the reader see how access to English and to academic knowledge is denied by the same structures and policies that aim to help.”
María E. Torres-Guzmán, Teachers College, Columbia University

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Focusing on the lives and experiences of four Mexican children in an American middle school, the critically acclaimed author of Con Respeto examines both the policy and the instructional dilemmas that surround the English language education of immigrant children in this country. Using samples and analysis of the children’s oral and written language as well as an examination of their classrooms, school, and community, this book addresses the difficulties surrounding the teaching and learning of English for second language learners. This comprehensive volume presents exclusive data on academic English development at various stages in a two-year process that raise important questions about current ESL teaching policies.

“A rich qualitative and compelling case for attending to the complexity and power of acknowledging and being responsive to language learning inside and outside those places we call school.”
Eugene E. García, Professor and Dean, University of California, Berkeley

“Riveting, courageous, and forthright. Dr. Valdés exposes the inequities of the lack of access to knowledge that middle school and high school immigrant students face in the teaching and learning of academic English, and shows us that we need to seriously revamp how we teach English as a second language or we will continue to fail future generations.”
Barbara M. Flores, Professor of Education, California State University, San Bernardino

“Helps the reader see how access to English and to academic knowledge is denied by the same structures and policies that aim to help.”
María E. Torres-Guzmán, Teachers College, Columbia University

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