Bilingual and ESL Classrooms: Teaching in Multicultural Contexts

By Mary Carol Combs, Carlos J. Ovando, Virginia P. Collier, et al.

Book Overview

Now in its 6th Edition, this classic text integrates theory and practice to provide comprehensive coverage of bilingual and ESL education. The text covers the foundations of bilingual and ESL education and provides a strong focus on what the teacher needs to know in a bilingual classroom. Woven throughout the text are quotes from bilingual and ESL students and teachers that illuminate the bilingual/ESL learning and teaching experience. Bilingual and ESL Classrooms is written for both preservice and experienced educators serving grades pre-K through 12--mainstream, bilingual, ESL, and special education teachers, as well as administrators, school counselors, and educational policymakers.

New in the Sixth Edition
This sixth edition presents updated research on and expanded coverage of key issues related to the education of English language learners in the United States such as continuing controversies and findings in demographics, the impact of globalization on K-12 public schooling, evidence-driven teaching practices, white normativity, using technologies developed for language minority populations, making sense of Census 2010, and achievement levels of ELLs in math and science. More specifically, this sixth edition includes:
Coverage of the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act.An expanded and updated "Human Face of Bilingual Students and ELLs." A revised, co-authored student chapter. A thoroughly revised assessment chapter. A revised chapter on bilingual special education.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1475823126
• ISBN13: 9781475823127
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 546 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

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The book that I ordered was competitively priced and came faster than I expected it to. It was in perfect condition.

Excellent Read

This book is required reading in a graduate class I am taking and is an excellent resource. It gives a comprehensive look at Bilingual Education. It begins with an overview of bilingual education, then moves into specific programs and policies which include important court cases that shaped the face of education today. The historical view was particularly interesting! After chapters on language and culture, Ovando does a great job of explaining how to teach in different content areas. Anyone in the field of education will benefit from reading this book. It is well researched and written by someone with a deep understanding of bilingual education.

Could it be better?!

I read and studied from the second edition of this book. It was THE book I took with me into my comprehensive exams for my PhD studies in Bilingual Education (which I passed). I CAN'T WAIT to read the new/updated edition! These authors/researchers are incredible!

Lots of valuable information

This book was required for a class I took about bilingual education. It is chock full of great information and insights regarding the world of bilingualism. There are fantastic real life synopses interspersed throughout chapters that bring many crucial points home. The information is practically up-to-the-minute. A really good resource!