Learning in a New Language: A Schoolwide Approach to Support K-8 Emergent Bilinguals

by Lori Helman

Book Overview

Within today's multilingual communities, a growing percentage of students are emergent bilinguals--bringing to school a home language other than English and thus poised to become bilingual as they acquire the new language. As a result, school leaders need to have essential background knowledge and a wealth of strategies at their fingertips to ensure that all students are prepared for college, career, and civic engagement.

In Learning in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416628665
• ISBN13: 9781416628668
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: ASCD
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"