Multicultural and Multilingual Literacy and Language: Contexts and Practices

Sampul Depan
Fenice B. Boyd, Cynthia H. Brock, Mary S. Rozendal
Guilford Press, 1 Jan 2004 - 338 halaman
Within a clear conceptual framework, this book explores ways that teachers, reading specialists, administrators, and teacher educators can provide more effective literacy instruction to K-9 students from diverse ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds. Cutting-edge theory and research is interwoven with detailed case studies that bring to life the complexities of teaching in today's multicultural and multilingual classroom. Topics covered include:

*How and why culture matters in literacy instruction
*Drawing on students' multiple literacies in the classroom
*Motivating and engaging English-language learners
*Steps that teachers can take to heighten their cultural awareness and skills
*Tapping into family and community resources for literacy learning
 

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Literacy Learning and Language Variation Implications for Instruction
15
Texts and English Language Learners Scaffolding Entree to Reading
32
Classroom Language Inviting All Students to Participate
54
TEACHER IDEOLOGIES AND MOTIVATION FOR CHANGE
75
Learning to Look through a New Lens One Teachers Reflection on the Change Process as Related to Cultural Awareness
77
When What We Sayand What We Do Dont Match
93
On Listening to What Others Say Narrative as a Catalyst to Uncover Issues of Racial and Cultural Diversity
106
Teaching Language Arts from a Multicultural Perspective A Junior High School Experience
130
Reader Response Culturally Familiar Literature and Reading Comprehension The Case of Four Latinao Students
180
Parallel Development of Writing in English and German
207
Supporting the Silent SecondLanguage Learner A Professor Learns from a Kindergartner
218
OUTOFCLASSROOM INFLUENCES ON LITERACY LEARNING
239
Teaching Interrupted The Effect of HighStakes Testing on Literacy Instruction in a Texas Elementary School
241
Fostering Systems of Support for Teachers and Students
262
The Empowering Literacy Practices of an African American Church
280
Family Literacy Learning from an Asian Immigrant Family
304

Listening to InnerCity Teachers of English Language Learners Differentiating Literacy Instruction
144
STUDENTS VOICES ON ISSUES OF LITERACY LEARNING AND DIVERSITY
161
In Retrospect Learning to Learn from Adolescents Reading Experiences
163
Improving Literacy Instruction for All Children Current Concerns and Future Directions
323
Index
332
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Fenice B. Boyd, PhD, is Associate Professor of Literacy Education in the Department of Learning and Instruction at the University at Buffalo/m-/State University of New York. She earned her doctorate from Michigan State University in Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Policy with a speciality in Literacy. Dr. Boyd's research centers on adolescents who struggle with literacy learning and schooling, students' responses to young adult and multicultural literature, and issues related to diversity in classrooms. At the University at Buffalo, she teaches master's and doctoral courses focused on reading comprehension research; adolescent literacy; language arts; young adult literature; and language, literacy, and culture.

Cynthia H. Brock, PhD, is Associate Professor of Literacy Studies in the Department of Educational Specialties at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her primary teaching interests include literacy instruction for children in the middle and upper elementary grades, literacy and diversity, and qualitative methods. Dr. Brock's primary research interests include studying the literacy learning of upper elementary children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. She also explores how to work with preservice and inservice teachers to foster the literacy learning of children from diverse backgrounds at the upper elementary level.

Mary S. Rozendal, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Literacy Education in the Department of Learning and Instruction at the University at Buffalo -- State University of New York. She teaches literacy methods courses that center on instruction for students with disabilities, teacher collaboration in general and special education, and classroom discourse.

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