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Bilingual and ESL Classrooms

Teaching in Multicultural Contexts, 6th Edition

Carlos J. Ovando and Mary Carol Combs - Foreword by Terrence G. Wiley - Afterword by Eugene E. García

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.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 546 • Trim: 7 x 10
978-1-4758-2312-7 • Paperback • January 2018 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
Subjects: Education / Multicultural Education, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General, Education / Urban, Education / Leadership / Multicultural
Courses: Education; Curriculum & Instruction; Bilingual Education & ESL, Education; Multicultural Education
CARLOS J. OVANDO is Professor Emeritus, School of Transborder Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. Before joining the School of Transborder Studies, he served as associate dean of Teacher Education and director of the Division of Curriculum and Instruction in the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education.

MARY CAROL COMBS is an associate professor in the Department of Teaching, Language and Sociocultural Studies, University of Arizona, in Tucson. Her research explores the intersections between language and education policies, school funding, and public perceptions about immigration and schooling, particularly in the state of Arizona.
Foreword —Terrence G. Wiley
Preface
PROLOGUE: CARLOS’S STORY
CHAPTER 1: STUDENTS
CHAPTER 2: POLICY AND PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 3: TEACHING
CHAPTER 4: LANGUAGE
CHAPTER 5: CULTURE
CHAPTER 6: MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
CHAPTER 7: SOCIAL STUDIES
CHAPTER 8: ASSESSMENT
CHAPTER 9: BILINGUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION
CHAPTER 10: SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
Afterword—Eugene E. García
Glossary
References
The 6th Edition of Bilingual and ESL Classrooms provides us with the information to make powerful choices for both ourselves and our students. It also challenges us to use this information to create classrooms where learning is stimulated by caring and collaborative relationships across cultural and linguistic boundaries.
— James Cummins, Professor Emeritus, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto


Ovando and Combs’ 6th edition offers a situated and practical guide for classroom teachers and school leaders, embedded in a deep and accessible discussion of theory and policy. The book is an excellent choice of anchors for any bilingual and ESL teacher preparation program.
— Jeff MacSwan, Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland


In the most recent volume, Professors Ovando and Combs offer educators ways to build “bridges of beauty” between diverse English learners’ home backgrounds and the language and culture of the school. In so doing, they help us navigate the often treacherous “up and down” political terrain in which bilingual and ESL education resides. For Ovando and Combs, the starting and ending points in traversing this terrain are the learners themselves. By keeping our eyes fixed on the learners and, in the authors’ words, the “great human richness” they bring with them to school, we can enrich and transform education for all.
— Teresa L. McCarty, PhD, GF Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Los Angeles, California


The often used word to denote a special status for a literary or scholarly work is “classic.” The new edition of Bilingual and ESL Classrooms deserves this appellation but with a difference in that the authors have continued to subtly and overtly generate new and often profound narratives of explanation and application of the most important theoretical and methodological issues and direction in bilingual education. Theirs is a narrative completely devoid of superficial solutions but instead very hard-nosed and uncompromising in their command of the literature and practice of bilingualism.
— Carlos Vélez Ibáñez, Regents’ Professor and Founding Director, School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona


The new edition of Bilingual and ESL Classrooms stands firmly on the shoulders of the five previous editions, and like each of its predecessors, it has incorporated new insights from the continually growing body of evidence that supports the relevance of bilingual education for a new and increasingly diverse group of students.
— Terrence G. Wiley, Past President, Center for Applied Linguistics (2010-2017), Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University


Bilingual and ESL Classrooms

Teaching in Multicultural Contexts, 6th Edition

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Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • 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.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 546 • Trim: 7 x 10
    978-1-4758-2312-7 • Paperback • January 2018 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
    Subjects: Education / Multicultural Education, Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General, Education / Urban, Education / Leadership / Multicultural
    Courses: Education; Curriculum & Instruction; Bilingual Education & ESL, Education; Multicultural Education
Author
Author
  • CARLOS J. OVANDO is Professor Emeritus, School of Transborder Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. Before joining the School of Transborder Studies, he served as associate dean of Teacher Education and director of the Division of Curriculum and Instruction in the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education.

    MARY CAROL COMBS is an associate professor in the Department of Teaching, Language and Sociocultural Studies, University of Arizona, in Tucson. Her research explores the intersections between language and education policies, school funding, and public perceptions about immigration and schooling, particularly in the state of Arizona.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Foreword —Terrence G. Wiley
    Preface
    PROLOGUE: CARLOS’S STORY
    CHAPTER 1: STUDENTS
    CHAPTER 2: POLICY AND PROGRAMS
    CHAPTER 3: TEACHING
    CHAPTER 4: LANGUAGE
    CHAPTER 5: CULTURE
    CHAPTER 6: MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
    CHAPTER 7: SOCIAL STUDIES
    CHAPTER 8: ASSESSMENT
    CHAPTER 9: BILINGUAL SPECIAL EDUCATION
    CHAPTER 10: SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
    Afterword—Eugene E. García
    Glossary
    References
Reviews
Reviews
  • The 6th Edition of Bilingual and ESL Classrooms provides us with the information to make powerful choices for both ourselves and our students. It also challenges us to use this information to create classrooms where learning is stimulated by caring and collaborative relationships across cultural and linguistic boundaries.
    — James Cummins, Professor Emeritus, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto


    Ovando and Combs’ 6th edition offers a situated and practical guide for classroom teachers and school leaders, embedded in a deep and accessible discussion of theory and policy. The book is an excellent choice of anchors for any bilingual and ESL teacher preparation program.
    — Jeff MacSwan, Professor, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland


    In the most recent volume, Professors Ovando and Combs offer educators ways to build “bridges of beauty” between diverse English learners’ home backgrounds and the language and culture of the school. In so doing, they help us navigate the often treacherous “up and down” political terrain in which bilingual and ESL education resides. For Ovando and Combs, the starting and ending points in traversing this terrain are the learners themselves. By keeping our eyes fixed on the learners and, in the authors’ words, the “great human richness” they bring with them to school, we can enrich and transform education for all.
    — Teresa L. McCarty, PhD, GF Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Los Angeles, California


    The often used word to denote a special status for a literary or scholarly work is “classic.” The new edition of Bilingual and ESL Classrooms deserves this appellation but with a difference in that the authors have continued to subtly and overtly generate new and often profound narratives of explanation and application of the most important theoretical and methodological issues and direction in bilingual education. Theirs is a narrative completely devoid of superficial solutions but instead very hard-nosed and uncompromising in their command of the literature and practice of bilingualism.
    — Carlos Vélez Ibáñez, Regents’ Professor and Founding Director, School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona


    The new edition of Bilingual and ESL Classrooms stands firmly on the shoulders of the five previous editions, and like each of its predecessors, it has incorporated new insights from the continually growing body of evidence that supports the relevance of bilingual education for a new and increasingly diverse group of students.
    — Terrence G. Wiley, Past President, Center for Applied Linguistics (2010-2017), Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University


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