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Latino Children Learning English Steps in the Journey

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ISBN-10: 0807751448

ISBN-13: 9780807751442

Edition: 2010

Authors: Guadalupe Valdes, Sarah Capitelli, Laura Alvarez, James A. Banks

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This timely and incisive book examines the ways in which English language proficiencies develop in newly arrived immigrant students. Beginning by describing the challenges faced by children who currently attend segregated schools in many parts of the country, the authors offer a detailed account of the developing English language proficiencies of K3 children from one after-school intervention program. Using the experiences of these children as a lens, the authors debunk commonly held views of young children as rapid and effortless learners of new languages.
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Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 11/25/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.90" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English

Series Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Challenge of Acquiring English
The Challenge of Linguistic Isolation
How One-on-One English Started
The Development of One-on-One English
Overview of the Book
Realistic Expectations: English Language Learners and the Acquisition of "Academic" English
The Field of Second Language Acquisition
Key Limitations of Existing Research on SLA
Second Language Acquisition, Assessment, and Immigrant Children in Schools
The Concept of Academic Language
Schools, Immigrant Children, and Second Language Acquisition
One-on-One English: A Design Experiment
The Setting
Golden Hills Elementary and One-on-One English
Design Research
Preimplementation Activities
Implementation Activities
Retrospective Analysis
Reflections on One-on-One English
Interactions and Affordances
Talking and Interacting
Types of Interactions
Communicative Challenges
Volunteer-Child Interactions: A Summary
The Development of L2 Interactional Competence
Getting Started
Receptive Proficiencies: Change Over Time
Productive Proficiencies: Change Over Time
Individual Differences, Varying Opportunities, and Change Over Time
Children's Developing L2 Proficiencies
Growth Seen From a Combined Perspective: The Challenge of Measuring Children's Language Production
The Challenges of Measuring Language Growth
The Narrative Elicitation Procedure
Analysis of Children's Narratives
Summary: What Change Looks Like
Implications for Assessment
Reflections on One-on-One English
Change Over Time in Children's Language: A Retrospective View
How Affordances Mattered
Implications of the Project for the Education of English Language Learners
The Kinds of English That Must be Acquired for Immigrant Children to Succeed in School
Toward an Integrated Practice for Educating English Language Learners: Key Principles
Final Thoughts: Design Experiments and English Language Learners
Transcription Conventions
Complete Summary of Children's Turn Types
Comparison of English Language Proficiency Standards in CELDT, WIDA, and ELDA (Levels 3-5)
Bibliography of Children's Books
Notes
References
Index
About the Authors