Welcome to Teaching Multilingual Learners!

An Illustrated Guide
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-0719-4950-4
Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 279 mm x 215 mm, Gewicht: 736 g

Engage, Empower, Educate: Unleash the Potential of Multilingual Learners

What's your "why" for being a teacher? Unlike other professionals, teachers often have strong reasons for why they teach and a clear sense of purpose. Acknowledging and understanding this purpose helps educators to not just do what they do but do it well.

This illustrated guide was designed for all classroom teachers to emphasize the unique challenges and opportunities that arise in multilingual learner education. Using Simon Sinek's Golden Circle theory to understand and elevate that sense of purpose, the book is organized into three parts: the why, the how, and the what of teaching multilingual learners. You will learn

- The benefits and goals of a multilingual education

- How to design learning experiences for multilingual learners and how to respond when students are not learning

- Culturally inclusive pedagogy and how it positively supports the identities of your students

- How to foster oral language skills, build vocabulary, and increase students’ word knowledge

- How to engage families and caregivers and create a sense of belonging in your classroom

- And so much more!

With a clear understanding of the research-based tools, techniques, and instructional strategies described and illustrated in the book, a solid sense of purpose, and a dash of grace for you and your multilingual learners, you will be well on your way to creating productive and positive learning opportunities that meet the best interests of all students, families, educators, and the community.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fisher, Douglas

Frey, Nancy

Gonzalez, Valentina

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Section 1: Why?
Section 2: How?
Section 3: What?
In Closing
Endnotes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Gonzalez, Valentina
Valentina Gonzalez is a former teacher who has served over 25 years in education in her own classroom, as a district facilitator for English learners, a professional development specialist for Multilingual Learners, and an educational consultant. Her work’s primary focus has been on literacy, culture, and language. Valentina delivers professional development and coaches teachers of MLs to support language and literacy instruction. She is the co-author of Reading & Writing with English Learners: A Framework for K-5 and the picture book Krofne with Baba. In addition to being an author, her work has also been published in numerous journals and professional publications such as Language Magazine, Edutopia, MiddleWeb, TEPSA, Ed Week, and School Library Journal.

Frey, Nancy
Nancy Frey is a professor in educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Her published titles include The Courage to Learn, The Art and Science of Coaching, How Scaffolding Works, and The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning. Frey is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California and learns from teachers and students every day.

Fisher, Douglas
Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Fisher was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. In 2022, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design, as well as books such as Your Introduction to PLC+, Welcome to Teaching, How Feedback Works, Teaching Reading, and RIGOR Unveiled. Fisher loves being an educator and hopes to share that passion with others.