Reimagining Language Instruction

New Approaches to Promoting Equity
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-8077-6889-1
Verlag: Teachers College Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 235 mm

Use this unique volume to transform the learning and teaching of language in ways that empower all students to succeed. This book offers insight into how to teach language—a core component of developing skilled readers and writers across all content areas—in ways that value the rich and diverse language assets students bring to the classroom. The authors offer guidance to help K–12 teachers move beyond current approaches to teaching language in the classroom to support equitable student outcomes in both linguistically diverse and linguistically homogenous classrooms. The text provides a step-by-step process to uncover conceptions of language and its instruction that undercut equitable opportunities to learn. Readers will gain new strategies for teaching the language of school tasks while integrating students' distinctive language experiences as resources for learning. School leaders will learn how to implement a schoolwide exploration into teaching language that promotes equity, all while building collaboration among administrators, teachers, and students. Book Features: - Promotes linguistic equity by providing teaching strategies and whole-school practices critical for optimizing student success and access to instruction, assessment, and reading.
- Provides classroom examples that show readers how to engage in the core practices described in the book across developmental levels and academic disciplines.
- Includes reader-friendly and user-supportive features, such as textboxes that describe the principles that undergird the approaches.
- Offers classroom vignettes depicting common instructional challenges and tensions to show how teachers can engage in equitable, evidence-based practices for student success.
- Uses reflection questions to help readers track their developing understanding of ideas and to reflect on their own values and teaching goals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Neugebauer, Sabina Rak

Phillips Galloway, Emily

Dobbs, Christina L

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Alphabetisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ForewordAcknowledgments1. Introduction
Language-Awareness Inquiry
Conceptions That Promote Equity Versus Misconceptions That Limit Equity
Chapter Features
Chapter 1 ReflectionPart I: Individual Inquiry: Dismantling Linguicism2. Language Hierarchies Versus Language Resources for Learning
Chapter 2 Reflection
Conceptions That Limit Equitable Language Instruction: Language Hierarchies
Conceptions That Promote Equitable Language Instruction: Approaches That Resist Language Hierarchies
Closing Thoughts on Valuing Diverse Language Resources for Learning
Chapter 2 Closing Reflection3. Language as a Continuum Versus Language as a Dichotomy
Chapter 3 Reflection
What Makes a Skilled Language User?: A Continuum Perspective
The Problem With Binaries in Language Teaching and Use
A Continuum Perspective to Begin Dismantling Language Hierarchies
Closing Thoughts on Promoting a Continuum Perspective
Chapter 3 Closing ReflectionPart II: In the Classroom: Practices That Support Linguistic Fluidity4. Language Beyond Words
Chapter 4 Reflection
Language: The Whole Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
Moving Away From Vocabulary-Based Teaching
Chapter 4 Closing Reflection5. Promoting a Path Not a Phase
Chapter 5 Reflection
School Text: Challenge and Opportunity
Classroom Language Conversations Across the Grades
Conceptualizing Language Awareness Across Grades
Chapter 5 Closing ReflectionPart III: Collective Inquiry: Forging Communities for Equity6. Taking a Collaborative Approach: Supporting Equitable Language Teaching Through Teams
Chapter 6 Reflection
Collaborating for Equitable Language Teaching
How Successful Teacher Teams Promote Equity Through Language Teaching
Forming Teams
Collaborating with Colleagues Who Focus on a Similar Content Area
Collaborating with Colleagues Across the Grade Level
Chapter 6 Closing Reflection7. Taking a Systemic Approach: Improving School Culture Through Collective Inquiry
Chapter 7 Reflection
Creating a School-Wide Culture of Linguistic Equity
Learned, Changed, and Built
A Vision for Equitable Language Teaching
Final Closing ReflectionGlossaryReferencesIndexAuthor Bios