Latino children learning English : steps in the journey
Title:
Latino children learning English : steps in the journey
Author:
Valdés, Guadalupe.
ISBN:
9780807751442
9780807751459
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Teachers College Press, c2011.
Physical Description:
xvii, 245 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series:
Multicultural education series
Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.)
Contents:
Realistic expectations: English language learners and the acquisition of "academic" English - One-on-one English: a design experiment - Interactions and affordances - development of L2 interactional competence - Growth seen from a combined perspective: the challenge of measuring children's language production - Reflections on one-on-one English - Appendix A: Transcription conventions - Appendix B: Complete summary of children's turn types - Appendix C: Comparison of English language proficiency standards in CELDT, WIDA, and ELDA (levels 3-5) - Appendix D: Bibliography of children's books.