Teaching Content to Latino Bilingual-Dual Language Learners Maximizing Their Learning

Excellent teaching can make a positive difference for students.

The growing population and diversity of students in our schools is of great interest and concern to educators. The increase in the number of students who speak a language other than English has been dramatic and is expected to continue growing.

Teaching Content to Latino Bilingual-Dual Language Learners: Maximizing Their Learning presents some of the most critical educational issues and challenges that educators must address. In this book, the conditions within which bilingual-dual language learners can effectively thrive and excel in our schools is explored. The goal is to provide pre- and in-service bilingual teachers with the resources to assist them in delivering effective instruction to these students.

Teaching Content to Latino Bilingual-Dual Language Learners:

• Helps teachers make connections between the theoretical and practical information about bilingual instructional contexts that enhance teachers' classroom performance.
• Increases student academic success, particularly as it relates to content literacy.
• Provides a wealth of ideas for engaging students in literacy activities across the content areas in a very accessible manner.
• Integrates the use of graphic organizers to facilitate the understanding of complex concepts.
• Enhances the confidence of pre- and in-service teachers.
• Includes application sections that describe state-of-the-art practice and related issues associated with effective teaching and learning with a bilingual context.

This text achieves the goal of improved teacher preparation programs and quality professional development for practicing educators of bilingual-dual language learners. Pre-service teachers can use this book as a tool to help make connections between language theory, learning theories, and pedagogy as they prepare to become bilingual teachers. In-service teachers can utilize this book as an instructional guide as they better prepare lesson plans and teach content literacy to D/DLLs more effectively.