The Bilingual Advantage: Promoting Academic Development, Biliteracy, and Native Language in the Classroom

by Diane Rodríguez, Angela L. Carrasquillo (With), Kyung Soon Lee (Screenplay)

This comprehensive account of bilingualism examines the importance of using students’ native languages as a tool for supporting higher levels of learning. The authors highlight the social, linguistic, neuro-cognitive, and academic advantages of bilingualism, as well as the challenges faced by English language learners and their teachers in schools across the United States. They describe effective strategies for using native languages, even when the teacher lacks proficiency in a language. This resource addresses both the latest research and theory on native language instruction, along with its practical application (the what, why, and how) in K–8 classrooms. Key features

176 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2014

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is painfully awful. It is redundant, poorly organized, and unclear. It was required reading for my Methods of Teaching ESL class and I really don't feel like I took anything meaningful away from this.