Teaching in Two Languages: A Guide for K–12 Bilingual Educators

by Sharon Adelman Reyes, Tatyana Kleyn

Grounded in the latest research, this book provides classroom-ready strategies for balancing instruction in two languages and meeting the unique challenges of educating English language learners.

Genres: Education

200 pages, Paperback

First published February 23, 2010

Reviews

[Marie-Sharrane]

On page 11 there is a Try This Exercise that is unculturally responsive. How can you say the American Civil War was fought over either slavery or economics?! When you're forcing another group of people to work for your sole benefit and even after their freedom America couldn't keep its promise of forty acres and a mule, you need to ask a prompt that is socially and culturally responsive not insulting to the ancestors of slave. Do better!

[Daniel Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book about teaching in bilingual classrooms. My one suggestion is that I wish it took a more global perspective - for example, by including more information on other countries' programs or the history of bilingual schools globally.