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Why Working Apart Doesn't Work at All: Special Education and English Learner Teacher Collaborations
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Kangas, Sara E. N. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2018
With many students learning English also identified with disabilities in public schools, collaborations across special education and English learner (EL) education are critical to promoting these students' academic and linguistic development. Yet, many special education and EL teachers work independently of one another, focusing on their own…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Individualized Education Programs
Theorizing and Analyzing Language Teacher Agency. New Perspectives on Language and Education
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Kayi-Aydar, Hayriye, Ed.; Gao, Xuesong, Ed.; Miller, Elizabeth R., Ed.; Varghese, Manka, Ed.; Vitanova, Gergana, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2019
This volume examines the agency of second/foreign language teachers in diverse geographical contexts and in both K-12 and adult education. It offers new understandings and conceptualizations of second/foreign language teacher agency through a variety of types of empirical data. It also demonstrates the use of different methodologies or analytic…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Adult Education
The Continua of Biliteracy and the Bilingual Educator: Educational Linguistics in Practice
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Homberger, Nancy H – International Journal of Bilingual Education & Bilingualism, 2004
The continual model of biliteracy offers a framework in which to situate research, teaching, and language planning in linguistically diverse settings; bilingual teacher education represents a conjunction of all three of these and hence, a good candidate for applying the continual model. This paper uses selected experiences in language teacher…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Form Classes (Languages), Linguistics, Language Teachers
Balancing English/Spanish Language Skills Proficiency in Bilingual Teacher Trainees: Some Practical Approaches.
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Carrasquillo, Angela L.; Segan, Frances – 1982
A review of practical language and methodological activities in both Spanish and English to develop balanced bilingual proficiency in bilingual education teachers is geared toward college professors and teacher trainers. Suggested practical applications for developing language arts skills include all four language skills: listening, speaking,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Classroom Techniques, College Role, Elementary Secondary Education
Inservice Training Helps Florida ESOL Teachers Raise Achievement of Students with Limited English
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Ciminera, Jack – ERS Spectrum, 2005
This evaluation examines whether Project Bilingual/ESOL Special Training (BEST) achieved its goal of training qualified bilingual/ESOL education teachers through the appropriate endorsement programs. It also attempts to determine whether Project BEST had a positive impact on Limited English Proficiency (LEP) student achievement across the district…
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Academic Achievement, Limited English Speaking, Bilingual Teachers
Meeting the Needs of Second Language Learners: An Educator's Guide.
Lessow-Hurley, Judith – 2003
This book discusses popular myths about educating students in a multilinguistic society. It examines the following themes: the demographics of second language learners; the theory underlying language instruction; desirable qualifications for bilingual teachers; effective teaching methods and programs; language and politics; and language and the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Cultural Influences, Diversity (Student)