A mantra in the research literature is that explicit, systematic instruction in the “big five”
components of reading—phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, and …

This issue of the Bilingual Research Journal (Volume 37, Number 2) is dedicated to our
friend and colleague, Janette Kettman Klingner (November 14, 1953–March 20, 2014). A …

Over the past 20 years, the United States has seen a rapid increase in school age students
entering PK-12 schools for whom English is not their primary home language. These …

A fundamental goal of literacy instruction is that all students demonstrate listening, speaking,
reading, and writing skills at grade level. Achieving this goal for Emergent Bilinguals (also …

With much focus on English development in United States schools and research, less is
known about how bilinguals develop literacy in their home languages without sustained …

Abstract The Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA) within
the United States Department of Education commissioned a set of papers to begin to gather …

This book sets a high standard for rigor and scientific approach to the study of bilingualism
and provides new insights regarding the critical issues of theory and practice, including the …

Consideration of literacy practices that ensure success for young second‐language learners
has become crucial for educators, given the growing linguistic diversity in an ever …

Bilingual education is controversial in many places across the globe, including the United
States. In the United States, linguistically repressive policies and practices of the early …

When literacy instruction is integrated and contextualized in a child's background knowledge
and daily experiences, learning is increased. This mixed-methods study describes effective …