This chapter surveys critically important topics in bilingual education and bilingualism of
relevance to Latinx communities in the US, including bilingual child language acquisition …

In this study, we examined the degree to which the requirements in each state's teacher
education programs reflect current theory and practice for teachers of ELLs in their …

Identification of primary language impairment (PLI) in sequential bilingual children is
challenging because of the interaction between PLI and second language (L2) proficiency …

Over the past several decades the United States has witnessed a dramatic growth of
culturally and linguistically diverse students (eg, García and Frede, 2010). From 1980 to …

Academics don, t talk much about their personal stories. We, re socialized, in fact, to keep
those tightly under wraps, hidden from view as we dispassionately report rigorous scientific …

This volume examines the pedagogical consequences of codeswitching, or language
mixing, for teaching and learning in bilingual classrooms. It connects contemporary …

Many researchers have studied the simultaneous development of more than one language
in very young children, known as bilingual first language acquisition. Early research had …

With the increase in the number of English language learners in the United States there are
specific expectations for educators to prepare courses that have been designed for English …

Teachers of children who speak a language than English at home, often referred in schools
as English language learners (ELLs) or emergent bilinguals (García, Kleifgen, & Falchi …