Multicultural and multilingual literacy and language : contexts and practices / edited by Fenice B. Boyd and Cynthia H. Brock with Mary S. Rozendal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyd, Fenice B.

Brock, Cynthia H.

Rozendal, Mary S.

Series:

Solving problems in the teaching of literacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--Social aspects--United States.

Literacy.

Literacy--Social aspects.

Language arts--Social aspects.

Language arts.

United States.

Language arts--Social aspects--United States.

Sociolinguistics--United States.

Sociolinguistics.

Multicultural education--United States.

Multicultural education.

Physical Description:

xiv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2004]

Summary:

Within a clear conceptual framework, this book explores ways that teachers, reading specialists, administrators, and teacher educators can provide more effective literacy instruction to K/n-/9 students from diverse ethnic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds. Cutting-edge theory and research is interwoven with detailed case studies that bring to life the complexities of teaching in today's multicultural and multilingual classroom. Topics covered include: *How and why culture matters in literacy instruction *Drawing on students' multiple literacies in the classroom *Motivating and engaging English-language learners *Steps that teachers can take to heighten their cultural awareness and skills *Tapping into family and community resources for literacy learning

Contents:

Introduction: Constructing Pedagogies of Empowerment in Multicultural and Multilingual Classrooms: Implications for Theory and Practice / Fenice B. Boyd, Cynthia H. Brock 1

I. Language, Texts, and Contexts

Chapter 1 Literacy, Learning, and Language Variation: Implications for Instruction / Cynthia H. Brock, Laura A. Parks, Dorothy K. Moore 15

Chapter 2 Texts and English Language Learners: Scaffolding Entree to Reading / Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Zoe Ann Brown, Cheryl Taitague, Charles W. Fisher, Martha A. Adler 32

Chapter 3 Classroom Language: Inviting All Students to Participate / Claudia Christensen Haag, Joan Williams 54

II. Teacher Ideologies and Motivation for Change

Chapter 4 Learning to Look through a New Lens: One Teacher's Reflection on the Change Process as Related to Cultural Awareness / Debbie Diller 77

Chapter 5 When "What We Say" and "What We Do" Don't Match / Nancy Anderson 93

Chapter 6 On Listening to What Others Say: Narrative as a Catalyst to Uncover Issues of Racial and Cultural Diversity / Mary McVee 106

Chapter 7 Teaching Language Arts from a Multicultural Perspective: A Junior High School Experience / Elavie Ndura 130

Chapter 8 Listening to Inner-City Teachers of English Language Learners: Differentiating Literacy Instruction / Laurie MacGillivray, Robert Rueda, Ana Maritza Martinez 144

III. Students' Voices on Issues of Literacy Learning and Diversity

Chapter 9 In Retrospect: Learning to Learn from Adolescents' Reading Experiences / Fenice B. Boyd 163

Chapter 10 Reader Response, Culturally Familiar Literature, and Reading Comprehension: The Case of Four Latina(o) Students / Leila Flores-Duenas 180

Chapter 11 Parallel Development of Writing in English and German / Eurydice Bouchereau Bauer 207

Chapter 12 Supporting the Silent Second-Language Learner: A Professor Learns from a Kindergartner / Laura Klenk 218

IV. Out-of-Classroom Influences on Literacy Learning

Chapter 13 Teaching Interrupted: The Effect of High-Stakes Testing on Literacy Instruction in a Texas Elementary School / Julie L. Pennington 241

Chapter 14 Fostering Systems of Support for Teachers and Students / Judy Wallis, Elizabeth Rosado-McGrath 262

Chapter 15 The Empowering Literacy Practices of an African American Church / Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon, Vincent Duane McMillon 280

Chapter 16 Family Literacy: Learning from an Asian Immigrant Family / Guofang Li 304

Conclusions: Improving Literacy Instruction for All Children: Current Concerns and Future Directions / Cynthia H. Brock 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1572309628

157230961X

OCLC:

53276193