As secondary teachers, we want to help our
multilingual students flourish academically and socially. Andrea Honigsfeld has
tailored her bestselling Growing Language and Literacy K-8 to help us do
just that. This new edition provides Grade 6-12 teachers with research-informed
recommendations and concrete examples of what works with adolescent
multilingual learners.
Andrea unpacks the five levels of language acquisition and
introduces practical strategies that can be applied across grade levels and
content areas to support adolescent multilingual learners.
With an emphasis on culturally and linguistically sustaining
pedagogy, peer interaction, and scaffolding, Andrea offers evidence-based
practices organized into four recurring strands at each level of language
acquisition:
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Social-emotional support strategies
· Experiential learning strategies
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Strategies for supporting students across multiple
modes of communication with a focus on oracy and literacy
·
Technology integration strategies
Filled with secondary student vignettes, teacher and
student work samples, and authentic classroom examples, Growing Language and Literacy for Grades 6-12 will
become every teacher's guide to moving their multilingual learners from one
stage of language acquisition to the next.
