Language and learning
Subtitle: educating linguistically diverse students
By: edited by Beverly McLeod.
Contributors: McLeod, Beverly, 1947-
Series: SUNY series, the social context of education; SUNY series, social context of education.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: Language and education -- United States; Children of immigrants -- Education -- United States; Linguistic minorities -- Education -- United States
Description: This book explores the challenges of teaching an increasingly multilingual and multicultural American school population. Six million American children - one in eight - live in homes where a language other than English is spoken. Most of these children come to school with limited ability in English. Many of them do not succeed in the American school system; two-thirds of immigrant students, and up to one-half of students from non-English backgrounds, drop out of school.

This book shows that transformation of schools to accommodate students from non-English backgrounds would benefit students from all backgrounds. Section One discusses the effects of education reform on students from non-English language backgrounds. Section Two focuses on what and how students are taught. Section Three provides contrasting perspectives on the issue of language development. Section Four outlines approaches, emphasizing meaningful communication, to teaching math and science to students from non-English language backgrounds.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.