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Teaching for Biliteracy
Strengthening Bridges between Languages
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Karen Beeman, M.Ed.
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Cheryl Urow, M.Ed.
Higher Education, K-12
Bridge for cross-language transfer! Beeman and Urow introduce the powerful notion of the Bridge to the biliteracy field in this practical professional development guide for teachers, administrators, and leadership teams.
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2013
192
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Bridge for cross-language transfer!
Beeman and Urow introduce the powerful notion of the Bridge to the biliteracy field in this practical professional development guide for teachers, administrators, and leadership teams. The Bridge is the instructional moment when teachers purposefully bring the two languages together, strategically guiding bilingual learners to:
Transfer the academic content they have learned in one language to the other
Engage in contrastive analysis
Develop academic English and Spanish across the content areas
Read and write grade-level texts across the curriculum
Develop metalinguistic awareness
The biliteracy unit framework featured in this book is compatible with literacy frameworks and programs used in K-12 schools today.
Chapter One:
Foundations in Teaching for Biliteracy
Chapter Two:
Students: A Multilangual Perspective
Chapter Three:
Teachers: Capitlizing on Life Experiences and Diversity
Chapter Four:
Planning the Strategic Use of Two Languages
Chapter Five:
Language Resources, Lingustic Creativity, and Cultural
Chapter Six
Building a Background Knowledge
Chapter Seven:
Reading Comprehnsion
Chapter Eight:
Writing: A Multilingual Perspective
Chapter Nine:
Word Study and Fluency: The Dictado and Other Authentic Strategies
Chapter Ten:
The Bridge: Strengthening Connections between Languages
Glossary
How Spanish Works
Reference
Index
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Authors:
Karen Beeman M.Ed.
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Cheryl Urow M.Ed.
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