Multilingual Education in Practice by Jim Cummins

Multilingual Education in Practice by Jim Cummins

How can educators implement an inclusive and effective curriculum for ESL students?

Sandra Schecter and Jim Cummins provide some answers from school-based practitioners and university-based researchers who worked on a collaborative project exploring strategies and structures that promote academic success for ESL students. This book documents the initiatives this group generated and carried out at two public schools. It also includes specific suggestions for developing school-based language policies and for preparing teachers to work effectively in linguistically and culturally diverse contexts.

Each chapter highlights an innovative multilingual and multicultural approach to promoting ESL students' academic engagement. Chapter topics include:

• creating an inclusive climate for newly arrived students
• building on the language and cultural knowledge that students bring to school
• the roles of home, school, and community
• teacher preparation
• leadership in the diverse school.

In addition to theory and practice, the book offers some great classroom stories with photographs and many examples of students' prose, poetry, and artwork.

Jim Cummins is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, Canada and has spent the past 40 years researching and working with multilingual learners across the world. His controversial theoretical distinction between conversational versus academic language proficiency is a key topic in pre-service and professional development related to the education of minority group students who are learning the language of instruction.

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ISBN 13	9780325004303
ISBN 10	0325004307
Title	Multilingual Education in Practice
Author	Jim Cummins
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Heinemann USA
Year published	2003-03-17
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.