Developing Reading and Writing in Second-Language Learners

Lessons from the Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth

Edited by Diane August, Timothy Shanahan

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A Co-Publication of Routledge, the Center for Applied Linguistics, and the International Reading Association

This book is a shorter version of Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners, reporting the findings of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth. This book concisely summarizes what is known from empirical research about the development of literacy in language-minority children and youth, including development, environment, instruction, and assessment.

This more accessible version of the full report is intended for teachers, administrators, and researchers and for use in a wide range of teacher preparation courses and in inservice/ staff development programs that deal with educating English language learners.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction and Methodology, Diane August and Timothy Shanahan

Chapter 2: Demographic Overview, Diane August

Chapter 3: Development of Literacy in Language-Minority Students, Nonie Lesaux and Esther Geva with Keiko Koda, Linda Sigel, and Timothy Shanahan

Chapter 4: Cross-Linguistic Relationships, Fred Genesee, Esther Geva, Cheryl Dressler, and Michael Kamil

Chapter 5: Sociocultural Contexts and Literacy Development, Claude Goldenberg, Robert S. Rueda, and Diane August

Chapter 6: Instruction and Professional Development, Diane August, Isabel Beck, Margarita Calderon, David Francis, Nonie Lesaux with Frederick Erickson and Linda Siegel

Chapter 7: Language and Literacy Assessment, Georgia Earnest Garcia, Gail McKoon, and Diane August

Chapter 8: Cross-Cutting Themes, Catherine Snow

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