Educating Emergent Bilinguals: Policies, Programs, and Practices for Multilingual Learners

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Ofelia García Jo Anne Kleifgen

Educating Emergent Bilinguals

Policies, Programs, and Practices for Multilingual Learners

Ofelia García, Jo Anne Kleifgen, Claudia Cervantes-Soon , Ramón Martinez

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Teachers' College Press
25 July 2025

Bilingualism & multilingualism; Educational strategies & policy; Teaching of special educational needs

Series: Language and Literacy Series

This Third Edition of this now classic text offers up-to-date guidance for transforming policies and practices to improve the education of emergent bilinguals.

In this updated edition, Ofelia García and Jo Anne Kleifgen are joined by Claudia Cervantes-Soon to bring forth a just vision for the education of language-minoritized students in the United States. The authors use accessible language to introduce policies, programs, research, and practices to equitably educate these students.

This widely used textbook has been expanded to explore the potential of translanguaging and the promises and pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence. It also addresses the harmful role that colonialism and raciolinguistic ideologies play, offering guidance for transforming policies and practices to improve the education of emergent bilinguals. Updated chapters consider the theoretical constructs, empirical evidence, and pedagogical practices related to the five most important aspects of the education of emergent bilinguals in K–12 classrooms: language and literacy considerations; curriculum and pedagogy; family and community engagement; assessment; and digital technologies and learning.

Readers will find

innovative recommendations to help them imagine the possibilities and make changes that will transform education for some of the most disadvantaged students.

Book Features:

Highlights the importance of leveraging all the linguistic and cultural practices of emergent bilinguals. Provides succinct descriptions of alternative practices for transforming our schools and students' futures. Uncovers the deleterious effects of not only colonialism, but also capitalism, patriarchy, and racism.

Considers the social cataclysms, including a global pandemic, that have affected minoritized communities, as well as teachers and students. Explores the development of new technologies that are altering the ways in which we educate children.

By: Ofelia García, Jo Anne Kleifgen, Claudia Cervantes-Soon
Afterword by: Ramón Martinez
Foreword by: Jim Cummins
Imprint: Teachers' College Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd New edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 18mm
ISBN: 9780807787397
ISBN 10: 0807787396
Series: Language and Literacy Series
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 25 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ofelia García is professor emerita at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York. She received the 2024 Literacy Research Association Distinguished Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award. Jo Anne Kleifgen is professor emerita of linguistics and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Claudia Cervantes-Soon is associate professor of bilingual/bicultural education at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University.