Espinosa and Ascenzi-Moreno demonstrate how our emergent bilingual students who speak two or more languages in their daily lives-- thrive when they are able to use Translanguaging to tap the power of their entire linguistic and sociocultural repertoires.
Knowing more than one language is, indeed, a gift to the classroom! Includes a foreword by Ofelia Garcia..
The core of this approach is honoring and leveraging the language and cultural resources emergent bilinguals bring to school-- and rooting instruction in their strengths.
Additionally, the authors present rich and thoughtful literacy practices that propel emergent bilinguals into reading and writing success.
Espinosa and Ascenzi-Moreno demonstrate how our emergent bilingual students who speak two or more languages in their daily lives-- thrive when they are able to use Translanguaging to tap the power of their entire linguistic and sociocultural repertoires
