A Transdisciplinary Lens for Bilingual Education : Bridging Cognitive, Sociocultural, and Sociolinguistic Approaches to Enhance Student Learning (Paperback)

Part I??1. Synergetic Themes in Cognitive and Sociocultural Bilingualism Research: Moving Towards a Transdisciplinary Approach??2. The Role of Diverse Linguistic Experiences in Young Children’s Cognitive and Language Development??3. More Than One Language: Understanding the Educational Benefits of Bilingualism??4. Enhancing the Success of Struggling English Learners??5. Migrating while Multilingual and Black: Beyond the “(Bi)Dialectal” Burden??Part II??6. Translanguaging in Literacy: Strategies, Pedagogies and Theories for Multilingual Literacy Learning??7. More Deeply “Knowing the Children”: Bringing a Translanguaging Approach to Writing Conferences in the Early Literacy Classroom??8. Translanguaging and Semiotic Repertoires: A Holistic Examination of Instructional Resources in Dual Language Teaching??9. Connecting Curricula to Families: Guiding Principles for Using Funds of Identity to Select Children’s Literature??10. Talking about Language in Bilingual Teacher Education: A Teacher Educator’s Approach to Guiding Teacher Candidates’ Understandings of Holistic Bilingualism??11. From English Language Learner to Spanish Teacher: The Testimonios of Heritage Spanish Speakers Who Became Heritage Spanish Teachers