Comprehensively updated, the second edition is a user- friendly resource for teachers and administrators to ensure their schools success in implementing and maintaining a dual language program. The book is filled with step-by-step instructions and strategies you can try immediately. The second edition includes key updates on technology, digital resources, and current demographics, standards, and data.
Educators will learn how to choose a model for their dual language program involving all stakeholders in the transition process, set proficiency targets and use assessments to track progress, and much more.
Comprehensively updated, the Second Edition is a user-friendly resource for teachers and administrators to ensure their schools success in implementing and maintaining a dual language program.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Challenging the Status Quo and Doing the Right Work
2 The Dynamics of Change
3 Recruiting Families and Teachers
4 Choosing an Instructional Model
5 Power of Comprehensible Input and Second Language Acquisition 101
6 Boosting Proficiency and Celebrating Linguistic Repertoires
7 Leveraging Technology Integration for Dual Language Programs
8 Transitions in Dual Language Education 6 12
9 Creating a Culture that Fosters Global Competence
10 Upshots: Sharing Results
11 Professional Learning Through Coaching, Connecting, and Collaboration
12 Moonshot . . . When You Know Better, You Are Obligated to Do Better
Leslie Davison is a world language specialist, teacher, and a consultant on best practices for language acquisition, technology, and dual language teaching strategies.
Gayle Westerberg is the former principal of a dual language school and currently works as a consultant on curriculum leadership and transdisciplinary learning.
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