Support Diverse Dual Language Learners through Reflective Practice. Responsive Practice for Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood Education provides educators theoretical background and practical advice as they welcome an increasing number of dual language learners into their programs, to support these children to learn and flourish. Author Jennifer Chen shares case studies from her fieldwork with diverse early childhood classrooms, demonstrating her Four Cornerstones model of responsive practice while offering reflective questions to help educators implement it in their own contexts for children from birth to age eight who speak any language.
Learn to apply the Four Cornerstones model’s tenets of developmentally responsive, culturally responsive, linguistically responsive, and contextually appropriate practice in a variety of real-life situations, including while providing scaffolding for children, while building relationships with parents, and while working with children with a variety of needs. Suitable for work with any language.
Price: $26.95
Pages: 144
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Imprint: Redleaf Press
Publication Date:
22 October 2024
Trim Size: 10.00 X 7.00 in
ISBN: 9781605548098
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
EDUCATION / Teaching / General, EDUCATION / Bilingual Education, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)
Responsive Practice for Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood Education offers the perfect blend of theory and practice. Dr. Jennifer Chen's gift for articulating her ideas through case studies complements her ability to describe research in straightforward ways. We see dual language research in action through vignettes with real teachers and children, making implementation of Dr. Chen's suggestions seem less daunting. An indispensable resource, Responsive Practice replaces dual language bewilderment and bafflement with scaffolding and solutions any teacher can implement.
—Carrie S. Cutler, EdD, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Houston
Jennifer J. Chen, EdD, is tenured full professor and chair of the Department of Early Childhood Education at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. She holds her BA in psychology (with a minor in linguistics) from Barnard College, Columbia University, an MA in bilingual and bicultural education from Teachers College, Columbia University, as well as an EdM in language and literacy and EdD in human development and psychology, all from Harvard University. Her scholarly publications thread multiple strands of early childhood education, including child development, language and literacy, teaching practices, and the role of artificial intelligence in young children’s learning. Dr. Chen is bilingual and bicultural herself; she learned English as a teenager when she and her family immigrated to the United States from China. In addition, she has acquired some rudimentary Spanish. Dr. Chen was a Chinese-English bilingual teacher in New York City. She has now taught, mentored, been inspired by, and learned from many early childhood teachers in New Jersey.
PART I: THEORY
Chapter 1: Introduction: Teaching DLLs
Chapter 2: Reflective Practice
Chapter 3: Increasing Superdiversity
Chapter 4: Language Skills: Receptive, Expressive, BICS, and CALP
Chapter 5: The Four Cornerstones of Responsive Practice Framework
PART II: CASE STUDIES
Chapter 6: Providing Responsive Teacher Scaffolding
Chapter 7: Building Strong Teacher-Family and Teacher-Teacher Partnerships
Chapter 8: Supporting Learners with Special Needs
Chapter 9: Conclusion: Heart Work and Hard Work
References
Index
