Bridging Discourses in the ESL Classroom is concerned with the nature of talk in multilingual classrooms. Examining the interactions between students learning i
"Gibbons begins with a strong theoretical underpinning for her practice, drawing on a functional model of language, sociocultural theories of learning, and curr
"Language and literacy are highly contested areas of the curriculum. Questions of what should be taught, how it should be taught, and who should control such de
The author presents and discusses in detail five broad areas that enable English learners to participate in high-quality learning across the curriculum: engagin
The book is based on the assumption that the classroom program is a major resource for language development, and that a responsive program takes into account th