The Assessment of Emergent Bilinguals (eBook)

Supporting English Language Learners

Kate Mahoney (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
216 Seiten
Channel View Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78309-728-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This textbook is a thorough introduction to the assessment of English Language Learners or Emergent Bilinguals in K-12 schools. The author presents a decision-making framework called PUMI (Purpose, Use, Method, Instrument) that teachers can use to inform assessment decisions for bilingual children. The book is an invaluable resource for teachers.

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This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the assessment of students in K-12 schools who use two or more languages in their daily life: English Language Learners (ELLs), or Emergent Bilinguals. The book includes a thorough examination of the policy, history and assessment/measurement issues that educators should understand in order to best advocate for their students. The author presents a decision-making framework called PUMI (Purpose, Use, Method, Instrument) that practitioners can use to better inform assessment decisions for bilingual children. The book will be an invaluable resource in teacher preparation programs, but will also help policy-makers and educators make better decisions to support their students.

Autor

lt;p>Kate Mahoney is Associate Professor in TESOL at the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA. She has taught bilingual learners in the US and Belize. Her research has focused on the assessment of Emergent Bilinguals. The PUMI framework she presents in this book is beginning to be adopted and studied in courses across the US.  

Inhalt

Introduction

Chapter 1: A Decision Making Process called PUMI

Chapter 2: History: How Did We Get Here?

Chapter 3: Validity

Chapter 4: Methods

Chapter 5: Content & Language

Chapter 6: Psychometrics

Chapter 7: Accommodations

Chapter 8: Special Education

Chapter 9: Accountability

Advice for Instructors about Activities

Glossary

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.2.2017
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Schlagworte: accommodations • Assessment • ELL • emergent bilinguals • English Language Learners • ESL • Validity
• ISBN-10: 1-78309-728-0 / 1783097280
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78309-728-9 / 9781783097289