This book explores issues related to the use of technologies to support young second-language learners and looks at promising areas for research, design, and development. Grounded in a sociocultural theoretical framework, it invites educators, researchers, and educational technology developers to consider a range of social and cultural factors in utilizing technology as a tool to help children from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds develop their English-language and reading skills. A major contribution is the authors consideration of ways that technology outside of school can benefit these students English-language development in school. The central chapters are counter pointed by invited reflections that bring to the discussion different, yet complementary, perspectives from notable scholars in the field of second-language literacy and learning.
Technology-Mediated Learning Environments for Young English-Language Learners is targeted to researchers, educators, and policymakers in the areas of elementary education, after-school learning, second-language teaching and learning, English language and literacy development, and reading.
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Selected Contets:
Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Technology-Based Learning Environments for Young
English Learners In and Out of School (Leann Parker, University of
California, Berkeley)
CHAPTER 2: Technology and Literacy Development of Latino Youth (Richard
Duran, University of California, Santa Barbara)
REFLECTION: Literacy and English Learners: Where Does Technology Fit? (Robert
Rueda, University of Southern California)
CHAPTER 3: Technology, Literacy, and Young Second Language Learners:
Designing Educational Futures (Jim Cummins, University of Toronto)
REFLECTION: Rules of Engagement for Achieving Educational Futures (Olga A.
Vasquez, University of California, San Diego)
CHAPTER 4: Developing New Literacies Among Multilingual Learners in the
Elementary Grades (Jill Castek, Donald J. Leu, Jr., Julie Coiro, Mileidis
Gort, Laurie A. Henry, and Clarisse O. Lima; University of Connecticut)
REFLECTION: Integrating Language, Culture, and Technology to Achieve New
Literacies for All (Bridget Dalton, Center for Applied Special Technologies,
Inc.)
CHAPTER 5: Technology and Second Language Learning: Promises and Problems
(Yong Zhao and Chun Lai, Michigan State University)
REFLECTION: Technology and Second Language Learning: Current Resources, Tools
and Techniques (Gary A. Cziko, University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign)
CHAPTER 6: Technology in Support of Young English Learners In and Out of
School (Leann Parker, University of California, Berkeley)
REFLECTION: ELLS and Technology: Transforming Teaching and Learning (Carla
Meskill, State University of New York at Albany)
CHAPTER 7: Technology Opening Opportunities for ELL Students: Attending to
the Linguistic Character of These Students (Eugene E. Garcia, Arizona State
University)
CHAPTER 8: Conclusion: Reflecting on Technology and Young English Learners
(L. Leann Parker, University of California, Berkeley)
Author Index
Subject Index
L. Leann Parker
