Who Educates Teacher Educators about English Language Learners?

With the increasing numbers of English language learners (ELLs) in schools across the United States, most teachers will have these students in their classrooms in the near future if not already. Due to the wide diversity of ELL students, all classroom teachers must be equipped to work with these stu...

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Published in:Reading horizons 2013-04, Vol.52 (3), p.255
Main Author: Roy-Campbell, Zaline M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American English
Bilingual education
Education
Educational Research
English as a second language
English as a second language learning
English Language Learners
Foreign language instruction
General Education
Information Sources
Journals (Academic)
Language Arts
Language Proficiency
Language Skills
Language Tests
Literacy
Periodicals
Polls & surveys
Schools
Second language learning
Students
Teacher education
Teacher Educator Education
Teacher Educators
Teacher Surveys
Teachers
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Summary:With the increasing numbers of English language learners (ELLs) in schools across the United States, most teachers will have these students in their classrooms in the near future if not already. Due to the wide diversity of ELL students, all classroom teachers must be equipped to work with these students. This study presents the findings of a survey on the preparation of teacher educators in the literacy field for preparing general education English language arts teachers to work with ELL students in their classrooms. Since part of the preparation includes access to academic journals that address the teaching of ELL students, the survey also identified the general education journals which these teacher educators utilize and the coverage of ELL students in these journals. This article considers the implications of these findings for teacher educators and researchers in the literacy field.
ISSN:0034-0502