From whom we learn

Professional Texts Supporting Language Acquisition (starter list)

Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers: How to Help Students Succeed Across Content Areas
Yvonne S. Freeman and David E. Freeman

Achieving Literacy Success with English Language Learners: Insights, Assessment, Assessment
Edited by Cynthia Rodríguez-Eagle (Reading Recovery Council of North America, 2009)

Balancing Reading & Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English Language Learners, K-5
Mary Cappellini (Stenhouse, 2005)

Connecting Content and Academic Language for English Learners and Struggling Students Grades 2-6
Ruth Swinney and Patricia Velasco (Corwin, 2011)

Dual Language Development & Disorders: A Handbook on Bilingualism and Second Language Learning, 2nd Ed.
Fred Genesee, Johanne Paradis, and Martha B. Crago (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2010)

Ladybugs, Tornadoes, and Swirling Galaxies: English Language Learners Discover their World Through Inquiry
Brad Buhrow and Anne Upczak Garcia (Stenhouse, 2006)

Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning (Heinemann, 2002)
Pauline Gibbons

English Learners, Academic Literacy, and Thinking: Learning in the Challenge Zone (Heinemann, 2009)
Pauline Gibbons