Technology-Mediated Learning Environments for Young English Learners: Connections in and Out of School
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....
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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.
Preface ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction: Technology-Mediated Learning Environments for Young English Learners L. Leann Parker 1Technology and Literacy Development of Latino Youth Richard P. Duran 21Reflection - Literacy and English Learners: Where Does Technology Fit? Robert Rueda 53Technology, Literacy, and Young Second Language Learners: Designing Educational Futures Jim Cummins 61Reflection - Rules of Engagement for Achieving Educational Futures Olga A. Vasquez 99Developing New Literacies among Multilingual Learners in the Elementary Grades Jill Castek Donald J. Leu Julie Coiro Mileidis Gort Laurie A. Henry Clarisse O. Lima 111Reflection - Integrating Language, Culture, and Technology to Achieve New Literacies for All Bridget Dalton 155Technology and Second Language Learning: Promises and Problems Yong Zhao Chun Lai 167Reflection - Technology and Second Language Learning: Current Resources, Tools, and Techniques Gary A. Cziko 207Technology in Support of Young English Learners in and out of School L. Leann Parker 213Reflection -ELLs and Technology: Transforming Teaching and Learning Carla Meskill 251Technology Opening Opportunities for ELL Students: Attending to the Linguistic Character of These Students Eugene E. Garcia 261Afterword: Reflecting on Technology for Young English Learners L. Leann Parker 279Author and Name Index 293Subject Index 303
