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