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National Association for Bilingual Education Conference (NABE) 2013

Join Routledge Books and Journals at the National Association for Bilingual Education Conference in February! We are pleased to offer a 20% discount and free shipping on all display copies. Stop by our booth to browse the latest books. We look forward to seeing you in Atlanta!

View a list of titles we'll have on display here!

From the NABE website:

Please join us in Lake Buena Vista, FL for our 42nd Annual Conference!
February 7-9, 2013

BILINGUAL EDUCATION: Celebrating 42 years of Educational Excellence in Bilingual Education.
The NABE conference is the largest gathering of parents, teachers, administrators, policy makers, future teachers and professors dedicated to serving bilingual and English Language Learners in the United States.

Our annual meeting has expanded beyond the field of bilingual education to include 21st Century Learning, Title l , Title lll , Pre-School, Dual Language, Foreign Languages, especially the critical languages, English as a Second Language, Gifted and Talented programs, Sheltered Instruction, Heritage Language Programs, and other approaches for multilingual students from Pre-K to grade 16.

NABE conference attendees have institutional purchasing power. Many are responsible for procuring the full range of educational materials, products, and services for use in linguistically and culturally diverse learning environments.

Lake Buena Vista, FL

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Featured Books at this Event

  1. Teacher Preparation for Bilingual Student Populations

    Educar para Transformar

    Edited by Belinda Bustos Flores, Rosa Hernández Sheets, Ellen Riojas Clark

    The growing number of bilingual students in public schools coupled with a critical shortage of teachers specially prepared to serve this population calls for a critical examination of policies and practices in bilingual and ESL teacher preparation. This volume focuses on understanding the...

    Published November 17th 2010 by Routledge

  2. Teacher Preparation for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms

    A Resource for Teacher Educators

    Edited by Tamara Lucas

    Teacher educators today need knowledge and practical ideas about how to prepare all pre-service and in-service teachers (not just bilingual or ESL specialists) to teach the growing number of students in K-12 classrooms in the United States who speak native languages other than English. This book is...

    Published August 22nd 2010 by Routledge

  3. Understanding Language in Diverse Classrooms

    A Primer for All Teachers

    By Marilyn Shatz, Louise C. Wilkinson

    With the increasing linguistic and cultural diversity of students in U. S. schools, all teachers, regardless of the content area or grade they teach, need research-based strategies for assisting all students to gain English proficiency. This practical, concise guide shows teachers what they need to...

    Published August 12th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Becoming Biliterate

    Identity, Ideology, and Learning to Read and Write in Two Languages

    By Bobbie Kabuto

    Through the real-life context of one child learning to be bilingual and biliterate, this book raises questions and provides a context for pre-service and practicing teachers to understand and reflect on how children learn to read and write in multiple languages. Highlighting the social and...

    Published July 27th 2010 by Routledge

  5. Cultural Validity in Assessment

    Addressing Linguistic and Cultural Diversity

    Edited by María del Rosario Basterra, Elise Trumbull, Guillermo Solano-Flores

    Series: Language, Culture, and Teaching Series

    What is assessment and how is it a cultural practice? How does failure to account for linguistic and cultural variation among students jeopardize assessment validity? What is required to achieve cultural validity in assessment? This resource for practicing and prospective teachers – as well as...

    Published December 19th 2010 by Routledge

  6. Early Biliteracy Development

    Exploring Young Learners' Use of Their Linguistic Resources

    Edited by Eurydice B. Bauer, Mileidis Gort

    A large and growing number of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in the US and around the world have the potential to develop bilingualism and biliteracy if supported in their immediate environment. At the forefront in focusing exclusively on biliteracy development in...

    Published October 5th 2011 by Routledge

  7. Language, Identity, and Stereotype Among Southeast Asian American Youth

    The Other Asian

    By Angela Reyes

    This book—an ethnographic and discourse analytic study of an after-school video-making project for 1.5- and second-generation Southeast Asian American teenagers—explores the relationships among stereotype, identity, and ethnicity that emerge in this informal educational setting. ...

    Published January 12th 2012 by Routledge

  8. Language, Culture, and Teaching

    Critical Perspectives, 2nd Edition

    By Sonia Nieto

    Series: Language, Culture, and Teaching Series

    Distinguished multiculturalist Sonia Nieto speaks directly to current and future teachers in this thoughtful integration of a selection of her key writings with creative pedagogical features. Offering information, insights, and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural, racial, and...

    Published August 27th 2009 by Routledge

  9. Affirming Students' Right to their Own Language

    Bridging Language Policies and Pedagogical Practices

    Edited by Jerrie Cobb Scott, Dolores Y. Straker, Laurie Katz

    A Co-publication of the National Council of Teachers of English and Routledge. How can teachers make sound pedagogical decisions and advocate for educational policies that best serve the needs of students in today’s diverse classrooms? What is the pedagogical value of providing culturally and...

    Published November 2nd 2008 by Routledge