Read
“All in: How educators can advocate for English language learners” (National Education Association, 2015)
“It’s not uncommon for schools to have dozens of home languages—And our classrooms need to reflect that” (Blackley, 2019)
“Words matter: The case for shifting to ‘emergent bilingual’” (Intercultural Development Research Association, 2021)
Watch/Listen
Podcast: “The transformative power of translanguaging in literature” (España & Herrera, 2020)
Video: “Classroom videos of teacher leaders of emergent bilingual students” (CUNY-New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals)
Video: “Translanguaging” (García, 2017)
ACT
Donate to Colorín Colorado, a site for educators and families of emergent bi/multilingual learners.
Visit the TESOL Advocacy Action Center to sign petitions in support of policies impacting emergent bi/multilingual learners.
Teach
“Lessons and resources for teachers” (Colorín Colorado)
“Teaching emergent bilinguals guides” (CUNY-New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals)
“Texts to support emergent bi/multilingual learners” (Educate for Action)
Learn
En comunidad: Lessons for centering the voices and experiences of bilingual Latinx students (España & Herrera, 2020)
“From English language learners to emergent bilinguals” (García, Kleifgen, & Falchi, 2008)
“A pedagogy of translanguaging” (Hamman, Beck, & Donaldson, 2018)
Translanguaging and transformative teaching for emergent bilingual students (City University of New York-New York State Initiative on Emergent Bilinguals, 2020)