Table of Contents

Chapter 1. More than Long-term English Learners: Reframing the Education of an Under-served Population. Chapter 2: Bilingualism and Students who are Labeled LTELs. Chapter 3: Local Texts: The Textual Environment of Biology and English Language Arts. Chapter 4: Strong and Loud Readers: Academic Reading in the Classroom. Chapter 5: Constructing Meaning Independently: An In-Depth Analysis of Reading from an Individual Perspective. Chapter 6: Recognizing Brilliance in the Undervalued: Transforming Literacy Education for English-speaking Bilingual Adolescents.

About the Author

Maneka Deanna Brooks is an Assistant Professor of Reading Education at Texas State University, USA.