A compact and easy-to-use six-panel resource for English language educators working with Kindergarten through adult English learners. The guide presents the five fundamentals needed to advocate for English learners in the classroom, strategies for community advocacy, and tips for keeping an asset framework and taking advocacy action.
TESOL Zip Guide: Advocating for English Learners is a compact and easy-to-use six-panel resource for English language educators working with Kindergarten through adult English learners. The guide presents the five fundamentals needed to advocate for English learners in the classroom and school, strategies and guidance for community advocacy, tips for keeping an asset framework and taking immediate advocacy action, and how to bring advocacy-focused assignments into TESOL teacher preparation.
Heather Linville is an associate professor and director of TESOL at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. James Whiting is a professor of applied linguistics and coordinator of the graduate TESOL program at Plymouth State University.
This quick reference guide is the only publication designed specifically to help English language professionals develop the fundamental knowledge and skills to advocate for their English learners and improve all students' educational outcomes and life chances.