During these especially complex and polarized times, this book brings together a powerhouse group of researchers committed to opportunity centered practices with multilingual learners. As educators become more knowledgeable about and skillful in identifying assets among multilingual learners, we have a better chance of designing ecological systems of hope, determination, humanity, and transformation. A book for educators who care about and are committed to equity, this book invites us all to keep pressing with multilingual learners toward justice.
H. Richard Milner IV, Ph.D.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Education & Professor of Sociology
Peabody College of Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University
Preparing teachers to work with immigrant and refugee multilingual learners requires not only pedagogical strategies, but especially a critical understanding of social justice. Kneading theory and practice, this book brilliantly shows how teachers criticality interacts with their creative use of affect and humor, stories, multimodalities, reflections and discussions to offer students socioemotional support, while displaying their strengths and transforming their learning.
Ofelia Garcķa, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita in Urban Education and Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
"This book is an excellent collection for teachers and teacher educators in need of resources to develop their knowledge base about equitable approaches to support multilingual learners in classrooms. Hong & da Silva Iddings bring together authors of various backgrounds to provide different perspectives about issues related to multilingual learners who are or have been classified as English language learners (ELLs). This collection addresses topics such as critical pedagogy in immigrant communities, the preparation of teachers to support MLs, multimodal composing, antiracist and culturally responsive and sustaining teacher education, socioemotional learning, the role of humor and happiness in ML education, among other relevant topics. This is a wonderful contribution to the TESOL field and beyond."
Luciana C. de Oliveira, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies/Professor
School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
"Given the current socio-political climate, multilingual learners in our classrooms need support more than ever. This excellent edited volume fulfills this need by providing educators, researchers, and policymakers with valuable insights into designing and implementing humanizing curricula that can bring about transformative and impactful change in and through teacher education."
Peter DeCosta, Ph.D.
Professor of TESOL and Second Language Studies
Michigan State University
Co-editor of TESOL Quarterly & President of the American Association of Applied Linguistics
