Reading Aloud with Bilingual Learners: A Fieldwork Project and Its Impact on Mainstream Teacher Candidates.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Mitchell, Kara; Homza, Anne; Ngo, Sarah
- Source
- Action in Teacher Education (Association of Teacher Educators); Fall2012, Vol. 34 Issue 3, p276-294, 19p
- Subject
- Oral reading
Bilingualism
Language & languages
Teacher education
Linguistics
- Language
- ISSN
- 01626620
This study describes the components of a field-based Read Aloud Project (RAP) in which teacher candidates create and implement language and literacy rich read-alouds for bilingual learners. In addition, an examination of the impact of such a project on several areas of teacher candidates' pedagogical expertise reveals that the RAP produces positive learning experiences for teacher candidates and may be worth replicating in other teacher education contexts to support the preparation of linguistically responsive teachers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]