Building Literacy with English Language Learners

Second Edition
Insights from Linguistics

Kristin Lems, Leah D. Miller, and Tenena M. Soro

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August 16, 2017
ISBN 9781462531608
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334 Pages
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Kristin Lems, EdD, is Professor in the ESL/Bilingual Education Program at National Louis University, where she directed two 5-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education in ESL teacher education. A two-time Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Lems consults on literacy and ESL in area school districts and presents her research nationally. Her dissertation on adult ESL oral reading fluency was a finalist for Outstanding Dissertation of the Year from the International Literacy Association. She has coauthored or coedited several books, including Building Literacy with English Language Learners, Second Edition, and Fluency Instruction, Second Edition: Research-Based Best Practices, which was a finalist for the Edward B. Fry Book Award of the Literacy Research Association.

Leah D. Miller, MA, was a full-time faculty member in the ESL/Bilingual Education Program at National Louis University before retiring in 2012. She taught linguistics, cross-cultural education, and reading courses at National Louis, and also taught composition at Northwestern University and linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has presented on linguistics and ESL topics at state and national conferences, including TESOL and the American Educational Research Association.

Tenena M. Soro, PhD, teaches courses in linguistics, cross-cultural education, foundations, and reading in the ESL/Bilingual Education Program at National Louis University, where he received the Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award. Dr. Soro has also taught courses in ethics and philosophy, linguistics, and social science at Columbia College, Northeastern Illinois University, and Northwestern University. He has presented on linguistics and ESL topics at state and national conferences.