EL Special Education Keywords
What are keywords used for research related to English language learners and special education? I realize this may be contextual, but since there are so many words, I am compiling a list. These acronyms may be confusing to individuals not familiar with the terms used by researchers or practitioners. Here’s a list of words specific to terms or acronyms used in the US:
Related to second-language learners: English learner (EL), English language Learner (ELL) second language learner (SLL), emergent bilinguals (EM), English as a Second Language (ESL)
Related special education services: special education, learning disability (LD), disabilities, inclusion
Conversations about English language learner special education processes. Recent publications in academia related to this topic. In other words, what researchers are most recently discussing.
Resources
Long-term English learners: Untangling Language Acquisition and Learning Disabilities. Click here to see 2022 Article.
English learners and special education identification. Identification of Hispanic English Language Learners in Special Education. Click here to 2019 Article.
Recent Publications
Kilinc, S. & Alvarado, S. A. (2022). Two dual language preschool teachers’ critical consciousness of their roles as language policy makers. Bilingual Research Journal.
Alvarado, S. L., Artiles, A.J., Salinas, S., Castro, D.C. (2021). Dual language learners with disabilities in inclusive early elementary school classrooms. In D.C. Castro & A. J. Artiles (Eds.), Language, learning, and disability: Issues and opportunities in the education of young bilingual learners. Washington, D.C.: Center for Applied Linguistics.
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Faves
Books or journal articles
Artiles, A. J. (2015). Beyond responsiveness to identity badges: Future research on culture in disability and implications for Response to Intervention. Educational Review, 67(1), 1-22.
Artiles, A. J. (2019). Fourteenth Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research: Reenvisioning Equity Research: Disability Identification Disparities as a Case in Point. Educational Researcher, 48(6), 325-335.
Arzubiaga, A. E., Artiles, A. J., King, K. A., & Harris-Murri, N. (2008). Beyond research on cultural minorities: Challenges and implications of research as situated cultural practice. Exceptional Children, 74(3), 309-327.
Cole, M. (1996). Cultural psychology: A once and future discipline. Harvard University Press.
Cole, M., & Engestrom, Y. (1993). A cultural-historical approach to distributed cognition. In G. Salomon (Ed.), Distributed Cognitions: Psychological and educational considerations. (pp. 1-46). Cambridge University Press.
Gutiérrez, K. D., & Rogoff, B. (2003). Cultural ways of learning: Individual traits or repertoires of practice. Educational Researcher, 32(5), 19-25.
Erickson, F. (2004). Talk and social theory: Ecologies of speaking and listening in everyday life. Polity.
McDermott, R., & Raley, J. (2011). Looking closely: Toward a natural history of human ingenuity. In E. Margolis and L. Pauwels (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of visual research methods (pp. 372-391). Sage.
McDermott, R., Goldman, S., & Varenne, H. (2006). The cultural work of learning disabilities. Educational Researcher, 35(6), 12-17.
Mehan, H. (2000). Beneath the skin and between the ears. In S. Chaiklin & J. Lave (Eds.), Understanding practice (pp. 241-269). Cambridge University Press.
Mehan, H., Hertweck, A., & Meihls, J. L. (1986). Handicapping the handicapped: Decision making in students’ educational careers. Stanford University Press.
Rogoff, B. (2003). The cultural nature of human development. Oxford University Press.
Equity Websites and co-authored equity blogs
Equity Alliance Blog (Now at Stanford, formerly at ASU)
Inspirational videos, articles, and other work
Brown Lecture: Alfredo J. Artiles (2017)
A video which inspires me to make schooling fun since students often complain about schooling: I sued the school system.
Arizona’s English-only law (some flexibility)
California reverses it’s English-only policy
The English Only Movement: Myths, Reality, and Implications for Psychology
Myths about bilingual education for students with special education needs
Demand to Learn (ACLU) Coalition to address exclusionary policies and practices in Arizona district and charter schools
Mariachi and Spanish-speaking learners (article)
Individualism versus collectivism (YouTube video)