Long-Term English Language Learner Project

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Publications

• Menken, K., Kleyn, T. & Chae, N. (In Press). Spotlight on "long-term English language learners": Characteristics and prior schooling experiences of an invisible population. International Multilingual Research Journal.

• Menken, K., Kleyn, T. & Funk, A. (with Ascenzi-Moreno, L., Chae, N. & Flores, N.). (In Press). Teachers at the epicenter: Engagement and resistance in a biliteracy program for "Long-Term English Language Learners" in the U.S. In C. Hélot and M. Ó Laoire (Eds). Pedagogy of the possible: Language policy for the multilingual classroom. Expected 2011 publication. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.

• Menken, K. & Kleyn, T. (2010, February). The long-term impact of subtractive schooling in the educational experiences of secondary English language learners. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 13(4), 399–417.

• Menken, K. & Kleyn, T. (2009, April). The difficult road for long-term English learners. Educational Leadership 66(7).

Reports

• Phase I Final Report (PDF)
  • The final report for Phase I of our study.
• Phase II Final Report (PDF)
  • The final report for Phase II of our study.

Presentations

• Menken, K. (with Kleyn, T., Ascenzi-Moreno, L., Chae, N., Flores, N. & Funk, A.) (November, 2010). Long Term English Language Learners: Directions for Policy, Program, and Practice, Lessons from New York. Californians Together Conference, Oakland, CA.

• Menken, K., Kleyn, T., Ascenzi-Moreno, L., Chae, N., Flores, N., & Funk, A. (May, 2010). Three Years of Lessons Learned: Long Term English Languages Learners in New York City Schools. Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society Forum.

• Flores, N. (with Menken, K., Kleyn, T., Ascenzi-Moreno, L., Chae, N., & Funk, A.) (April 2010). From Deficiency to Biliteracy: Meeting the Needs of Long Term English Language Learners. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference.

• Short, D., Menken, K., & Kleyn, T. (March, 2010). Bookending the Secondary ESL Spectrum: Newcomers and Long-Term ELLs. TESOL Conference.

• Menken, K. (May, 2009). The Biliteracy Challenge for U.S.-Educated Emergent Bilinguals at the Secondary Level. Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society Forum.

• Kleyn, T., Menken, K., Ascenzi-Moreno, L. & Chae, N. (April, 2009). When Change Is the Only Consistency: The Case of Long-Term English Language Learners in Secondary Schools. American Educational Research Association Conference. San Diego, California.

• García, O., Kleyn, T., Menken, K., & Mercado, C. (April, 2009). Educating Bilingual Students: Implications for Teacher Education. 2009 Inaugural CUNY Education Conference, CUNY Graduate and University Center.

• Menken, K. (March, 2009). The Need for Additive Language Policies: Language Subtraction in the Prior Schooling of Secondary "Long-Term ELLs." Invited Keynote Presentation, New York State Association for Bilingual Education Annual Conference, Terrytown, New York.

• Menken, K., Kleyn, T., Chae, N., Funk, A., & Flores, N. (May, 2008). One Size Doesn't Fit All: The Case of English Language Learners in Secondary Schools. Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society Forum.

• Menken, K. & Kleyn, T. (March, 2008). Meeting the Needs of Long-Term English Language Learners in High School. Small Schools Conference, New York City.

Long Term English Language Learners in the News

• How Schools Fail Long-Term English-Language Learners
  • A mention of our study by Meg Ann Zehr on her blog for Education Week
• Long Term English Language Learners
• A response to our study on the blog "Language On the Move"
• Educating Long Term English Language Learners
• A web chat conducted by Kate Menken where she answers questions about LTELLs
• Report Finds Long Term ELLs Languishing in CA Schools
  • An article in Education Week describing the results of challenges California schools have in meeting the needs of this population.
• The Problem? English. Could the Cure be Spanish?
• An article in The Voice of San Diego that describes a biliteracy program for LTELLs at Pacific Beach Middle School in California
• Teenage ELLs and Long-Term ELLs Are Featured in Educational Leadership Magazine
  • A discussion of our article in Educational Leadership in the context of adolescent ELL education by Meg Ann Zehr on her blog for Education Week

 

 

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