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Pontier, Ryan W.; Deroo, Matthew R. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2023
Abstract This study highlights Masters-level TESOL students' meaning-making about translanguaging theory and pedagogy through writing in response to course readings and conversations. To gain deeper insight into shifting understandings of languaging that seek to move from monoglossic orientations to heteroglossic framing of language learning as…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Pontier, Ryan W. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2023
This study explores the collaborative process that two Korean-English and one Spanish-English bilingual Early Head Start family childcare educators, two instructional coaches, and the author engaged in as they co-created intentional bilingual approaches to supporting young emergent bilinguals. A thematic analysis of the design-based approach of…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Bilingual Education, Preschool Children, Native Language
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Pontier, Ryan W. – TESL-EJ, 2022
The population of emergent bilingual students in the United States is growing rapidly, requiring that teachers be prepared to provide them an effective education. Inadequate preparation of teachers to work with these students indicates the need to revise the ways that teacher education programs address this issue (Palmer & Martínez, 2013),…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Deroo, Matthew R.; Pontier, Ryan W.; Tian, Zhongfeng – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2022
This article draws upon a small moments writing strategy to support language teacher educator learning as a form of reflective practice. Three language teacher educators formed a community of practice to analyze audio recordings of a graduate level TESOL course focused on dynamic bilingualism and translanguaging to identify opportunities where a…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction