María Estela Brisk
Biographic Data
| ID | 1537597 |
|---|---|
| NAME | María Estela Brisk |
| GIVEN NAMES | María Estela |
| FAMILY NAME | Brisk |
| SIGNATURE | BRISK M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5152-1434 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
I must have taken a fake Toefl!”: Rethinking Linguistically Responsive Instruction Through the Eyes of Chinese International Freshmen
Although being able to meet the TOEFL requirement for college admission, Chinese international students often encounter linguistic challenges during their initial college experiences. Understanding such challenges set the foundation for implementing Linguistically Responsive Instruction (LRI) in higher education. Although well studied in K‐12 settings, LRI remains under‐researched in higher education. Furthermore, often designed based upon teache…
Autobiography writing instruction: The journey of a teacher participating in a systemic functional linguistics genre pedagogy professional development
Faculty First: The Challenge of Infusing the Teacher Education Curriculum with Scholarship on English Language Learners
The increasing number of English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools requires rethinking teacher education (TE). Most teachers have received little preparation in how to educate ELLs. Change in TE programs is needed to ensure that TE students are prepared to teach ELLs. Such change begins by educating TE faculty first. One catalyst for change, a faculty institute in which faculty, doctoral students, and public school personnel participated, …
Jim Cummins. Language, Power and Pedagogy: Bilingual Children in the Crossfire
Sharing the Bilingual Journey: Situational Autobiography in a Family Literacy Context
Situational autobiography is a methodology that encourages the exploration of the situational factors affecting bilingual learners. Learners write narratives that scrutinize the factors affecting their struggles of adjustment and language acquisition. In this study, an adult learner in a family literacy classroom completed three situational autobiography chapters on language development, friends and community, and school experiences. The learner …
Defining and Documenting Success for Bilingual Learners: A Collective Case Study
This article examines the difficulties inherent to measuring bilingual program success and the need for broader and fairer assessment strategies for bilingual students. Drawing from our collective case study, we confirm that there are significant data sources available and accessible to the schools/programs but that their formats are not easily comprehensible for schools attempting to showcase their programs. We also report how the collection and…
Writing in a Bilingual Program: Había una Vez
A Preliminary Study of the Syntax of Five-Year-Old Spanish Speakers of New Mexico
Article A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE SYNTAX OF FIVE-YEAR-OLD SPANISH SPEAKERS OF NEW MEXICO was published on January 1, 1974 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1974, issue 2)
Faculty First: The Challenge of Infusing the Teacher Education Curriculum with Scholarship on English Language Learners
The increasing number of English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools requires rethinking teacher education (TE). Most teachers have received little preparation in how to educate ELLs. Change in TE programs is needed to ensure that TE students are prepared to teach ELLs. Such change begins by educating TE faculty first. One catalyst for change, a faculty institute in which faculty, doctoral students, and public school personnel participated, …
Autobiography writing instruction: The journey of a teacher participating in a systemic functional linguistics genre pedagogy professional development
I must have taken a fake Toefl!”: Rethinking Linguistically Responsive Instruction Through the Eyes of Chinese International Freshmen
Although being able to meet the TOEFL requirement for college admission, Chinese international students often encounter linguistic challenges during their initial college experiences. Understanding such challenges set the foundation for implementing Linguistically Responsive Instruction (LRI) in higher education. Although well studied in K‐12 settings, LRI remains under‐researched in higher education. Furthermore, often designed based upon teache…
Defining and Documenting Success for Bilingual Learners: A Collective Case Study
This article examines the difficulties inherent to measuring bilingual program success and the need for broader and fairer assessment strategies for bilingual students. Drawing from our collective case study, we confirm that there are significant data sources available and accessible to the schools/programs but that their formats are not easily comprehensible for schools attempting to showcase their programs. We also report how the collection and…
Jim Cummins. Language, Power and Pedagogy: Bilingual Children in the Crossfire
Sharing the Bilingual Journey: Situational Autobiography in a Family Literacy Context
Situational autobiography is a methodology that encourages the exploration of the situational factors affecting bilingual learners. Learners write narratives that scrutinize the factors affecting their struggles of adjustment and language acquisition. In this study, an adult learner in a family literacy classroom completed three situational autobiography chapters on language development, friends and community, and school experiences. The learner …
A Preliminary Study of the Syntax of Five-Year-Old Spanish Speakers of New Mexico
Article A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE SYNTAX OF FIVE-YEAR-OLD SPANISH SPEAKERS OF NEW MEXICO was published on January 1, 1974 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 1974, issue 2)
Writing in a Bilingual Program: Había una Vez
Jim Cummins. Language, Power and Pedagogy: Bilingual Children in the Crossfire
Sharing the Bilingual Journey: Situational Autobiography in a Family Literacy Context
Situational autobiography is a methodology that encourages the exploration of the situational factors affecting bilingual learners. Learners write narratives that scrutinize the factors affecting their struggles of adjustment and language acquisition. In this study, an adult learner in a family literacy classroom completed three situational autobiography chapters on language development, friends and community, and school experiences. The learner …
Defining and Documenting Success for Bilingual Learners: A Collective Case Study
This article examines the difficulties inherent to measuring bilingual program success and the need for broader and fairer assessment strategies for bilingual students. Drawing from our collective case study, we confirm that there are significant data sources available and accessible to the schools/programs but that their formats are not easily comprehensible for schools attempting to showcase their programs. We also report how the collection and…
Faculty First: The Challenge of Infusing the Teacher Education Curriculum with Scholarship on English Language Learners
The increasing number of English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. schools requires rethinking teacher education (TE). Most teachers have received little preparation in how to educate ELLs. Change in TE programs is needed to ensure that TE students are prepared to teach ELLs. Such change begins by educating TE faculty first. One catalyst for change, a faculty institute in which faculty, doctoral students, and public school personnel participated, …
Autobiography writing instruction: The journey of a teacher participating in a systemic functional linguistics genre pedagogy professional development
I must have taken a fake Toefl!”: Rethinking Linguistically Responsive Instruction Through the Eyes of Chinese International Freshmen
Although being able to meet the TOEFL requirement for college admission, Chinese international students often encounter linguistic challenges during their initial college experiences. Understanding such challenges set the foundation for implementing Linguistically Responsive Instruction (LRI) in higher education. Although well studied in K‐12 settings, LRI remains under‐researched in higher education. Furthermore, often designed based upon teache…
Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (4 works) · Political science (3 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 works) · Narrative (2 works)