Jiameng Gao is a doctoral student specializing in ESOL and Bilingual Education at the College of Education, University of Florida. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Master of Science in Education in 2016. She was a former content developer in teacher professional development of Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, Beijing, China. Her research interests include mainstream teacher preparation for ELLs, immigrant children identity and language development, translanguaging and social justice.
Taking a Multilingual Stance: A Continuum of Practices
Even if they are monolingual, mainstream K-12 teachers need to…