Language and Literacy Development. English Learners with Communication Disorders, From Theory to Application

Language and Literacy Development: English Learners with Communication Disorders, from Theory to Application, Second Edition brings you the most useful, up-to-date information on best practices for English learners (ELs) with communication disorders from a variety of backgrounds—how to conduct assessment, intervention, and progress monitoring. The first edition of this text gave a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of serving ELs with communication disorders, and the second edition is expanded to show the nuts and bolts of how to meet ELs’ needs and how professionals can support their success at school.

This text emphasizes collaboration between speech-language pathology (SLP) and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) professionals. More importantly, it shows how to apply the knowledge and implement the mechanics and practicalities of assessment, intervention, and progress monitoring.

• Updated EL and EL with communication disorders demographics and legislation.
• An innovative assessment/intervention/monitoring (AIM) framework geared toward language proficiency development and academic content expansion of ELs with communication disorders.
• Research-based and proficiency-level appropriate pedagogical interventions and recommendations for implementing effective assessments that support English learners with communication disorders in their language and content growth.
• Updated information on commonly used assessments used by speech-language pathologists to identify/determine disability.
• A PluralPlus companion website with case studies and other related resources, including PowerPoint slides for instructors.

Linda I. Rosa-Lugo, EdD, CCC-SLP, is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders currently serving as an Associate Dean in the College of Health Professions and Sciences at the University of Central Florida. She is the Director of the UCF Listening Center.  She has been the Principal Investigator, Co-PI and/or coordinator of multiple USDOE/OSEP collaborative grants that prepare SLPs to provide services to English Learners with communication disorders; listening and spoken language in children with hearing loss who come from linguistically diverse homes and language and literacy.  She is an ASHA Fellow and she has been recognized for her many multicultural and international contributions to the field. 

Joyce W. Nutta, PhD, is Professor of World Languages Education and the ESOL Endorsement and TESOL PhD Track Coordinator at the University of Central Florida. She is devoted to equipping teachers of all subjects and grade levels with tools and techniques that support English learners’ academic achievement and language development. Her research interests include the integration of English learner issues into teacher preparation and professional learning and the use of technology to teach second languages.  

Florin M. Mihai, PhD, is a Professor of TESOL and the Director of the Undergraduate TEFL Certificate in the Modern Languages and Literatures Department/College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida. In addition to articles published in TESOL Journal, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, CATESOL Journal, and Middle School Journal, he has published several books and book chapters with University of Michigan Press, Harvard Education Press, Routledge, and Pearson. He is also co-principal investigator in two federally funded grants through the U.S. Department of Education and Office of English Language Acquisition.