Language of Identity, Language of Access: Practical Applications of Theory

Michelle Benegas, Natalia Benjamin K-12

Language teachers often have two competing roles: to provide students with academic language and to sustain home language and identity. Benegas and Benjamin’s new book, Language of Identity and Language of Access (LILA): Liberatory Learning for Multilingual Classrooms provides a guide for how to do both.

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