Stress and Coping of English Learners

Teresa Rishel, Paul Chamness Miller

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781641131490
  9781641131506
• eBook ISBN:
  9781806608102
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Stress and Coping of English Learners addresses the many ways that ELs face academic and socioemotional stress in the K–12 school environment, the consequences of this stress at school, how they cope with this stress, and how school personnel and families can provide support and help. While enrollment in school programs offers assistance to many ELs, it often fails to provide the socioemotional support that ELs need as they navigate the rough waters of schooling. American schooling is often not prepared and/or unwilling to help ELs as they adapt to an unfamiliar language, culture, social norms, communication techniques, and teachers' expectations. Given the proper foundation and emotional support, ELs will be positioned for greater academic success, comfort at school, and a decrease in their sense of alienation in both the school environment and at home as they try to negotiate between two cultural environments.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Problematizing the Experiences of English Learners in U.S. Schools
• 2. Secure Attachments in Schools: Adults as Ambassadors Mediating Newcomer Students’ Social and Emotional Adaptation
• 3. Language Brokering: Effects on Parent-Child Relationships, Bilingualism, and Cognitive and Emotional Development
• 4. The Role of School and Teachers in English Learners’ Socioemotional Well-Being
• 5. Coping as a Line of Flight in a Linguistically Diverse Kindergarten Classroom
• 6. “He Needs Help”: Marking and Marginalizing English Learners Through Peer Interactions
• 7. Understanding English Learners From Socioemotional Perspectives
• 8. Exploring the Collaborative Foundations of TraumaInformed Service Provision for Refugee Students: A West Michigan Case Study
• 9. Negative Emotion Discourses in School and Family Contexts: A Narrative Inquiry Approach to an English Learner’s Stories of Experience
• 10. The Power of Relationships for English Learners: Friendships Cultivating Linguistic Agency
• 11. Family Structures of Refugee Students in the U.S. and Their Effects on Schooling
• 12. Embracing Possibilities for English Learner Inclusion, Comfort, and Care
• About the Authors