Publications
From educational practice to a cross-cultural memoir, these books and articles explore the profound ways language shapes our identity and practice.
Our Latest Book
Building a Language Toolkit for Teachers: A Functional Approach
A go-to guide for K-8 educators, pre- and in-service teachers, college professors, and anyone in education who wants to learn how language works.
More Books to Explore
Scaffolding for Multilingual Learners
A fresh look at scaffolding from Luciana deOliveira and Ruslana Westerlund.
Making Language Visible In Social Studies
The first book in the Making Language Visible series from Sharon Besser and Ruslana Westerlund.
From Borsch to Burgers
“Ruslana’s From Borsch to Burgers elegantly and humorously captures her gleeful yet puzzling journey through new foods, customs, language, and love.”
Book Chapters, Articles, & Papers
Preparing Antiracist ESOL Professionals
Developing Culturally & Linguistically Sustaining ESOL Pedagogies through SFL Professional Development
Applying a Functional Approach to Language Development
“What Words Should I Use?” Multilingual learners Learning How to Make Language Choices in Science Explanations in Elementary School
Language Magazine
A Comprehensive Language-Based Literacy Framework
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
WIDA Focus Brief: Scaffolding Learning for Multilingual Students in Math
Colorín Colorado
Teaching Writing in the Content Areas: Research to Practice
ASCD
What Does Equity Really Mean for Multilingual Learners?
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
The WIDA Framework for Equitable Instruction of Multilingual Children and Youth in Content-Area Classrooms
Journal of English Learner Education
A Functional Approach to Language Development for Dual Language Learners
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Reconsidering Calkins’ Process Writing Pedagogy for Multilingual Learners: Units of Study in a Fourth Grade Classroom
MinneTESOL Journal
Making Language Visible in Content Area Classrooms using the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework