RENEWING HOPE WITH ENGLISH LITERACIES: Insights from middle schoolers.

LITERACY education; UNITED States education system; ENGLISH as a foreign language; MIDDLE schools

The article focuses on teaching English language arts to middle school students in the U.S. Topics include the challenges faced by linguistically diverse students in learning English literacy, strategies that teachers can use to personalize literacies and address negative perceptions, and the role of teachers in bridging the gap between students' home-based literacies and school-based English literacies.