How can you meet the literacy needs of the ever-growing number of students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds? This insider's perspective on the literacy learning process of an English-language learner encourages you to reflect on your own work with these students and develop a deeper understanding about working with them in a mainstream classroom. You'll read about culture and its role in literacy learning, language acquisition and its impact on literacy learning, meaningful learning and instruction for English-language learners, and effective ways to use literature and structure your classroom learning contexts. Additional resources include reflection points, classroom vignettes, and suggested readings.