Alexandra (Ale) Babino is Assistant Professor and Director of Bilingual/ESL Education at Texas A&M University – Commerce, USA. She explores how and why bilinguals become biliterate and bicultural from a systems’ perspective in dual language and teacher preparation programs.Mary Amanda (Mandy) Stewart is Associate Professor of Literacy at Texas Woman's University, USA. Her research promotes the biliteracy of adolescent emergent bilinguals, focusing on translingual and critical pedagogies.

• Chapter 1: Dismantling the Mono-Mainstream Assumption.- Chapter 2: A Review of Literacies.- Chapter 3: A Review of Languaging.- Chapter 4: A Critical Approach.- Chapter 5: Angélica: A Spanish-English Dual Language Graduate.- Chapter 6:  Manijeh: A 2nd-generation Pakistani-American Teacher.- Chapter 7:  Claudia: An Adult ESL Student (and Teacher) Newly Arrived from Mexico.- Chapter 8: Literacy Research that Challenges the Status Quo.- Chapter 9: Powerful Research to Practice.

Alexandra (Ale) Babino is Assistant Professor and Director of Bilingual/ESL Education at Texas A&M University – Commerce, USA. She explores how and why bilinguals become biliterate and bicultural from a systems’ perspective in dual language and teacher preparation programs.Mary Amanda (Mandy) Stewart is Associate Professor of Literacy at Texas Woman's University, USA. Her research promotes the biliteracy of adolescent emergent bilinguals, focusing on translingual and critical pedagogies.

• Chapter 1: Dismantling the Mono-Mainstream Assumption.- Chapter 2: A Review of Literacies.- Chapter 3: A Review of Languaging.- Chapter 4: A Critical Approach.- Chapter 5: Angélica: A Spanish-English Dual Language Graduate.- Chapter 6:  Manijeh: A 2nd-generation Pakistani-American Teacher.- Chapter 7:  Claudia: An Adult ESL Student (and Teacher) Newly Arrived from Mexico.- Chapter 8: Literacy Research that Challenges the Status Quo.- Chapter 9: Powerful Research to Practice.

Alexandra (Ale) Babino is Assistant Professor and Director of Bilingual/ESL Education at Texas A&M University – Commerce, USA. She explores how and why bilinguals become biliterate and bicultural from a systems’ perspective in dual language and teacher preparation programs.Mary Amanda (Mandy) Stewart is Associate Professor of Literacy at Texas Woman's University, USA. Her research promotes the biliteracy of adolescent emergent bilinguals, focusing on translingual and critical pedagogies.

• Chapter 1: Dismantling the Mono-Mainstream Assumption.- Chapter 2: A Review of Literacies.- Chapter 3: A Review of Languaging.- Chapter 4: A Critical Approach.- Chapter 5: Angélica: A Spanish-English Dual Language Graduate.- Chapter 6:  Manijeh: A 2nd-generation Pakistani-American Teacher.- Chapter 7:  Claudia: An Adult ESL Student (and Teacher) Newly Arrived from Mexico.- Chapter 8: Literacy Research that Challenges the Status Quo.- Chapter 9: Powerful Research to Practice.