Preparing Mainstream Teachers for English-Language Learners: Is Being a Good Teacher Good Enough?.

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English language teacher expertise: the elephant in the room (2009, background): “In their work on the distinctive nature of ESL teachers’ expertise, Harper and de Jong (2004) and de Jong and Harper (2005) notes the importance of both linguistic and cultural dimensions that inform ESL teacher expertise and affect con-”
The Missing Piece in Teacher Education: The Preparation of Linguistically Responsive Teachers (2010, background): “Teachers must have special expertise in teaching ELLs that goes beyond “just good teaching” (de Jong & Harper, 2005, 2008).”
Enhanced Knowledge and Skills for Elementary Mainstream Teachers of English Language Learners (2013, background): “…Role of Language and Culture in School Teachers who provide quality instruction for ELLs are aware of the central roles of language and culture in school, manifested specifically in terms of the processes, means, and goals of teaching and learning for bilingual learners (de Jong & Harper, 2005).”