Areas of Interest

• Immigrant students; academic and literacy achievement
• L1 and L2 reading acquisition

Research Activities

• Predictors of Immigrant Achievement in English-Only Instructional Environments: The Role of Background Variables on English Acquisition and Academic Achievement
• Multicultural Views of Mainstream Instructional Practices

Webcast

AMSSA Research Connections E-Symposium - Immigration: The Next Generation. September 2, 2009, SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver. Very Young Immigrant Students’ Long Term Success in Vancouver Schools (click on photo for full webcast).

Recently Published Work

Siegel, L., & Gunderson, L. (in press). The Assessment of Individual Learning Needs of Students from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds. Victoria, BC: Ministry of Education, Skills and Training.

Gunderson, L. (2008). Commentary: The state of the art of secondary ESL teaching and learning. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 52(3), 184-188.

Gunderson, L., D'Silva, R., & Chen, L. (in press). International themes in defnining second language reading disabilities. In D. Allington & A. McGill-Franzen (Eds.), Handbook of reading disabilities. NY: Routledge.

Gunderson, L. (2009). ESL(ELL) Literacy Instruction: A Guidebook to Theory and Practice (2nd ed.). NY: Routledge.

Besseling, L. (Director). (2009). Planet Vancouver. In C. Hunter (Producer), Canada: Vancouver Film School. (Documentary movie on immigrant students.)

Gunderson, L. (2008). Bilingual education. In S. Mathison & W. Ross (Eds.), Battleground Schools (pp. 57-64). Westport, CN: Greenwood Press.

Gunderson, L. (2007). English-only instruction and immigrant students in secondary schools: A critical examination. Mawah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Gunderson, L. (2007). A Review of ESL Services in the Abbotsford School Board (pdf).

Gunderson, L. (2007). Where have all the immigrants gone? Contact, 32, 18-128. TESL Ontario, available at http://www.teslontario.org/new/publ/ResearchSymposium/Special_Issue_2007.pdf

Gunderson, L. (2007). A review of immigrant students and literacy by Gerald Compano.Teachers College Journal. Invited review.

Gunderson, L. (2006). But she speaks English! In R. Jimenez & D. Ong-Pang (Eds.), Race, Ethnicity, and Education (pp. 1-20). Westport, CT: Routlege (Taylor & Francis).

Lopez, M., & Gunderson, L. (2006). Oaxacan parents' perceptions of literacy. In R. Jimenez & D. Ong-Pang (Eds.), Race, Ethnicity, and Education (pp. 95-115). Westport, CT: Routlege (Taylor & Francis).

Lopez, M., & Gunderson, L. (2006). Parental views of literacy learning: A Mexican View. English Quarterly, 38(10), 6-13.

Gunderson, L. (2006). Foreward to Li, Guofang. Culturally Contested Pedagogy: Battles between Mainstream Teachers and Asian Immigrant Parents. Buffalo: State University of New York Press.

Gunderson, L. (2006). Foreword to Schmidt & Ma, 50 literacy strategies for culturally responsive teaching. NY: Corwin Press.

Chen, L., Seror, J., & Gunderson, L. (2005). Multiple perspectives on Educationally Resilient Immigrant Students. TESL Canada Journal.

Gunderson, L. (2004). The Language, Literacy, Achievement, and Social Consequences of English-Only programs for Immigrant Students. In J. Hoffman & D. Schallert (Eds.), The NRC Yearbook (pp. 1-27). Milwaukee: National Reading Conference.

Updated June 2009