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George C. Bunch

George C. Bunch   
    Title:  Assistant Professor of Education
    Specialization:  Language, Literacy and Culture
    Email:  gbunch@ucsc.edu
    Phone:  (831) 459-1828 Office
    Office:  Social Sciences 1, 245
    Office Hours:  Fall 2009 Quarter:Mondays & Wednesdays 5:00-5:30

Education History 
Ph.D., Educational Linguistics, Stanford University

Courses Taught 

Ed 141 Bilingualism and Schooling


Ed 204 Methods of English Language Development


Ed 253 Methods of Teaching English Language Development


Ed 266C Language Acquisition and Bilingualism


Ed 266F Theory and Practice of Writing


Research Focus 
Education of language minority students in U.S. schools; language and literacy for academic purposes; language policies in California community colleges; preparation of teachers for linguistic diversity; second language acquisition; bilingualism.

Selected Publications 

Bunch, G. C. (forthcoming). The language of ideas and the language of display: Expanding conceptions of “academic language” in linguistically diverse classrooms. In Rolstad, K. (Ed.), Rethinking school language. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Bunch, G. C., & Panayotova, D. (2008). Latinos, language minority students, and the construction of ESL: Language testing and placement from high school to community college. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education 7 (1), 6-30.

Bunch, G. C. (2008). Language minority students and California community colleges: Current issues and future directions. Paper commissioned by the California Community College Collaborative (C4), University of California, Riverside.

Bunch, G. C. (2006). “Academic English” in the 7th grade: Broadening the lens, expanding access. Journal of English for Academic Purposes 5, 284-301.

Bunch, G. C., Lotan, R., Valdés, G., & Cohen, E. (2005). Keeping content at the heart of content-based instruction: Access and support for transitional English learners. In J. Crandall & D. Kaufman (Eds.), Content-based instruction in primary and secondary school settings (pp. 11-25). Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.

Valdés, G., Bunch, G. C., Snow, C. E., & Lee, C. (2005). Enhancing the development of students' language(s). In L. Darling-Hammond, J. Bransford, P. LePage, K. Hammerness & H. Duffy (Eds.), Preparing teachers for a changing world: What teachers should learn and be able to do (pp. 126-168). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bikle, K. & Bunch, G. C. (2002). CLAD in STEP: One program's efforts to prepare teachers for linguistic and cultural diversity. Issues in Teacher Education 11 (1), pp. 85-97.

Bunch, G. C., Abram, P. L., Lotan, R. A., & Valdés, G. (2001). Beyond sheltered instruction: Rethinking conditions for academic language development. TESOL Journal, 10(2/3), 28-33.