?I relate everything in my life to music?: How music pre-service teachers make sense of and envision using English language development standards

Content area teachers need specialized knowledge about language to teach a growing population of mul-tilingual learners (MLs). This includes knowledge of English language development standards and how they can be applied to classroom instruction in each teacher's content area. Traditionally, the prepara-tion of pre-service teachers (PSTs) for teaching MLs has revolved around core content areas (e.g., science, math). However, MLs' learning takes places across a range of settings in K-12 schools, including in non-core content areas (e.g., music, art). This study investigated how music PSTs made sense of language, as represented in the latest English language development standards in U.S. K-12 education, by making connections to music. It also investigated how PSTs envisioned using the standards in their future mu-sic classrooms with MLs. Findings highlight the need to adopt an asset-based view of non-core PSTs as bringing rich disciplinary knowledge and experiences to their preparation for teaching MLs.(c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.