"...offers educators a five-step method for teaching this burgeoning [ELL] population...the five principles around which the process revolves are: building relationships, assessing prior knowledge through student stories, developing student leadership, learning by doing, and reflection...In addition to providing detailed lessons, the book shares a framework teachers can use to create their own lessons, and it shows how to take advantage of technology and games as teaching tools. References to extensive research studies are included...and each lesson is linked to state standards in English language development." -- taken from back cover.
From New Mexico to Nebraska to New Hampshire, virtually every school and every classroom contains English language learners - but not all teachers and administrators have the background to meet...
See, for example, Rebecca L. Oxford, “Use of Language Learning Strategies: A Synthesis of Studies with Implications for Strategy Training,” System 17, no. ... J. B. Pride and J. Holmes (Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1972), 269–293. 12.
distance. learning. What It Might Look Like Mr. Adebayo is an elementary and middle school teacher for a small, ... He supports English Learners in several mainstream classrooms alongside various grade teachers and also works with small ...
... Games, and Assessment Strategies for the Foreign Language Classroom Amy Buttner A Good Start: 147 Warm-Up Activities for Spanish Class Rebekah Stathakis Improving Foreign Language Speaking through Formative Assessment Harry Grover ...
Bridge the gap between content and language and put research into practice to instruct English language learners with strategies that meet their needs in language development and literacy.
Michael F. Graves, Diane August, Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez ... 122, 127, 136 Avelar-LaSalle, R., 27 AVE (Acquisition of Vocabulary in English) program, 43, 121, 125–129, 130, 131, 132 Avila, E., 18 Aylward, E., 27 Ayotte, K., 38 Baer, ...
Strategies, tools, tips, and examples that teachers can use to help English language learners at all levels flourish in mainstream classrooms.
Real-life scenarios from actual classrooms are presented throughout the book. The book also includes a brief overview of different types of ESL programs used in the United States and a helpful glossary of common ESL terminology.
This unique guide for special education teachers, teachers of English language learners, and other practitioners provides the foundational information needed to determine whether the language difficulties experienced by English language ...
If you teach English language learners, you probably have too many unanswered questions to count. How do I assess a student's English? How do I get my reluctant speakers...