Meeting The Needs Of Second Language Learners

Author : Judith Lessow-Hurley
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416601081

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Today's public schools are increasingly characterized by cultural and linguistic diversity. Studies show that about 4.4 million students nationwide lack the English skills needed to succeed academically. To help second language learners keep up in the classroom, educators must understand the challenges that bilingual students and schools face. In this concise guide, former bilingual teacher Judith Lessow-Hurley dives right into the language debate swirling in school systems large and small. She examines the popular myths about educating students in a multilinquistic society and introduces the key issues: * The demographics of second language learners * The theory underlying language instruction * Desirable qualifications for bilingual teachers * Effective teaching methods and programs * Language and politics * Language and the law By confronting common beliefs about English-only and immersion programs, basic interpersonal communication skills, the influence of culture on language, and more, Lessow-Hurley reveals how schools can successfully educate students from diverse backgrounds--without unintended prejudice. Her passionate and intelligent response in the language debate views every school as the bridge between cultures, helping all students develop academically and equally. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.

Author : Judith Lessow-Hurley
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780871207593

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Meeting the Needs of Second Language Learners by Judith Lessow-Hurley Pdf

Today's public schools are increasingly characterized by cultural and linguistic diversity. Studies show that about 4.4 million students nationwide lack the English skills needed to succeed academically. To help second language learners keep up in the classroom, educators must understand the challenges that bilingual students and schools face. In this concise guide, former bilingual teacher Judith Lessow-Hurley dives right into the language debate swirling in school systems large and small. She examines the popular myths about educating students in a multilinquistic society and introduces the key issues: * The demographics of second language learners * The theory underlying language instruction * Desirable qualifications for bilingual teachers * Effective teaching methods and programs * Language and politics * Language and the law By confronting common beliefs about English-only and immersion programs, basic interpersonal communication skills, the influence of culture on language, and more, Lessow-Hurley reveals how schools can successfully educate students from diverse backgrounds--without unintended prejudice. Her passionate and intelligent response in the language debate views every school as the bridge between cultures, helping all students develop academically and equally.

Author : Elaine Tarone,George Yule
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : STANFORD:36105032497849

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Focus on the Language Learner by Elaine Tarone,George Yule Pdf

The authors describe ideas, techniques, and procedures which will enable the practising language teacher to better identify the local needs of particular groups of second language learners, and then work towards meeting those needs. It is full of illustrative examples and practical exerciseswhich teachers can adapt and use in their own classrooms.

Author : Sandra Rollins Hurley,Josefina Villamil Tinajero
Publisher : Allyn & Bacon
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015050037392

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Literacy Assessment of Second Language Learners by Sandra Rollins Hurley,Josefina Villamil Tinajero Pdf

Theoretical and practical information about assessment in the bilingual and English-language-learner classrooms.

Author : Sara M. Beaudrie,Marta Fairclough
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781589019393

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Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States by Sara M. Beaudrie,Marta Fairclough Pdf

There is growing interest in heritage language learners—individuals who have a personal or familial connection to a nonmajority language. Spanish learners represent the largest segment of this population in the United States. In this comprehensive volume, experts offer an interdisciplinary overview of research on Spanish as a heritage language in the United States. They also address the central role of education within the field. Contributors offer a wealth of resources for teachers while proposing future directions for scholarship.

Author : Judie Haynes,Debbie Zacarian
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416610434

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Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas by Judie Haynes,Debbie Zacarian Pdf

Strategies, tools, tips, and examples that teachers can use to help English language learners at all levels flourish in mainstream classrooms.

Author : Ontario. Ministry of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : English language
ISBN : 1424954886

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Supporting English Language Learners in Kindergarten by Ontario. Ministry of Education Pdf

Author : Yvonne S. Freeman,David E. Freeman
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 0325011362

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Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers by Yvonne S. Freeman,David E. Freeman Pdf

Teaching secondary students in the content areas is hard enough under the best of circumstances. When students are not well prepared academically and also lack academic literacy skills, the challenge can seem overwhelming. Fortunately, the Freemanshelp secondary content-area teachers provide these students with the academic support they very desperately need. -Robert J. Marzano Coauthor of Building Academic Vocabulary Many middle school and high school students are recent immigrants or long-term English language learners who struggle with the academic language needed to read content-area textbooks and write papers for their classes. Likewise, many native speakers of English find content-area classes a challenge. Secondary teachers have little time to teach academic reading and writing skills because they must cover a great deal of content in their social studies, science, math, or language arts classes. Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers provides the information busy secondary teachers need to work effectively with English learners and struggling readers. It reports current research to answer key questions: Who are our older English language learners and struggling readers? What is academic language? How can middle and high school teachers help students develop academic language in the different content areas? This comprehensive and readable text by Yvonne and David Freeman (authors of Essential Linguistics) synthesizes recent demographic data on the kinds of English language learners and struggling readers who attend middle and high schools in increasing numbers. They flesh out the statistics with stories of students from different backgrounds. Then the Freemans examine academic language at different levels: the text level, the paragraph level, the sentence level, and the word level. For each, they provide examples of academic language and specific strategies teachers can use as they teach language arts, science, math, and social studies. They also analyze content-area textbooks, pointing out the difficulties they pose for students and suggesting ways to make texts more accessible to ELLs and struggling readers. Providing classroom examples, the Freemans explain how teachers can motivate and engage their students. They describe how teachers can teach language and content simultaneously by developing both language and content objectives. Academic Language for English Language Learnersgives teachers the information and strategies they need to help all their students develop academic language.

Author : Jill Harrison Berg
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416630708

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Uprooting Instructional Inequity by Jill Harrison Berg Pdf

Noted leadership coach Jill Harrison Berg offers a comprehensive guide to help school and teacher leaders amplify the power of collaborative inquiry as a means for identifying, interrogating, and addressing instructional inequity. At the center of the book is Berg's i3PD Planning Map, an invaluable tool for enhancing inquiry-based professional development experiences so that they become engines for schoolwide transformation. The map guides teachers to recognize and reform ways their instructional practice may be contributing to inequity, bolsters facilitators' abilities to help their colleagues become more effective agents of their own learning, and cultivates a culture of organizational learning in schools. Berg lays out the process in four parts: 1. Establishing a solid foundation for your improvement cycle with a deep understanding of the three components of your instructional core: content, participants, and facilitators. 2. Attending to the three Rs—relevance, rigor, and relationships—representing the connections among the core components. 3. Designing your improvement cycle and planning it out as a series of session agendas. 4. Planning for impact by thinking through what you will accept as evidence of success and how you will use that information to take your school to the next level. If you're ready to see your school start to work smarter toward instructional equity, and if you're eager to be a part of that change, Uprooting Instructional Inequity provides the design principles and sample tools you need to get the transformation started.

Author : Carrie Rothstein-Fisch,Elise Trumbull
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416612551

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Managing Diverse Classrooms by Carrie Rothstein-Fisch,Elise Trumbull Pdf

How does the home culture of Latino immigrant students differ from the "mainstream" culture of U.S. schools? Why is it important for teachers to understand the differences? How can educators take advantage of students' cultural traits to improve classroom management, student performance, and school-parent relations? Carrie Rothstein-Fisch and Elise Trumbull answer these and many other questions by drawing on the experience and collective wisdom of teachers in the Bridging Cultures Project, a five-year action research study of elementary classrooms with high percentages of immigrant students. The authors present a simple framework for understanding cultural differences, comparing the "individualistic" culture that prevails in American education with the "collectivistic" culture that characterizes most of the world's population, including many of the Latino immigrant students in U.S. classrooms. At the heart of the book are teacher-developed strategies that capitalize on the cultural values that these students and their families offer, such as an emphasis on helping, sharing, and the success of the group. The strategies cover a wide spectrum of issues and concerns, including * Communication with families * Open house and parent-teacher conferences *Homework *Attendance * Learning in the content areas * Motivation and rewards * Classroom rules * Assessment and grading Managing Diverse Classrooms: How to Build on Students' Cultural Strengths presents both the research foundation and the practical perspectives of seasoned teachers whose classroom-tested approaches have produced positive results. With this valuable guide in hand, readers will have the insights and strategies they need to turn educational challenges into educational opportunities.

Author : Larry Ferlazzo,Katie Hull Sypnieski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781118095676

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The ESL / ELL Teacher's Survival Guide by Larry Ferlazzo,Katie Hull Sypnieski Pdf

A much-needed resource for teaching English to all learners The number of English language learners in U.S. schools is projected to grow to twenty-five percent by 2025. Most teachers have English learners in their classrooms, from kindergarten through college. The ESL/ELL Teacher?s Survival Guide offers educators practical strategies for setting up an ESL-friendly classroom, motivating and interacting with students, communicating with parents of English learners, and navigating the challenges inherent in teaching ESL students. Provides research-based instructional techniques which have proven effective with English learners at all proficiency levels Offers thematic units complete with reproducible forms and worksheets, sample lesson plans, and sample student assignments The book?s ESL lessons connect to core standards and technology applications This hands-on resource will give all teachers at all levels the information they need to be effective ESL instructors.

Author : Judit Kormos,Edit H. Kontra
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847690890

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Language Learners with Special Needs by Judit Kormos,Edit H. Kontra Pdf

This book provides an overview of topics related to the language learning processes of learners with special needs including students with learning disabilities as well as Deaf language learners and methods of teaching foreign languages to them. The chapters written by authors in a wide variety of educational settings discuss individual learner characteristics and profiles, diagnosis and assessment issues and instructional programs.

Author : Louise El Yaafouri
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416630760

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Restoring Students' Innate Power by Louise El Yaafouri Pdf

This book explores the effects of trauma on newcomer students and presents stress-mitigating strategies that empower these multilingual students as they transition to a new environment. Diverse insights and experiences bring high-powered learning spaces to life. However, the cultural backgrounds of newcomer students and their families can be very different from the dominant norms of the new community, resulting in misalignments that constitute a persistent challenge. In addition, the process of arriving can exacerbate stress. Entering a new school or classroom means situating oneself within a new context of language, culture, community, and shifting personal identities. This transition shock contributes to a sense of diminished power. In serving these students, we can't afford to leave transition shock out of our conversations about trauma. We must not only stitch together pieces of culturally responsive practice and trauma-informed care but also become practitioners of stress-mitigating strategies that empower newcomer students. We must focus instruction on our students' unique identities. We must restore their power. In Restoring Students' Innate Power, newcomer educator and cultural competency expert Louise El Yaafouri presents * An understanding of transition shock and how stress and trauma affect recent arrivers. * The four pillars of transition shock and how they affect learning. * How students see themselves and how the cultural aspects of their identities inform teachers' work in mitigating transition shock. * How social-emotional learning links to trauma-informed practice. This book isn't exclusively about trauma; it's about restoring power. The distinction is critical. Focusing on the trauma or traumatic event roots us in the past. Restoration of power moves us forward.

Author : Carolyn Temple Adger,Catherine E. Snow,Donna Christian
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781788920209

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What Teachers Need to Know About Language by Carolyn Temple Adger,Catherine E. Snow,Donna Christian Pdf

Rising enrollments of students for whom English is not a first language mean that every teacher – whether teaching kindergarten or high school algebra – is a language teacher. This book explains what teachers need to know about language in order to be more effective in the classroom, and it shows how teacher education might help them gain that knowledge. It focuses especially on features of academic English and gives examples of the many aspects of teaching and learning to which language is key. This second edition reflects the now greatly expanded knowledge base about academic language and classroom discourse, and highlights the pivotal role that language plays in learning and schooling. The volume will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators, professional development specialists, administrators, and all those interested in helping to ensure student success in the classroom and beyond.

Author : Paula Rutherford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 0979728045

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Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners by Paula Rutherford Pdf

Describes standards-based practices for teachers to reach diverse learners in the classroom, discusses learning in the twenty-first century and different types of learners, and provides more than sixty tools and interventions with exemplars and templates. Includes a CD-ROM with templates.