Balancing conceptual foundations with practical strategies, the book's four-part format includes chapters written by some of the field's most respected researchers and teachers. It offers a solid repertoire of techniques for creating a positive instructional environment. *Part I: Theoretical Considerations -- Presents a variety of ideas to stimulate thinking and help teachers develop their own theories of practice. *Part II: Sociocultural Issues and Implications -- Focus on sociocultural concerns and their implications in the classroom. *Part III: The Classroom: Instruction and Assessment Practices -- Presents a wide range of pedagogical and classroom management strategies. *Part IV: Readings In Specific Content Area -- Relates many of the preceding strategies and issues to specific content areas across grade levels, including math, literature, social studies, science, physical education, music and art.

Academic Success for English Language Learners: Strategies for K-12 Mainstream Teachers

Reference

Richard-Amato, Patricia

Snow, Marguerite

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Pearson Education ESL

This cutting-edge sourcebook for teachers provides a comprehensive vision of effective second/foreign language teaching and explores ways to create meaningful interaction leading to emergent participatory language teaching. The fourth edition of Making It Happen presents a cyclic approach to theory and practice, in which theory and practice constantly inform each other. FEATURES * Strategies for teaching children, adolescents, and adults from beginning to advanced levels * An emphasis on peer- and self-evaluation in simulated and real classrooms * A practical reservoir for teachers as they develop their own methodologies and local practice * Discussions of issues critical to program development, lesson design, materials selection, video use, teacher research, and professional development (including SIOP) * Case studies from kindergarten through university level to stimulate professional dialog NEW TO THIS EDITION * Separate chapters on implicit/explicit teaching and on sociocultural/cognitive synthesis * Sections on form-focus strategies, World Englishes, research directions, corpus analysis, dialogical assessment, and the Acoma heritage language program * Updated research that reflects influential thinking for the 21st centuryAlso by Patricia A. Richard-Amato (with Marguerite Ann Snow):Academic Success for English Language Learners: Strategies for K-12 Mainstream Teachers, Pearson Education/Longman, 2005

Making It Happen: From Interactive to Participatory Language Teaching -- Evolving Theory and Practice

High-Beginning - Intermediate - Grade 8 Worlds Together contains authentic stories, poems, drama, autobiographical sketches, and songs from many cultures and perspectives. Through its universal themes, the book promotes positive human values. Engaging activities integrate listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking skills, helping students develop their emerging language skills.

Worlds Together: A Journey into Multicultural Literature

Hansen, Wendy Abbott

Education & Teaching

Addison-Wesley

All Star English integrates language development through content with stunning multicultural literatures. CALLA learning strategies, higher order thinking skills, process writing, and collaborative projects provide students with social and academic success. An innovative beginner level or newcomers opens the door to the world of school language and skills. *FEATURES/BENEFITS *The Basics--Develops literacy and language skills for newcomers. *Books 2 and 3--Integrate literatures language, content, and grammar with an emphasis on research and writing. B *Skills Journal--Content language practice and grammar reinforcement. Reading, writing, and research activities. Self-assessment. *Teacher's Guides--Easy to use 3-step lesson plans. Multilevel teaching strategies. Ongoing assessment and CALLA strategies. Theme wrap-ups include assessment and celebration ideas. *Process Writing Portfolio Program--Writing projects correspond to the themes in All Star English. Graphic organizer pages and checklists help students organize their writing from brainstorming to publishing. *All Stare BookBytes CD-ROM--Motivates students to respond to literature through creative book reviews. Assessment Packages--Easy-to-administer. Observation checklists. Anecdotal records and charts. Portfolio conference forms. Peer and self-assessment. *Audiocassette Program--High quality recordings of student book selections, including music.

All Star English: Student Book Level 2: An Integrated ESL Curriculum

Skidmore, Charles

Drayton, Anne Marie

Addison-Wesley Longman

This sourcebook is essential reading for teachers in multicultural classrooms. Focusing on the needs of language minority students, it presents selections from the works of experienced teachers and researchers such as Cummins, H. D. Brown, Heath, Banks, McGroarty, Scarcella, Chamot, and O'Malley.

The Multicultural Classroom: Readings for Content-Area Teachers

Words, Language & Grammar

Pearson P T R

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