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Literacy Instruction in Multilingual Classrooms : Engaging English Language Learners in Elementary School

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Overview

This hands-on guide shows elementary school teachers how to create multilingual classroom communities that support every learner's success in reading, writing, and general literacy development. The author provides a practical overview of key ideas and techniques and describes specific literacy activities that lead to vocabulary and oral English proficiency. Instructional chapters will help teachers build a language-rich classroom environment, scaffold reading and writing tasks to match students' needs, and use students' language backgrounds as a bridge to literacy learning in English. As with all titles in The Practitioner's Bookshelf Series, this resource includes many user-friendly features such as bulleted summaries and checklists as well as photographs of linguistically diverse classrooms modeling the types of instructional interactions described in the book.

Encouraging collaboration and a deeper understanding of best practices for ELL instruction, this book covers:

  • How to build on the diverse linguistic resources that students bring to school.
  • The connections between oral language and literacy development.
  • Developing second language learners' reading and writing skills.
  • Assessing language and literacy learning.
  • Planning literacy curriculum for classrooms with diverse language learners.

Collaborating with other professionals to coordinate effective instruction

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Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780807753361
  • ISBN-10: 080775336X
  • Publisher: Teachers College Press
  • Publish Date: May 2012
  • Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
  • Page Count: 144

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