Getting started with English language learners : how educators can meet the challenge

Getting started with English language learners : how educators can meet the challenge / Judie Haynes.

Judie Haynes provides a practical resource to help educators who are new to the field of English as a Second Language understand the needs of English language learners. From learning how students acquire a second language to differentiating instruction to exploring practical strategies for teaching...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haynes, Judie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, ©2007.
Subjects:
Linguistic minorities > Education (Elementary) > United States.
Children of immigrants > Education (Elementary) > United States.
English language > Study and teaching (Elementary) > United States > Foreign speakers.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > English as a Second Language.
Children of immigrants > Education (Elementary)
English language > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Foreign speakers
Linguistic minorities > Education (Elementary)
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Key concepts of second language acquisition
  • How students acquire social and academic language
  • Correlating instruction with second language acquisition
  • The newcomers' first weeks of school
  • Challenges for ELLs in content-area classes
  • Five essential classroom practices
  • Programs for English language learners
  • Appendix: eleven activities for professional development programs.

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