Supporting English language learners : a guide for teachers and administrators / Farin A. Houk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houk, Farin A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language--Study and teaching--Management.

English language--Study and teaching.

English language--Study and teaching--Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2005]

Summary:

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 these students' needs effectively. With Supporting English Language Learners that's about to change.

Supporting English Language Learners is a comprehensive guide to English language instruction that both helps you understand the broad themes behind successful ELL programs and gives you hands-on teaching ideas. The book is organized into three parts: Creating a Context describes how to work with administrators or teachers to create an ELL program, as well as how to create home-school partnerships that support it. Classroom Matters offers explicit strategies for implementing best-practice ELL instruction, including suggestions on assessment, content study, and oral and written language development. Advocacy outlines the politics of ELLs, with ideas on advocating for your students, your curriculum, and your school or district's program.

Smart, passionate, practical, and filled with experience-honed thinking, Supporting English Language Learners is an ideal resource for all education professionals who are looking for the best ways to help nonnative learners. And with millions of English language learners entering America's classrooms, chances are that one of those education professionals is you.

Contents:

Part 1 Creating a Context

1 Challenge as Opportunity 1

2 School Climate 9

3 Developing a Schoolwide Plan 22

4 Staffing and Staff Development 33

5 School Resources 45

6 Family and Community Involvement 58

Part 2 Classroom Matters

7 Classroom Environment 73

8 Content Study 93

9 Balanced Literacy 108

10 Oral Language and Vocabulary Development 130

11 Assessment 147

Part 3 Advocacy

12 This Is Political 179

13 Program and Policy Development 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-218) and index.

ISBN:

0325006997

OCLC:

57432141