A how-to guide for teaching English language learners : in the primary classroom / Pat Barrett Dragan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barrett-Dragan, Patricia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching (Primary)--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Physical Description:

xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Guide for teaching English language learners

Teaching English language learners

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2005]

Summary:

Written by a practicing classroom teacher and full of the important details that only a teacher's eye can spot, A How-to Guide for Teaching English Language Learners focuses on the day-to-day challenges of working with ELLs and shares the joy and professional satisfaction of watching, nudging, and celebrating as children make a new language their own.

Pat Barrett Dragan takes you through the first twenty days of school, showing you exactly how to get nonnative speakers in grades K-3 started on language acquisition. Then she takes you through the rest of the school year, demonstrating how to build an inclusive classroom community that encourages and supports the efforts of language learners and sharing innovative ideas for: teaching reading and writing to children who do not know the language, helping children express themselves in both their home language and their new language through movement, writing, music, and art, giving students opportunities to learn through literacy and role-playing in "play-the-book centers", problem solving on the fly with language learners, connecting with families even when you don't speak a common language.

Filled with resources, examples of student work, and commonsense suggestions, A How-to Guide for Teaching English Language Learners is an ideal companion for new or veteran teachers in any classroom where students are acquiring English.

As Dragan herself writes, "Acquiring a second language can be a giant challenge for both children and adults .... We need to do things together so we have things to talk about, remember, and celebrate-experiences that will connect with our learning." Read A How-to Guide for Teaching English Language Learners and find new ways to connect with and celebrate your students.

Contents:

Looking through the eyes of second language learners

Structuring the classroom environment to propel English learners toward success

Demystifying second language acquisition

Getting started teaching ELLs-a look at the first twenty days of school

Exciting ways to get children talking

Facilitating oral language acquisition through poetry and music

Using shared reading and picture books to help children acquire language and learn to read

Enriching language learning through language arts and visual arts connections

Thematic teaching: making connections

Writing and publishing with English language learners

Putting it all together with puppetry, masks, and drama

Connecting with families.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-247) and index.

ISBN:

0325007004

OCLC:

61733428