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Scaffolding the academic success of adolescent English language learners : a pedagogy of promise / Aída Walqui & Leo van Lier.
Van Pelt Library PE1128.A2 W32 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walqui, Aída, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
- English language.
- English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Foreign speakers.
- Interdisciplinary approach in education.
- Second language acquisition.
- Language and education.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 223 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : WestEd, 2009.
- Summary:
- This book is the result of a decade long-effort, in such school districts as New York City, Austin, and San Diego, to implement challenging instruction specifically in classrooms that include English learners. Classroom vignettes, transcripts of student interactions, and detailed examples of intellectually engaging lessons provide a concrete picture of the instructional approach developed by the Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) initiative.--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A pedagogy of promise
- Scaffolding reframed
- The role of language and language learning
- Principles of quality teaching for English learners
- Pedagogy in action : the apprenticeship of two teachers
- Designing instruction.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0914409751
- 9780914409755
- OCLC:
- 429021714
- Publisher Number:
- 99944002527
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