Listening and reading for English language learners : collaborative teaching for greater success with K-6 / Dorit Sasson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sasson, Dorit, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English language.

Language arts--Correlation with content subjects.

Language arts.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 106 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Education, [2014]

Summary:

Listening and Reading for English Language Learners provides an overview designed to help educators collaborate more effectively in the areas of content area literacy for the sake of their K-6 ELL students. The book weaves together the practical and theoretical aspects of collaboration and suggests ways for teachers to form long-term partnerships. Each chapter extends collaboration in the areas of skill and content based learning so ELL students can achieve the proficiency necessary to thrive in content areas classrooms and minimize gaps in instructional learning. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction to Collaboration for K-6 English Language Learners 1

Collaboration past and present, types of collaborative models and configurations, benefits of co-teaching and collaboration, best practices for collaboration, challenges and obstacles, the academic ;, stakes behind collaboration.

2 Collaboration in the Development of Listening Skills 23

Common problems, improving reading fluency and comprehension, the role of listening instruction in vocabulary development, strategies on scaffolding academic language and content, second-language-acquisition issues; language objectives, co-teaching situations and models.

3 Collaboration in the Development of Reading Skills 41

Distinction of the roles between English proficiency and English language proficiency, critical areas of co-teaching in early primary grades, targeted reading skills and standards, vocabulary and SLA influences, strategies for building background knowledge and other schemata, co-teaching situations and models.

4 Collaboration in the Development of Read-alouds, Academic Vocabulary, and Differentiated Instruction 59

Strategies and techniques for collaborating in the areas of content literacy as it relates to a read-aloud curriculum as well as techniques that support K-6 ELL students learning how to read, applying differentiation techniques, explicit academic teaching of vocabulary to co-teaching, co-teaching situations and models..

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1475805896

9781475805888

1475805888

9781475805895

OCLC:

857109916

Publisher Number:

99956574078