Promoting Academic Success with English Language Learners

Promoting Academic Success with English Language Learners
Author: Craig A. Albers
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2015-07-28
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1462521266

Educators and school psychologists throughout the country are working with growing numbers of English language learners (ELLs), but often feel unprepared to help these students excel. This highly informative book presents evidence-based strategies for promoting proficiency in academic English and improving outcomes in a response-to-intervention (RTI) framework. Illustrated with a detailed case example, the book describes best practices for working with K-5 ELLs in all stages of RTI: universal screening, progress monitoring, data collection, decision making, and intensifying instruction. In a large-size format with lay-flat binding for easy photocopying, the book includes more than two dozen reproducible worksheets. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials. This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by T. Chris Riley-Tillman.

Scaffolding the Academic Success of Adolescent English Language Learners

Scaffolding the Academic Success of Adolescent English Language Learners
Author: Aída Walqui
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780914409755

This book is the result of a decade long effort in school districts such as New York City, Austin, and San Diego to implement challenging instruction that is designed for classrooms that include English learners and that raises the bar and increases engagement for all learners. Classroom vignettes, transcripts of student interactions, and detailed examples of intellectually engaging middle school and high school lessons provide a concrete picture of the instructional approach developed by coauthor Aida Walqui, founder and director of WestEd s Quality Teaching for English Learners (QTEL) initiative.

Strategies for Success with English Language Learners

Strategies for Success with English Language Learners
Author: Virginia Pauline Rojas
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 563
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416603832

Approximately 4.7 million designated English language learners attend public schools (Office of English Language Acquisition, 2002). It is predicted that by the 2030s, English language learners will account for about 40 percent of the school-age population. Yet very few teachers have been trained to address the needs of these students, and the questions they ask are the same as they asked decades ago: Who are English language learners and what are effective ways for schooling them? What kind of educational program brings about the best results? What are sound practices for facilitating English language acquisition? How can English language learners have academic success in subject areas? How do we teach English language learners in our classrooms? - p. 5.

Helping English Language Learners Succeed

Helping English Language Learners Succeed
Author: Carmen Zuniga-Dunlap
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2014-10-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1425895646

This resource provides teachers with research-based instructional practices and strategies to guide English language learners toward academic success. This second edition book contains effective models and background information on its approaches to support writing, listening and speaking, reading comprehension, and vocabulary development for English language learners.

Getting Started with English Language Learners

Getting Started with English Language Learners
Author: Judie Haynes
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416605193

A veteran educator provides insights and strategies for educators unaccustomed to working with students whose native language is not English.

Literacy Essentials for English Language Learners

Literacy Essentials for English Language Learners
Author: Maria Uribe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2008-09-12
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Language and literacy instruction in English needs to begin early and continue throughout the elementary years. This new book in the Practitioners Bookshelf Series provides research-based, best practices for developing language and literacy from kindergarten through 5th grade. Teachers are encouraged to build on ELL students existing linguistic and cultural background knowledge, to explain the many idiosyncrasies of the English language and U.S. school culture, and to involve students in their own learning, encouraging them to express themselves in many ways including in their native language. The hands-on text features sample lesson plans and childrens literature that can be used to help ELL students develop the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in school.

What Teachers Need to Know About Language

What Teachers Need to Know About Language
Author: Carolyn Temple Adger
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1788920201

Rising enrollments of students for whom English is not a first language mean that every teacher – whether teaching kindergarten or high school algebra – is a language teacher. This book explains what teachers need to know about language in order to be more effective in the classroom, and it shows how teacher education might help them gain that knowledge. It focuses especially on features of academic English and gives examples of the many aspects of teaching and learning to which language is key. This second edition reflects the now greatly expanded knowledge base about academic language and classroom discourse, and highlights the pivotal role that language plays in learning and schooling. The volume will be of interest to teachers, teacher educators, professional development specialists, administrators, and all those interested in helping to ensure student success in the classroom and beyond.

Managing Diverse Classrooms

Managing Diverse Classrooms
Author: Carrie Rothstein-Fisch
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2008
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416606246

Blending research with teacher-developed strategies, this book helps teachers better understand students' cultural differences and turn educational challenges into educational opportunities.

Easy & Effective Writing Lessons for English Language Learners

Easy & Effective Writing Lessons for English Language Learners
Author: Marilyn Bogusch Pryle
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2010
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780545108775

Drawing on more than fifteen years' experience teaching English language learners, Marilyn Pryle has designed and classroom-tested these ten writing assignments that support the particular needs of ELLs. Each assignment includes whole-class lessons to introduce the topic and teach about genre; leveled mini-lessons that address students' needs at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced language-proficiency levels; reproducible prewriting activities; and a rubric. Filled with scaffolding ideas, conferring tips, student work, and more, this resource gives teachers the tools to help their English Language Learners develop effective writing skills. For use with Grades 5 & Up.