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English learners : reaching the highest level of English literacy / Gilbert G. Garcia, editor. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Newark, Delaware : International Reading Association, (c)2003.Description: xiv, 433 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780872074552
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PE1128.G216.E545 2003
  • PE1128
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Contents:
Reading and the bilingual student : fact and friction Jim Cummins -- Teaching English learners to read : learning or acquisition? David Freeman and Yvonne Freeman -- Three roles for reading for minority-language children Stephen Krashen -- Orthographic development and learning to read in different languages Donald R. Bear ... [and others] -- Scaffolding reading experiences for multilingual classrooms Michael F. Graves and Jill Fitzgerald -- Making content instruction accessible for English language learners Ana Hernandez -- Communicative approaches to second-language acquisition : the bridge to second-language literacy Alan N. Crawford -- Meeting the needs of English learners in all-English classrooms : sharing the responsibility Julie M. Coppola -- Revisioning the blueprint : building for the academic success of English learners Gilbert G. Garcia and Dolores Beltran -- Rethinking English language instruction : an architectural approach Susana Dutro and Carrol Moran -- Multilevel collaboration for English learners : an Asian American perspective Ji-Mei Chang -- Standards-based instruction for English language learners Joseph Laturnau -- Connecting children, culture, curriculum, and text MariAnne George, Taffy E. Raphael, and Susan Florio-Ruane -- Reading with a hero : a mediated and literate experience Paul Boyd-Batstone -- Access to books and beyond : creating and learning from a book lending program for Latino families in the inner city David B. Yaden, Jr., Patricia Madrigal, and Anamarie Tam -- Mediating language and literacy : lessons from an after-school setting Margaret A. Gallego, Robert Rueda, and Luis C. Moll.
Subject: Provides teachers and school administrators a resource for meeting the complex literacy needs of the burgeoning English language learner (ELL) population. The collection examines three important ELL issues: English reading instruction in an immersion setting, English language development, and cultural issues as they pertain to English learners in and out of the classroom. Discover new ways of looking at practice in the context of current English literacy instruction for English learners. The book also includes suggestions for the need to examine current practice, and recommendations for change. Most important, English learners emphasizes the importance of cultural heritage and celebrates the variety of voices that English learners represent.
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Reading and the bilingual student : fact and friction Jim Cummins -- Teaching English learners to read : learning or acquisition? David Freeman and Yvonne Freeman -- Three roles for reading for minority-language children Stephen Krashen -- Orthographic development and learning to read in different languages Donald R. Bear ... [and others] -- Scaffolding reading experiences for multilingual classrooms Michael F. Graves and Jill Fitzgerald -- Making content instruction accessible for English language learners Ana Hernandez -- Communicative approaches to second-language acquisition : the bridge to second-language literacy Alan N. Crawford -- Meeting the needs of English learners in all-English classrooms : sharing the responsibility Julie M. Coppola -- Revisioning the blueprint : building for the academic success of English learners Gilbert G. Garcia and Dolores Beltran -- Rethinking English language instruction : an architectural approach Susana Dutro and Carrol Moran -- Multilevel collaboration for English learners : an Asian American perspective Ji-Mei Chang -- Standards-based instruction for English language learners Joseph Laturnau -- Connecting children, culture, curriculum, and text MariAnne George, Taffy E. Raphael, and Susan Florio-Ruane -- Reading with a hero : a mediated and literate experience Paul Boyd-Batstone -- Access to books and beyond : creating and learning from a book lending program for Latino families in the inner city David B. Yaden, Jr., Patricia Madrigal, and Anamarie Tam -- Mediating language and literacy : lessons from an after-school setting Margaret A. Gallego, Robert Rueda, and Luis C. Moll.

Provides teachers and school administrators a resource for meeting the complex literacy needs of the burgeoning English language learner (ELL) population. The collection examines three important ELL issues: English reading instruction in an immersion setting, English language development, and cultural issues as they pertain to English learners in and out of the classroom. Discover new ways of looking at practice in the context of current English literacy instruction for English learners. The book also includes suggestions for the need to examine current practice, and recommendations for change. Most important, English learners emphasizes the importance of cultural heritage and celebrates the variety of voices that English learners represent.

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