Teaching English Language Learners (eBook)

A Handbook for Elementary Teachers

Ann Morgan (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
124 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
9781475843880 (ISBN)

Infos

This handbook is for elementary staff who work with English Language Learners, but who don’t have specialized training in English language acquisition.It provides a thorough picture of English Language Learners, and offers practical strategies for teaching.

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Teaching English Language Learners is a handbook for elementary staff who work with English Language Learners, but who don't have specialized training in English language acquisition. The book is a handy reference that describes all stages of learning English, and how home language and culture affect English Language Learners in school. It provides a thorough picture of English Language Learners by describing English language levels, adjustment behaviors, family interactions and expectations, non-academic areas of need, and how to discern whether or not student difficulties are language based. It also offers practical strategies for teaching writing and describes general Project Based Learning activities appropriate for both large and small groups. The book supports classroom teachers, para-educators, volunteers, teachers in training, specialists and other adults working with elementary English Language Learners.

Autor

Ann Morgan is a long-time elementary and ESOL teacher, teacher trainer, and writer with experience at all levels of English Language Acquisition in K-8 and college. She holds multiple Masters degrees and has worked as a writer, editor and/or consultant for the state of Maryland, Oxford University Press, the Library of Congress, Discovery Education, and the National Institutes of Health.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionAcronym Soup and Other Terms Chapter 1: Who are These Kids? Countries and BackgroundsPeriod of AdjustmentGrade PlacementThe Silent StageAn Adjustment ProblemNot an Adjustment ProblemClothesRealistic ExpectationsChapter 2: Home Comes to SchoolThe Cultural DivideGeneral InformationGender and ExpectationsSocializingHolidaysResourcesChapter 3: Domains and Levels of English Language LearningLanguage DomainsListeningSpeakingReadingWritingTesting English Language ProficiencyLevels of English Language ProficiencyLevel 1–2 BeginnerLevel 3–4 IntermediateLevel 5–6 Advanced/ExitedBeginning Level Proficiency GoalsIntermediate Level Proficiency GoalsAdvanced Level Proficiency GoalsChapter 4: How to Talk to Your ELLsPace YourselfReceptive LanguageProductive LanguageThis is Tense. Keep it Simple.Be an Active Active SpeakerMore than WordsI Don’t Get ItChapter 5: Classroom AccommodationsWhat are Accommodations?Typical AccommodationsWho is Part of the Accommodations Process?When and Where do ESOL Students Use Accommodations?Why Use Accommodations?Chapter 6: Making the Everyday Puzzle Pieces FitThe BasicsFirst StepsTechnology for the UnemployedLet’s Do Lunch—Book TalkOverview Before—Setting UpDuring—Let’s EatAfter—Clean UpThe Book Talk Ripple EffectChapter 7: Project Based LearningWhy PBL?Collect SomethingWrite to SomeoneMake SomethingPlay SomethingChapter 8: Strategies for Teaching WritingSummariesFictionNon-FictionGeneral OrganizationDots Write Point of ViewThe Kid Piece of the Writing PuzzleSix Word Memoirs OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab Maryland Public TelevisionChapter 9: What’s the Problem?ESOL and Special Needs ESOLCommon Errors (Don’t Worry)Uncommon Errors (It’s Time to Worry)Chapter 10: What Teachers and Kids SayTeachersInput from Kids (with some grammar corrections)Appendix A: Basic Skills Chart for Gardner’s Multiple IntelligencesAppendix B: Suggested Readings for Book TalkAppendix C: Project Based Learning (PBL) ActivitiesAppendix D: The Great GraphAppendix E: Comparing Proficiency Levels over TimeAppendix F: Comparing Proficiency Scores within a GroupAbout the AuthorIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.1.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 36 Illustrations including: - 3 Black & White Illustrations; - 22 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 11 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Schlagworte: classroom adaptation • classroom managment • cultural divide • Elementary School • ELL • English Language Learners • how to teach spanish speakers • K-6 • listening • PBL • professional development • project based learning • Reading • spanish speakers • spanish speaking students • Speaking
• ISBN-13: 9781475843880 / 9781475843880