Teaching reading to English language learners, grades 6-12 : a framework for improving achievement in the content areas / Margarita Calderón.

By: Calderón, Margarita
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2007Description: xvii, 161 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9781412909259 (cloth); 9781412909266 (pbk.); 1412909252 (hbk.); 1412909260 (pbk.)Subject(s): English language -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- Foreign speakers | English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Foreign speakers | Content area readingDDC classification: 428.2/4 LOC classification: PE1128.A2 | C25 2007Online resources: Table of contents only | Publisher description | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Introduction : the ExC-ELL model--literacy and English language learners -- Planning lessons using a research-based design -- Vocabulary development : the foundation for reading in the content areas -- Teaching reading comprehension and content -- Reading, writing, and speaking in mathematics -- Reading, writing, and speaking in science -- Teaching the art in language arts -- A vignette of social studies teachers developing and implementing a lesson -- Setting the context for teachers to succeed : professional development for teaching content area literacy to ELLs -- New directions in coaching and classroom observation.
Summary: This book provides a field-tested, research-based approach to expediting reading comprehension that results in higher test scores not just for ELLs, but for all students.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-151) and index.

Introduction : the ExC-ELL model--literacy and English language learners -- Planning lessons using a research-based design -- Vocabulary development : the foundation for reading in the content areas -- Teaching reading comprehension and content -- Reading, writing, and speaking in mathematics -- Reading, writing, and speaking in science -- Teaching the art in language arts -- A vignette of social studies teachers developing and implementing a lesson -- Setting the context for teachers to succeed : professional development for teaching content area literacy to ELLs -- New directions in coaching and classroom observation.

This book provides a field-tested, research-based approach to expediting reading comprehension that results in higher test scores not just for ELLs, but for all students.

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