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Teaching English Language Learners
43 Strategies for Successful K-8 Classrooms

  • Michaela Colombo - University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA, University of Massachusetts, USA


July 2012 | 280 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Forty evidence-based strategies for teaching English language learners

Ideal as a supplementary text for a variety of courses, a guide for in-service teachers, and for professional development settings, Teaching English Language Learners: 42 Strategies for Successful K–8 Classrooms provides non-ESL teachers of all content areas a broad, practical approach to teaching English language learners in the regular classroom setting.

Key Features

- TESOL standards for students and teachers are outlined in the first chapter and aligned with the content of the book.

- The 42 strategies are divided into 4 key sections: assessment, management, lesson delivery and instruction, and building home-school connections.

- Each strategy includes a discussion of underlying theory, a step-by-step procedure for implementation, a description of the strategy in action, and reflection exercises, which can be completed individually or used for in-class discussion.

 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
Introduction
 
Unit I. Managing the Learning Environment
 
Unit II. Working with Other Professionals
 
Unit III. Strategies for Assessment
 
Unit IV. Making Content Comprehensible
 
Unit V. Strategies for Developing Vocabulary
 
Unit VI. Strategies for Developing Academic Language
 
Unit VII. Strategies for Enhancing Reading and Writing
 
Unit VIII. Strategies for Involving Familes and Communities
 
References
 
Index
 
About the Author

Need preschool resources

Dr Wendlyn Bedrosian
Teaching Leader Curr Stds Dept, Kent State University
November 3, 2012

This book is great for its amazing activities to teach English Language Learners. Each activity is supported by comprehensive and clear research based information.

Professor Fidel Tavara
Education, Ana G. Mendez University System
August 1, 2011

Michaela Colombo

Michaela Colombo has been involved in the field of educating English language learners for nearly 20 years. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Leadership in Schooling program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, where she teaches courses in methods of sheltered content instruction. Prior to accepting a full-time position at the University of Massachusetts, Dr. Colombo worked for five years as Supervisor of the English Language Acquisition Program for the Methuen, Massachusetts Public Schools. Here, she drew upon her background as a bilingual education and ESL teacher to plan and implement professional development for... More About Author

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