Academic Language/Literacy Strategies for Adolescents : A "How-To" Manual for Educators Paperback / softback
by Debra L. Cook (California State University at Bakersvile, USA) Hirai, Irene (California State University at Bakersvile, USA) Borrego, Emilio (California State University at Bakersvile, USA) Garza, Carl (California State University at Bakersfield, USA) Kloock
Paperback / softback
Description
Fast-paced, practical, and innovative, this text for pre-service and in-service teachers features clear, easily accessible lessons and professional development activities to improve the delivery of academic language/literacy education across the content areas in junior/middle school and high school classrooms.
Numerous hands-on tools and techniques demonstrate the effectiveness of content-area instruction for students in a wide variety of school settings, particularly English language learners, struggling readers, and other special populations of students.
Based on a strong professional development model the authors have been instrumental in designing, Academic Language/Literacy Strategies for Adolescents addresses: motivation attributes of academic language vocabulary: theory and practice reading skills development grammar and writing. A wealth of charts, graphs, and lesson plans give clear examples of academic language/literacy strategies in action.
The appendices – a key component of the practical applications developed in the text – include a glossary, exemplary lessons that address key content areas, and a Grammar Handbook. In this era of increased accountability, coupled with rapid demographic change and challenges to traditional curricula and pedagogical methods, educators will find this book to be a great resource.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, 50 Tables, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:28/10/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780805863918
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, 50 Tables, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:28/10/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780805863918