Fundamentals of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in K-12 Mainstream Classrooms

Fundamentals of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in K-12 Mainstream Classrooms helps teachers effectively educate ELL students in their classrooms. This book provides English learners with the methodology to improve English and academic content proficiency as well as provide a vehicle for understanding ELLs’ cultural background. This text helps teachers to provide more effective instruction by offering cultural insight and comprehension of the student's language acquisition process.

Pedagogy Features:

• Key Issues – each chapter opens with a list of important key issues that are fully discussed throughout the chapter.
• Classroom Vignettes – these anecdotal examples illustrate authentic situations of language teachers and learners, which help teachers to understand the complex process of language learning.
• Points to Remember – summarize and highlight the main ideas of the chapter; these conclude each chapter.
• Applications and Activities – provide pre-service teachers specific ideas to incorporate in designing their own lessons.
• Internet Resources NEW! – A listing of Internet websites and videos used to support the information presented in the chapter.
• Ancillary Materials NEW! – PowerPoint slides, test banks of multiple choice, true/false, essay and short answer questions as well as interactive electronic resources accompany each chapter.

New to the 4^th edition:

• A new chapter: New Standards and Teachers of Today, a chapter devoted to understanding and implementing the Common Core State Standards while instructing ELLs and mainstream students in the same classroom. A new appendix: Tying is All Together: Tools for the Teacher, an appendix with sample material including templates, organizational ideas, and differentiation charts.
• Information concerning the Common Core State Standards, climate change in science, math proficiency, and technological literacy.
• Updated citations and charts as well as information on proficiency standards for classroom instruction and assessment.
• Updated technology chapter includes the use of recent classroom technology and ways for teachers to align with the phenomenon of social networking for use as instructional tools.
• And much more!