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Language Development for Science
Activities for Home
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
These simple play-based activities are ideal for teachers to copy and give out to parents who want to know how to help their child improve his or her science language skills and have fun at the same time. Activities are linked directly to the school-based Language Development Circle Time sessions,...
Drama at the Heart of the Secondary School
Projects to Promote Authentic Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Drama at the Heart of the Secondary School provides a rationale for the curricular centrality of drama together with rich and detailed examples of cross-phase thematic projects which are drama-led, but which promote learning across a wide range of curriculum areas, from the humanities and other arts, to English and literacy, science and P
Collaborating for English Learners
A Foundational Guide to Integrated Practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2019
**Looking for a silver bullet to accelerate EL achievement? There is none. **
But this, we promise: when EL specialists and general ed teachers pool their expertise, your ELs’ language development and content mastery will improve exponentially. Just ask the tens of thousands of Collaboration...
by David Boughton
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2016
For the English teacher who’s tired of searching the internet to prepare for class, this collection of logic activities is ready to go. The activities target common language while giving students a chance to think critically and have some fun. Teachers can use the activities in a variety of ways,...
by Ivannia Soto
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
Mastering spoken language is the key to writing success for English Language Learning
ELLs struggle to meet the writing demands of the Common Core State Standards. In this book, ELL expert Ivannia Soto demonstrates how oral language development is the key to building writing skills. She offers...
by Ivannia Soto, Linda J. Carstens, James R. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2018
For California teachers only!
Here at last is** that single teaching resource** for making the critical link between the ELD Standards and the CCSS ELA Standards. Standard by standard, you’ll quickly discover how to integrate language development into your day-to-day content instruction,...
by Ivannia Soto, Linda J. Carstens, James R. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
For California teachers only!
Here at last is** that single teaching resource** for making the critical link between the ELD Standards and the CCSS ELA Standards. Standard by standard, you’ll quickly discover how to integrate language development into your day-to-day content instruction,...
by Ivannia Soto, Linda J. Carstens, James R. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
For California teachers only!
Here at last is that single teaching resource for making the critical link between the ELD Standards and the CCSS ELA Standards. Standard by standard, you’ll quickly discover how to integrate language development into your day-to-day content instruction, fully...
Die Validitaet der Skalen des Gemeinsamen europaeischen Referenzrahmens fuer Sprachen
Eine empirische Untersuchung der Fluessigkeits- und Wortschatzskalen des GeRS am Beispiel des Italienischen und des Deutschen
Language: German
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Die Skalen des Gemeinsamen europäischen Referenzrahmens für Sprachen (GeRS) kommen zunehmend etwa bei der Formulierung von Bildungsstandards oder der Erstellung von Sprachtests zum Einsatz. Dieser Entwicklung steht jedoch ein eklatanter Mangel an Studien zur Möglichkeit der validen Verwendung dieser...
by H.D. Adamson
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2009
In this book H.D. Adamson reviews scholarship in sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, comparing theories of variation in first and second-language speech, with special attention to the psychological underpinnings of variation theory. Interlanguage is what second language learners speak....
Bringing the Common Core Math Standards to Life
Exemplary Practices from High Schools
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
As high school math teachers shift to the Common Core State Standards, the question remains: What do the standards actually look like in the classroom? This book answers that question by taking you inside of real Common Core classrooms across the country. You’ll see how exemplary teachers are meeting...
Testing ESL Sociopragmatics
Development and Validation of a Web-based Test Battery
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Testing of second language pragmatics has grown as a research area but still suffers from a tension between construct coverage and practicality. In this book, the authors describe the development and validation of a web-based test of second language pragmatics for learners of English. The test has...
by Fiona McPherson
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A successful student uses effective strategies.
Being a successful student is far more about being a smart user of effective strategies than about being 'smart'. In fact it is possible to predict how well a student will do simply on the basis of their use of study strategies.
Mnemonics...
The Argument Writing Toolkit
Using Mentor Texts in Grades 6-8
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
In order for students to write effective arguments, they need to read good arguments. In this practical book, you’ll find out how to use mentor texts to make writing instruction more meaningful, authentic, and successful. Author Sean Ruday demonstrates how you can teach middle school students to...