Teaching Content to English Language Learners - Softcover

Reiss, Jodi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131523570 ISBN 13: 9780131523579

Publisher: Pearson Education ESL, 2004

Synopsis

A guide for content-area teachers provides classroom techniques and activities.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Teaching Content to English Language Learners, by Jodi Reiss, shows content-area teachers how to transform second-language learning theories into useful tools for ensuring the success of their ELL students. The book's three parts present easy-to-incorporate techniques to make content more accessible, strengthen vocabulary, and increase student participation.

The book offers:

• practical strategies for building on common classroom techniques and activities to increase teaching effectiveness for language-learning students
• techniques to recognize cultural differences, develop alternative assessments, and adapt written assignments and oral language for ELLs
• abundant models, graphics, and authentic examples that show how to help students build content-area fluency as well as general language skills

About the Author:

Jodi Reiss is retired director of the Masters of TEOL program at Florida International University. She has written and presented strategies for teaching content to English language learners.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0131523570
• ISBN 13: 9780131523579
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160