The Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas (English/Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Kauffman, Dorothy; Apple, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0194361535 ISBN 13: 9780194361538

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Designed for Spanish-speaking students who are learning English, the English/Spanish version of the Dictionary presents over 1500 words drawn from content areas of social studies, history, science, and math accompanied by the Spanish translation. The words are presented in full-page illustrations that place each word in context.

About this title

About the Author:

Dorothy Kauffman, (Ph.D.), author of The Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas, is a consultant with the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) in Washington, DC. Through CAL, she advocates for instruction that integrates the teaching of language and content and conducts professional development workshops at both the elementary and secondary levels. A former classroom teacher, she has served as a K-8 reading consultant and taught speech, reading, and English composition courses at the community college level. At the university level, she has taught reading methods, language arts methods, childrens literature, and supervised student teachers. The author of a supplementary reading series for grades 1-6 and a set of content-based ESL literature units for grades K-1, she helped to develop a social studies curriculum and textbooks for primary grade students of Belize. She also wrote a series of English language arts workbooks for students in grades K-5. Most recently, she revised the first edition of a staff development program, Whats Different about Teaching Reading to Students Learning English?

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0194361535
• ISBN 13: 9780194361538
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160