Teaching English Language Learners K-12: A Quick-Start Guide for the New Teacher - Softcover

Jesness, Jerry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761931872 ISBN 13: 9780761931874

Publisher: Corwin, 2004

Synopsis

The author examines the immense demands faced by ELL educators and offers specific strategies to address these special challenges.

About this title

About the Author

In Jesness′ twenty-five year career as an educator, he has worked with English learners in a number of environments. He has taught ESL in public middle and high schools, special education for bilingual children at the elementary level, and language arts and social studies in classes that included both English learners and regular education students. Jesness has also taught students privately, ranging from preschoolers to top executives of multinational corporations. Over the years, he has worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for public schools near the Texas-Mexico border, for Berlitz Language Schools, and for small, privately owned language schools in Mexico and Japan.

Jesness holds a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, Morris, and earned an MA in Spanish and an ESL teaching endorsement from the University of Texas, Pan American. He was the first non-Hispanic to earn a graduate degree in Spanish literature from UT Pan American. Jesness currently lives in League City, Texas with his wife and three daughters, and teaches Spanish and ESL at Victory Lakes Middle School. His email address is furnes@yahoo.com.

Review

The valuable classroom experience in the author’s background and a genuine sensitivity for his students’ needs are evident on every page of clear prose. The practical information included here addresses the major issues in educating language minority students, without overloading the new teacher with extraneous matter. Author: From the Foreword by Rosalie Pedalino Porter

What a gift this book will be to ESL teachers . . . How I would have loved such a book when I was charged with the responsibility of teaching ESL students in years past. Author: Donna Garner, English and Spanish Teacher

Entertaining and straightforward, Teaching English Language Learners K-12 guides teachers past common pitfalls and into what actually works for English learners, whether they are learning through immersion or bilingual methods. Author: Johanna Haver

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Jerry Jesness′s commonsense guidebook for teachers of English Language Learners. It is easy to read, jargon-free, and clear. Anyone who helps children learn English as a second language will find this book to be immensely helpful. Author: Diane Ravitch

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0761931872
• ISBN 13: 9780761931874
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176