Adding English: A Guide to Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms - Softcover

Coelho, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887510957 ISBN 13: 9780887510953

Publisher: Pippin Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Whether you are a student teacher just beginning to explore English language teaching, an ESL teacher, or a seasoned classroom teacher integrating second language learners into a mainstream K-12 program, Adding English: A Guide to Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms is a comprehensive source of ideas of advice for enhancing the learning of all students in all subject areas and at all grade levels.

In Adding English, Elizabeth Coelho sets out exemplary practices and practical strategies to help you ensure that newcomers feel welcome and supported in your multilingual school and classroom
understand the challenges faced by those who are adding English to their repertoire of languages
develop your knowledge of the basics of English so that you can support language learners more effectively
provide content-based language instruction geared to the needs of English language learners
organize a program and plan lessons that meet the needs of all students
plan assessment and evaluation activities that take into account the needs of second language learners

Presented in a clear, understandable, and highly readable style, the teaching solutions offered in Adding English make it an essential and welcome resource, one that has quickly established itself as a core text in many courses for ESL teachers.

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Coelho has had a long and distinguished career focused on English language learners, immigrant education, and effective instruction in linguistically and culturally diverse schools. A former district coordinator for English as a Second Language in the Toronto District School Board, Elizabeth has also worked on policy and resource development related to English language learners for the Ontario Ministry of Education, as well as with educators in school districts and universities across North America. Elizabeth also taught at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, helping to prepare new teachers for the multilingual and multicultural reality of today's schools. A popular presenter at national and international conferences, Elizabeth has recently been working with educators in Spain, where immigration is having a strong impact on schools. The author of several professional articles and resource books for teachers, including Adding English, Learning Together in the Multicultural Classroom and Teaching and Learning in Multicultural Schools: An Integrated Approach, Elizabeth has also written the popular Jigsaw and Jigsaw Plus.

Review

"This book responds brilliantly to one of the most urgent educational challenges of the 21st. century. As a result of unprecedented population mobility, cultural and linguistic diversity is the norm in an increasing number of school systems across North America. Teachers are consequently faced with the need to present a standard curriculum to a highly diverse student body. For teachers and administrators attempting to help ESL students catch up academically and attain grade-level standards, Elizabeth Coelho has provided a comprehensive, yet extremely lucid, guide to effective practice. The chapters if this book are, without exception, insightful, thought-provoking, practical, but above all respectful of the intelligence and commitment of both educators and students."-Jim Cummins, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Edition details

• Publisher: Pippin Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0887510957
• ISBN 13: 9780887510953
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 306