Language and Learning: What Teachers Need to Know - Softcover

Trumbull, Elise; Farr, Beverly

 
9781929024803: Language and Learning: What Teachers Need to Know

Synopsis

Learn more about language issues - like how a second language is learned, what the relationship is between oral proficiency and literacy, and how to treat dialect differences that appear in student's writing or speaking. This guide is illustrated with examples from a wide range of grade levels and settings that are relevant for all teachers. Each chapter takes a major topic and presents the critical content within that topic. The authors point out implications for practice, suggest teacher research activities to germinate into personal inquiry, collaborative research, or professional development, and include additional text boxes (Teacher Notes) offering illustrations or expansions of important instructional concepts or ideas. There are also lists of recommended readings at the end of each chapter.

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