Accelerating Language: The Methods Book

A new view of language learning and teaching is finding its way into public schools that offers adolescent-age English learners new hope for gaining true competence in the English language. Built on the time-tested precepts of sequenced grammar instruction and structured and relevant skills practice, teachers and students across the country and abroad have put the principles and practices detailed in this book to work to fundamentally transform their schools, their teaching, and their results. After 30 years of failed theories that sounded good but just didn't work, this book lays out a common-sense way of understanding why English learners need (and crave) grammar-based language instruction if they are to read with comprehension and be able to write academically. Most exciting, this book details step-by-step methods for teaching the vital grammar skills these students need today in order to succeed in schools where new standards require advanced English language and literacy skills. Written by experienced educators, this book will change your teaching practices and help to rejuvenate the spirit and confidence of students who know that the English language is their biggest academic challenge. …