Getting started with English language learners : how educators can meet the challenge /

Haynes, Judie,

Getting started with English language learners : how educators can meet the challenge / Judie Haynes. - ix, 163 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and index.

Key concepts of second language acquisition -- How students acquire social and academic language -- Correlating instruction with second language acquisition -- The newcomers' first weeks of school -- Challenges for ELLs in content-area classes -- Five essential classroom practices -- Programs for English language learners -- Appendix: eleven activities for professional development programs.

1416605193 9781416605195

2006033208


Linguistic minorities--Education (Elementary)--United States.
Children of immigrants--Education (Elementary)--United States.
English language--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Foreign speakers.--United States

LC3725 / .H39 2007

428.24

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