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