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Product Identifiers

PublisherHeinemann

ISBN-100325056641

ISBN-139780325056647

eBay Product ID (ePID)201690788

Product Key Features

Number of Pages272 Pages

Publication NameScaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning, Second Edition : Teaching English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

SubjectEnglish As a Second Language, Curricula, Teaching Methods & Materials / General, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorPauline Gibbons

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Education

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width7.4 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN2014-018174

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromKindergarten

IllustratedYes

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Dewey Decimal428.0071

Grade ToEighth Grade

Table Of Content1: Scaffolding Language and Learning 2: Classroom Talk: Creating Contexts for Language Learning 3: Collaborative Group Work and Second Language Learning 4: From Speaking to Writing in the Content Classroom 5: Learning to Write in a Second Language and Culture 6: Reading in a Second Language and Culture: Barriers and Bridges 7: Listening: An Active and Thinking Process 8: Developing an Integrated Curriculum: Learning Language, Learning Through Language, and Learning About Language

SynopsisThe bestselling Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learninghelped tens of thousands of mainstream elementary teachers ensure that their English language learners became full members of the school community with the language and content skills they needed for success. In the highly anticipated Second Edition, Pauline Gibbons updates her classic text with a multitude of practical ideas for the classroom, supported by the latest research in the field of ELL/ESL. With clear directions and classroom tested strategies for supporting students' academic progress, Gibbons shows how the teaching of language can be integrated seamlessly with the teaching of content, and how academic achievement can be boosted without sacrificing our own vision of education to the dictates of knee-jerk accountability. Rich examples of classroom discourse illustrate exactly how the scaffolding process works, while activities to facilitate conversation and higher-level thinking put the latest research on second language learning into action., The bestselling Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning helped tens of thousands of mainstream elementary teachers ensure that their English language learners became full members of the school community with the language and content skills they needed for success. In the highly anticipated Second Edition, Pauline Gibbons updates her classic text with a multitude of practical ideas for the classroom, supported by the latest research in the field of ELL/ESL. With clear directions and classroom tested strategies for supporting students' academic progress, Gibbons shows how the teaching of language can be integrated seamlessly with the teaching of content, and how academic achievement can be boosted without sacrificing our own vision of education to the dictates of knee-jerk accountability. Rich examples of classroom discourse illustrate exactly how the scaffolding process works, while activities to facilitate conversation and higher-level thinking put the latest research on second language learning into action.

LC Classification NumberPE1128.A2G48 2015