The Language Learner Guidebook
The Language Learner Guidebook

Author: Shane Dixon

Publisher: Wayzgoose Press

Published: 2018-11-21

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13:

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Most people fail to learn a language before they even begin. Want to know why? Go on a journey with Dr. Shane Dixon as he shares stories of successful and less successful language learners. Dr. Dixon will guide you to understand the scientific reasons for both failure and success. The Language Learner Guidebook, through the lens of cognitive science, language acquisition, and practical know-how, provides powerful tools to help you understand how successful learners actually learn a language. Did you know that you can go on language adventures in your own backyard? It’s true! You’ll be introduced to the language learner ecosystem, a powerful paradigm that will help you find and evaluate resources all around you. This book will invite you to join a growing world of modern language learners who understand that a powerful shift has occurred in language learning. Whether you travel to far off lands, or never leave the comfort of your home, you can harness the power of immersion. Dr. Dixon, with more than twenty years’ experience as a professional language trainer, will share his knowledge not only as a fellow language learner but as someone who has witnessed thousands of others go through the process of acquiring a language. Through stories and examples (and a useful workbook section in the back), this guidebook will allow you to take control of your own language learning by connecting you to strategies and resources that only a modern, immersive approach can provide.

Multiple Intelligences and Language Learning
Multiple Intelligences and Language Learning

Author: Mary Ann Christison

Publisher: Alta English Publishers

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781882483754

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Multiply your ways of using multiple intelligences in language teaching with this cutting-edge guidebook from the renowned language teacher and workshop presenter, Mary Ann Christison. The ultimate "how-to" for translating the theory of multiple intelligences (MI theory) into classroom practice, this resource introduces Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences (MI), suggests steps for teachers in applying MI theory, provides useful MI inventories for language learners and teachers, and discusses issues related to testing and assessment. It then devotes a chapter of activities to each one of the multiple intelligences, linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, the personal intelligences, musical, and the naturalistic intelligence. The activities are sorted by age and language level (kindergarten through adult, beginning through advanced), plus there is a subject index to help you find the right activities to complement the content you are teaching. In addition, there are tons of suggestions for lesson planning and curriculum development, all structured around the MI theory.

Making Science Accessible to English Learners
Making Science Accessible to English Learners

Author: John Warren Carr

Publisher: WestEd

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 0914409409

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This updated edition of the bestselling guidebook helps middle and high school science teachers reach English learners in their classrooms. The guide offers practical guidance, powerful and concrete strategies, and sample lesson scenarios that can be implemented immediately in any science class. It includes rubrics to help teachers identify the most important language skills at five ELD levels; practical guidance and tips from the field; seven scaffolding strategies for differentiating instruction; seven tools to promote academic language and scientific discourse; assessment techniques and accommodations to lower communication barriers for English learners; and two integrated lesson scenarios demonstrating how to combine and embed these various strategies, tools, techniques, and approaches. The volume is designed for teachers who have had limited preparation for teaching science in classrooms where some students are also English learners.

The ESL / ELL Teacher's Survival Guide
The ESL / ELL Teacher's Survival Guide

Author: Larry Ferlazzo

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-08-06

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1118095677

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A much-needed resource for teaching English to all learners The number of English language learners in U.S. schools is projected to grow to twenty-five percent by 2025. Most teachers have English learners in their classrooms, from kindergarten through college. The ESL/ELL Teacher?s Survival Guide offers educators practical strategies for setting up an ESL-friendly classroom, motivating and interacting with students, communicating with parents of English learners, and navigating the challenges inherent in teaching ESL students. Provides research-based instructional techniques which have proven effective with English learners at all proficiency levels Offers thematic units complete with reproducible forms and worksheets, sample lesson plans, and sample student assignments The book?s ESL lessons connect to core standards and technology applications This hands-on resource will give all teachers at all levels the information they need to be effective ESL instructors.

Teaching Creative Writing to Second Language Learners
Teaching Creative Writing to Second Language Learners

Author: Ryan Thorpe

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-20

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1000467406

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This timely and accessible book offers engaging guidance to teachers of second language students on teaching creative writing in their classrooms. Creative writing is a tool that can inspire second language learners to write more, play with language, and enjoy and improve not only their writing, but also their speaking, listening, and reading skills. Addressing the expectations and perceptions of writing in another language, Thorpe demonstrates how to foster successful creative writing environments and teach and assess creative writing in a way that is tailored to the distinct needs of non-native speakers. Covering key topics such as cultural storytelling, voice, genre, and digital composition, assessment, and more, Thorpe shares successful creative writing instructional practices informed by current research in creative writing and second language education. Each chapter includes insights, advice, and student examples that can help new teachers take their first steps in more reflective second language creative writing classroom. An invaluable resource for instructors of non-native students and an ideal text for pre-service teachers in courses in TESOL, writing instruction, and applied linguistics, this book invites you to use creative writing not only as a successful method for teaching L2 writing, but also as a way to improve student motivation and output, for more effective language learning.

Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners
Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners

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Publisher: WestEd

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 0914409689

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This practical book helps middle and high school mathematics teachers effectively reach English learners in their classrooms. Designed for teachers who have had limited preparation for teaching mathematics to English learners, the guide offers an integrated approach to teaching mathematics content and English language skills, including guidance on best instructional practices from the field, powerful and concrete strategies for teaching mathematics content along with academic language, and sample lesson scenarios that can be implemented immediately in any mathematics class. It includes: Rubrics to help teachers identify the most important language skills at five ELD levels Practical guidance and tips from the field Seven scaffolding strategies for differentiating instruction Seven tools to promote mathematical language Assessment techniques and accommodations to lower communication barriers for English learners Three integrated lesson scenarios demonstrating how to combine and embed these various strategies, tools, techniques, and approaches Chapter topics include teaching inquiry-based mathematics, understanding first and second language development, teaching the language of mathematics, scaffolding mathematics learning, and applying strategies in the classroom.

Telecollaborative Language Learning
Telecollaborative Language Learning

Author: Melinda Dooly

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9783039115235

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This guidebook brings together the knowledge, insight and experience gained by the participants of an international telecollaborative language learning project entitled Moderating Intercultural Collaboration and Language Learning (MICaLL). Telecollaboration is understood here as a shared teaching and learning experience between distanced partners that is facilitated through the use of Internet technology; an area of growing interest for many teachers. The book first provides a theoretical outline of suitable pedagogical practices for this type of joint effort and then moves into the more practical aspects of designing, setting up, implementing and evaluating telecollaborative projects. The guidebook considers relevant questions and issues which often come up when teachers without previous experience in telecollaboration undertake this type of enterprise. Through the realistic advice and practical examples provided, the reader will be motivated to engage in telecollaborative language learning projects with their own pupils.