Academic Success for English Language Learners: Strategies for K-12 Mainstream Teachers

by Patricia A. Richard-Amato and Marguerite Ann Snow

Book Overview

Balancing conceptual foundations with practical strategies, the book's four-part format includes chapters written by some of the field's most respected researchers and teachers. It offers a solid repertoire of techniques for creating a positive instructional environment.

Part I: Theoretical Considerations -- Presents a variety of ideas to stimulate thinking and help teachers develop their own theories of practice. Part II: Sociocultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131899104
• ISBN13: 9780131899100
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Pearson Education ESL
• Length: 539 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A decent anthology of recent scholarship

As a means to access critical references in the field of designing instruction with English Language Learners in mind (in other words, its nice to have all these bibliographies in one place) this is exceeding valuable. Also serves as a good overview of the literature. As a course book it suffers from its "collection of work" nature for those who might be looking for a more coherent plan of attack, but again this is a developing field and there is a lot to chose from in terms of how to design instruction, so I guess 'its all good'. Includes both very recent (2005) and some classic research.