Working with English Language Learners, Second Edition: Answers to Teachers' Top Ten Questions

by Stephen Cary

Book Overview

If you teach English language learners, you probably have too many unanswered questions to count. How do I assess a student's English? How do I get my reluctant speakers to speak English? How do I teach grade-level content to English beginners? Fortunately, second language acquisition expert and teacher coach Stephen Cary has answers to your most pressing concerns. In Working with English Language Learners he responds to teachers ten most...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325009856
• ISBN13: 9780325009858
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent and Engaging Resource

This is one of a few books on teaching I read over and over again. I have found this so incredibly useful in bridging the language acquisition gap for my English learners. The reflections on the case studies are just as useful for their insights and information on what to expect when you use the strategy. Knowing that my colleagues have little free time, I recommend this book as a resource for teaching that has become invaluable. It's good for the busy teacher as well because each chapter stands alone.

A Tool in your Top Ten

This is the best concise resource for teaching a second language I've seen. It gives pertinent real - life instructional examples of teacher problem- solving using current, sound methodology for instruction and assessment. Stephen Cary helps teachers bridge from printed example to application in our own classes, elementary and secondary. His reflections add depth to the chosen examples. The book reads like a story, told with heart and sense.