Why Do English Language Learners Struggle With Reading?: Distinguishing Language Acquisition From Learning Disabilities - Softcover

Klingner, Janette Kettmann; Hoover, John J.; Baca, Leonard M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412941474 ISBN 13: 9781412941471

Publisher: Corwin, 2008

Synopsis

This book provides research-proven methods for distinguishing between language learning difficulties and learning disabilities among English Language Learners.

Helping educators meet NCLB requirements for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), this how-to resource discusses changes to the reauthorization of the IDEA 2004 and provides guidelines for applying:

Assessment techniques to identify learning disabilities and measure proficiency in English as a Second Language Response to Intervention (RTI) in instruction

Prereferral intervention with English Language Learners to reduce inappropriate referrals to special education

About this title

Review:

"Tackles the very difficult issue of why ELLs are disproportionately represented in special education and how, as educators, we need to look at our assessments to verify that there is a true need for referral versus a lack of understanding of the language acquisition process." (Christine Engel, ESL Teacher 2007-11-05)

"Distinguishing learning disabilities from language acquisition issues has always been difficult. This book is relevant to many educators." (James Becker, ELL Teacher 2007-11-05)

"We need better assessment strategies to determine learning disabilities in ELL students. This book is highly relevant as not only does it address this issue, but offers practical suggestions and approaches to remedy the problem." (Anne Beveridge, Coordinator of Primary Years Program 2007-11-05)

About the Author:

Janette K. Klingner was a bilingual special education teacher for ten years before earning a PhD in Reading and Learning Disabilities from the University of Miami. Her recently coauthored or coedited books include Teaching Reading Comprehension to Sudents With Learning Difficulties (Guilford Press), Methods for Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners (Merrill/Prentice Hall), Case Studies in the Social Construction of Disability: Minority Students in Special Education (Teachers College Press), Evidence-Based Practices for Response to Intervention (Brookes), and Why Are so Many Minority Students in Special Education?: Understanding Race and Disability in Schools (Teachers College Press).

About this edition

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1412941474
• ISBN 13: 9781412941471
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152