Teaching English Language and Content in Mainstream Classes: One Class, Many Paths (Pearson Resources for Teaching English Learners) - Softcover

New Levine, Linda; McCloskey, Mary Lou

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132685140 ISBN 13: 9780132685146

Publisher: Pearson, 2012

Synopsis

The ideal resource for helping K-12 classroom teachers integrate content learning and English language learning into their classroom lessons, Teaching English Language and Content in Mainstream Classes presents practical, ready-to-use, research-based principles and strategies in a friendly writing style that clarifies concepts, defines key terms, and offers classroom teachers what they need to accelerate their students’ academic achievement. With it’s emphasis on techniques for developing reading, writing, and speaking skills in the content areas and it’s presentation of illustrative teaching vignettes to make the ideas clear, the new edition of this widely popular guide stands out from others on the market as a “must have” resource for teachers in today’s diverse classrooms.

About this title

About the Author

Linda New Levine is a consultant for ESL and EFL programs for school-age children. She has assisted in the development of English language programs for successful academic content learning in countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, and for school districts and professional organizations within the U.S. In addition, she works with mainstream classroom teachers for differentiation of teaching and learning in the content areas and for the development of literacy for ELLs in English language classrooms K through 12.

Dr. Levine has worked as an ESL teacher and a staff development facilitator in the Bedford, New York school district, and as an assistant professor at Teachers College, Columbia University.

She has taught EFL in the Philippines with the Peace Corps and in the People’s Republic of China as a Fulbright professor. In addition, she has worked with faculties and ministries of education in Egypt to implement English as a Foreign Language programs in elementary schools throughout the country and to improve the supervisory skills of school supervisors. As part of a design team for USAID, Dr. Levine evaluated language programs in Egypt and designed a format for future funding in that region. She currently consults for the Center for Applied Linguistics.

Dr. Levine was the Homeroom columnist for TESOL’s Essential Teacher and the author of the Teacher’s Edition to the Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas (2nd Ed.). Her publications include Helping English Language Learners Succeed in Pre-K-Elementary schools (2006) with Jan Lacina and Patience Sowa (TESOL International). Dr. Levine holds a Masters in TESOL and a PhD in Applied Linguistics from New York University.

Mary Lou McCloskey, former President of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, is Director of Teacher Education and Curriculum Development for Educo in Atlanta. As a consultant and author in the field of English language education, she has worked with teachers, teacher educators, and departments and ministries of education on 5 continents and in 35 of the 50 United States.

Dr. McCloskey has taught in undergraduate and graduate programs at Emory University, Georgia State University, and the University of Memphis. Author and co-author of many journal articles, chapters, and professional texts for educators (including American Themes (2012). Integrating English (1988), Teaching English as a Foreign Language in the Primary School (2006), and Leadership Skills for English Language Educators (2007), she has also developed six programs for English learners, including On Our Way to English (2010); Visions: Language, Literature, Content; Voices in Literature (2008); Teaching Language, Literature and Culture (1995); and was consulting author and ESOL specialist for the 2008 McDougal Littell Language Arts, Grades 5-12 (2008). During the summer, Dr. McCloskey works as a teacher educator in the Teaching Tolerance Through English program conducted for middle school teachers and learners from countries throughout Central Europe by the US Embassies in the region.

Dr. McCloskey, who holds an MS degree from Syracuse University and a PhD from Georgia State University, considers her most important qualification her years of experience with English learners from many cultures, at levels from preschool through graduate education.

From the Back Cover

K-12 classroom teachers get practical, ready-to-use strategies for integrating English language development into the content curriculum–and achieving content text comprehension for all students.

 

The ideal resource for helping K-8 classroom teachers integrate content learning and English language learning into their classroom lessons, Teaching English Language and Content in Mainstream Classes presents practical, ready-to-use, research-based principles and strategies in a clear, friendly writing style. In it the authors clarify the concepts, define key terms, and offer classroom teachers what they need to accelerate their students’ academic achievement.

 

Key features include:

• An emphasis on techniques for developing reading, writing, and speaking skills in the content areas
• Illustrative teaching vignettes that that further clarify the ideas and concepts
• Some answers to the challenges present in teaching beginning reading to older pre-literate learners and under-educated learners
• Questions for Reflection, Suggested Readings, and Learning Activities in every chapter

 

And this new Second Edition includes:

• RTI Samplers for Tier 1 and Tier 2 programs of Response to Intervention
• References to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematical Practice
• Descriptions of how to use the RTI model with ELLs
• Ideas for constructing classroom environments conducive to achievement gains for Tier 1 ELLs
• A new Chapter 7 dedicated to academic vocabulary teaching and learning

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132685140
• ISBN 13: 9780132685146
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360