The Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Handbook: A Complete K-12 Reference Guide - Softcover

Diaz-Rico, Lynne T.; Weed, Kathryn Z.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132855208 ISBN 13: 9780132855204

Publisher: Pearson, 2013

Synopsis

An up-to-date edition of a bestseller, The Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Handbook, 5/e guides educators in promoting academic success for the culturally and linguistically diverse learners in today’s classrooms. Designed specifically for mainstream classroom teachers, the book shows clearly how second-language acquisition affects learning, and presents an excellent treatment of cultural diversity and learning styles. Included is coverage of new applications for mobile learning; the Common Core Standards; Response to Intervention; English learners with autism; educating undocumented immigrants; involving family and the community to increase academic success; adapting for English learners with special needs; and more.

 

 

About this title

About the Author

Lynne Díaz-Rico is Professor of Education at California State University, San Bernardino where she coordinates the M. A. in Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program.  Her books, A Course For Teaching English Learners and Strategies for Teaching English Learners (now in its Third Edition) are widely used in programs of teacher education to prepare teachers for multiethnic and linguistically diverse classrooms, as well as serving as textbooks for TESOL master’s programs.  Her research interests are in classrooms discourse, interlanguage-based educational linguistics, and innovative English-language-acquisition pedagogy.

 

From the Back Cover

The Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Handbook:

A Complete K-12 Reference Guide, 5/e

by Lynne T. Diaz-Rico

 

Here is a thoroughly up-to-date edition of a best-selling handbook that is recognized for its guidance in helping teachers to promote academic success for the culturally and linguistically diverse learners in today’s classrooms. Designed specifically for mainstream classroom teachers, the book clearly shows how second-language acquisition affects learning, and presents an excellent treatment of cultural diversity and learning styles.

 

"The Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Handbook is a useful and clearly written text, it is a text that will prove to be resource and guide for practicing teachers." - Terah Moore, George Fox University

"Current research is presented in a user-friendly way with excellent real life examples and thought provoking questions/activities. The content of the book is logically developed and covers the affective areas as well as the cognitive areas. All key issues related to teaching English language learners are presented in a cohesive manner." - Camie Modjadid, Moravian College

 

Lynne Díaz-Rico is Professor of Education at California State University, San Bernardino where she coordinates the M. A. in Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program.  Her books, A Course For Teaching English Learners and Strategies for Teaching English Learners (now in its Third Edition) are widely used in programs of teacher education to prepare teachers for multiethnic and linguistically diverse classrooms, as well as serving as textbooks for TESOL master’s programs.  Her research interests are in classrooms discourse, interlanguage-based educational linguistics, and innovative English-language-acquisition pedagogy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132855208
• ISBN 13: 9780132855204
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 432