Book Bridges for ESL Students: Using Young Adult and Children's Literature to Teach ESL (Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature) - Hardcover

Reid, Suzanne Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810842130 ISBN 13: 9780810842137

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 2002

Synopsis

Books written for children or teens can serve as a valuable teaching tool for language - attractive illustrations and easy vocabulary deal with familiar situations, so that language is acquired easily and the students maintain a high degree of interest. Book Bridges is a complete teaching resource, replete with activities, suggested materials for classroom use, and lesson plans. Reid has carefully reviewed and recommended dozens of audience-appropriate books, for which she provides practice exercises and thought-provoking assignments. Lesson plans address the needs of an entire class or can be tailored for the small group or individual tutoring session. Every teacher needs this guide in his or her teacher's toolbox!

About this title

Review

A clear and straightforward presentation for both novice and more experienced ESL teachers.--School Library Journal

This easy-to-use handbook will help teachers whose classrooms include students whose first language is not English.--Hispanic Outlook

This text's inspired use of juvenile books will serve as a welcome--and reassuring--guide--VOYA

Each chapter provides concrete teaching techniques and activities for teaching ESL students--Booklist, 9/1/2002

About the Author

Suzanne Elizabeth Reid is assistant professor at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia, where she teaches courses in Literature for Young Adults and Children and Teaching English as a Second Language.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0810842130
• ISBN 13: 9780810842137
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 104