English as an Additional Language : Approaches to Teaching Linguistic Minority Students

by Constant Leung

• ISBN13: 9781847875327
• ISBN10: 1847875327
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781446242544
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-12
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
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Summary

Approaches to Teaching Linguistic Minority Students  provides an invaluable and accessible resource for working with EAL students. It brings together the international experiences and expertise of a team of distinguished language educators who explore a range of teaching approaches and provide professionally-grounded practical advice. The chapters cover themes, references and pedagogic concerns common to teachers across the globe. This book will be of use to individual teachers who want to extend their knowledge and practice, and also as a set text for professional development programs.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Communicative Language Teaching and EAL: Principles and Interpretations

Mainstream Participatory Approaches: From Slipstream to Mainstream

Beyond Key Words

Connecting Communication, Curriculum and Second Language Literacy Development: Meeting the Needs of 'Low Literacy' EAL/ESL Learners

Teaching Approaches in Two-Teacher Classrooms

Content-Language Integrated Approaches for Teachers of EAL Learners: Examples of Reciprocal Teaching

Sociocultural Approaches to Language Teaching and Learning

Bilingual Approaches

Concluding Remarks

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