Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners

by Herrell, Adrienne L.; Herrell Adrienne

• ISBN13: 9780139238550
• ISBN10: 0139238557
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

For courses in General Elementary, Middle School, Secondary or K-12 Methods. The focus of this practical book is on what to do in the classroom to support the learning of English language learners. This user-friendly book describes 50 effective teaching strategies to help English language learners understand content materials as they simultaneously develop their speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills. The author provides a definition and an explanation for each strategy as well as step-by-step instructions for implementing the strategy in the classroom. It builds on the work of such researchers as Stephen Krashen, Jim Cummins, Tracy Terrell, Merrill Swain, and James Asher.

Author Biography

Adrienne L. Herrell is a professor of Reading/Language Arts at California State University, Fresno.

Table of Contents

Theoretical Overview.
1. Academic Language Scaffolding.
2. Advance Organizers.
3. Anecdotal Records.
4. Attribute Charting.
5. Bilingual Books and Labels.
6. Cloze Activities.
7. Cohesion Links.
8. Collaborative Reading.
9. Communication Games.
10. Cooperative Learning.
11. Culture Studies.
12. Dictoglos.
13. Free Voluntary Reading.
14. GIST.
15. Guided Reading.
16. Imaging.
17. Integrated Curriculum Projects.
18. Interactive Read Aloud.
19. Interactive Writing.
20. Language Experiences Activities.
21. Language Focus Lessons.
22. Language Framework Planning.
23. Learning Centers.
24. Learning Strategy Instruction.
25. Leveled Questions.
26. Manipulative Strategies.
27. Modeled Talk.
28. Multimedia Presentations.
29. Multiple Intelligence Strategies.
30. Partner Work.
31. Peer Tutoring.
32. Performance Sampling.
33. Portfolio Assessment.
34. Predictable Routines and Signals.
35. Preview/Review.
36. Realia Strategies
37. Reciprocal Teaching.
38. Repetition and Innovation.
39. Reporting Back.
40. Scripting.
41. Shared Reading.
42. Skills Grouping.
43. Sorting Activities.
44. Story Re-enactment.
45. Syntax Surgery.
46. Total Physical Response.
47. Visual Scaffolding.
48. Vocabulary Role Play.
49. Word Walls.
50. Writing Workshop.
Appendix A: An Informal Multiple Intelligences Survey.