Educating Second Language Children by Fred Genesee

Educating Second Language Children by Fred Genesee

This text brings together the work of 15 elementary education experts who support an integrative approach to educating second language children. The paperback edition is a collection of articles from fourteen elementary education experts who espouse an integrative approach to second language education - one that goes beyond language teaching methodology - to cover a wide range of issues affecting the academic and social success of language minority children. The volume deals not only with second language development, but with the development of the whole child. Rather than focusing on language instruction, it addresses the entire curriculum, and instead of restricting itself to classroom learning, it examines the role of the school, family, and community.

'[Educating Second Language Children] will be a well–used part of either a school resource collection or the professional library of committed ESL or other classroom teachers' TESOL in Context, Vol 5, No 2, 1995

Nancy Cloud is coauthor of the Heinemann title Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners. She is a Professor in the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development at Rhode Island College. She coordinates the M.Ed. in TESL Program and teaches graduate courses on second language and literacy development. She also works in schools, providing professional development on effective instructional practices and standards-based curriculum development for English Language Learners.

Fred Genesee is coauthor of the Heinemann titles Dual Language Instruction from A to Z and Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners. He is a professor in the Psychology Department at McGill University and the author of numerous articles and books on second language teaching and learning. His research focuses on the academic achievement, language, and literacy development of minority and majority language students in alternative forms of bilingual education. Fred served on the National Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth, which issued the report Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners in 2006 and on the Center for Research on Education, Excellence, and Diversity report Educating English Language Learners: A Synthesis of Research Evidence (2006).

Else Hamayan is coauthor of the Heinemann titles Dual Language Instruction from A to Z and Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners. She is the former director of the Illinois Resource Center in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and currently resides in Argentina. She advises teachers and administrators in schools in the US and internationally. Her areas of interest are teaching English as a second language, English language learners with special education needs, cross-cultural learning, and dual language instruction.

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ISBN 13	9780521457972
ISBN 10	0521457971
Title	Educating Second Language Children
Author	Fred Genesee
Series	Cambridge Language Education
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1994-03-25
Number of pages	376
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