Powerful Practices for Supporting English Learners by Fern Westernoff

Powerful Practices for Supporting English Learners by Fern Westernoff

Highlight the assets of English Learners in your classroomStudents do better in school when their voices are heard. For English Learners, that means not only supporting their growing language proficiency, but also empowering them to share their linguistic and cultural identities.This practical guide, grounded in compelling research and organized around essential questions and answers, is designed to help all educators build on their current competencies to authentically harmonize home languages and cultures in the classroom. Inside you'll find* The emotional, social, linguistic, cognitive, and academic rationale for incorporating cultural and linguistic assets* Creatively illustrated powerful practices with concrete examples of successful implementation* Myth-busting reflections to spark critical thinking about diversity, inclusive education, and family engagement * Curriculum connections tied to American and Canadian standardsBy recognizing and validating every student's linguistic and cultural assets, you create a supportive environment for academic success. 

Markus, Paula: - Paula Markus served as the ESL/ELD Program Co-ordinator with the Toronto District School Board from 2001-2017. She is currently a sessional lecturer in the Masters of Teaching Program at OISE/University of Toronto, preparing pre-service teachers to support English Learners. Paula is the founder of the annual Celebrating Linguistic Diversity Conference, Ontario's largest professional gathering of K-12 teachers of English Language Learners for the past two decades. She continues to be an invited presenter at school districts and conferences across Canada and the U.S.

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ISBN 13	9781544380094
ISBN 10	1544380097
Title	Powerful Practices for Supporting English Learners
Author	Fern Westernoff
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Corwin Publishers
Year published	2021-04-06
Number of pages	312
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