Working with English Language Learners by Stephen Cary

Working with English Language Learners by Stephen Cary

If you teach English language learners, you probably have too many unanswered questions to count.

• How do I assess a student's English?
• How do I get my reluctant speakers to speak English?
• How do I teach grade-level content to English beginners?

Fortunately, second language acquisition expert and teacher coach Stephen Cary has answers to your most pressing concerns. In Working with English Language Learners he responds to teachers' ten most frequent and most problematic questions with essential information, ready-to-use ideas, and helpful new professional development supports. Cary takes on the big questions in Working with English Language Learners, Second Edition. He answers them thoroughly with: Classroom Stories: examples drawn from actual classes that demonstrate outstanding EL practices. Reflections: coaching commentary that highlights key teaching strategies and ties together theory and practice. Discussion & Application: professional reflection questions and action items, new to the second edition, that encourage strong, responsive EL practices. With all this plus updated and expanded lists of teacher resources, EL references and acronyms, new samples of student work, helpful tools, templates, and self-assessment rubrics for teachers, Working with English Language Learners, Second Edition, is perfect for any professional development setting or for self-study. Read it and, finally, get your most important EL questions answered.

Cary, Stephen: - Stephen Cary is the author of the Heinemann titles Working with English Language Learners, Second Edition: Answers to Teachers' Top Ten Questions (2007) and Going Graphic: Comics at Work in the Multilingual Classroom (2004) and provides professional development through Heinemann Speakers. A second language learner specialist, Stephen has worked as a teacher, resource teacher, and administrator. Dr. Cary currently consults in schools throughout the U.S. and abroad and serves as adjunct faculty in the University of San Francisco's teacher education and international/multicultural education programs. As a consultant, Cary offers a variety of workshops, in-class demo activities, teacher coaching, and program planning and evaluation services. His other work includes parent education and involvement programs, Spanish language programs for teachers, family/community oral history projects, and teacher training institutes on peer coaching, CLAD (Cross-cultural Language and Academic Development), and CALLA (Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach).

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ISBN 13	9780325009858
ISBN 10	0325009856
Title	Working with English Language Learners
Author	Stephen Cary
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Heinemann USA
Year published	2007-09-01
Number of pages	142
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