Literacy Development with English Learners (eBook, ePUB)

Research-Based Instruction in Grades K-6
Redaktion: Helman, Lori

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As the number of students learning English in elementary schools across the country continues to grow, so does the body of research on their literacy development. This respected course text and teacher resource synthesizes cutting-edge scholarship on how to teach English learners (ELs) at all levels of English proficiency. Accessible chapters on key components of reading and writing combine theoretical issues with practical suggestions for the classroom. Case studies, vignettes, and samples of student work illustrate both the challenges facing emergent bilingual students and the types of high-quality instruction that can help them succeed.

New to This Edition
*Incorporates the latest research and key current topics, such as bilingual assessment.
*Chapter on vocabulary instruction across the elementary grades.
*Chapter on collaborative teaching and how to structure it.
*Covers implementation of the Common Core State Standards with ELs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781462526666
• Artikelnr.: 47978578

Autorenporträt

Lori Helman, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota, where she is also Director of the Minnesota Center for Reading Research. Her research investigates literacy development and effective teaching practices for emergent bilinguals at the elementary school level. She teaches classes on literacy learning in diverse contexts, literacy instruction with English learners, reading assessment and reading difficulty, and literacy leadership for reading specialists as they develop expertise across their professional careers. Dr. Helman is the author or coauthor of seven other books and has written chapters, articles, and curriculum support materials that investigate second-language literacy learning and guide teachers to apply this research in their classrooms.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Factors Influencing Second Language Literacy Development: A Roadmap for
Teachers, Lori Helman
2. Culturally Responsive Instruction: Application to Multiethnic,
Multilingual Classrooms, Kathryn H. Au
3. Explicit Language Instruction: A Key to Academic Success for English
Learners, Susana Dutro, Raquel Mendia Núñez, & Lori Helman
4. Improving the Language and Literacy Assessment of Emergent Bilinguals,
Georgia Earnest García & Christina P. DeNicolo
5. The Literacy Development of Emergent Bilinguals: What Do We Know about
Each Student's Literacy Development?, Donald R. Bear & Regina E. Smith
6. Emergent Literacy: Planting the Seeds for Accomplished Reading and
Writing, Lori Helman
7. Opening Doors to Texts: Planning Effective Phonics Instruction with
Emergent Bilinguals, Lori Helman
8. English Learners and Fluency Development: More Than Speed and Accuracy,
M. Kristiina Montero & Melanie R. Kuhn
9. Exploring Ways to Foster the Reading Comprehension of English Learners:
Learning from Yeng and Luis, Cynthia H. Brock, Rachel G. Salas, Suzette
Serafini Youngs, & Eleni Oikonomidoy
10. Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners across the Elementary
Grades, Rebecca D. Silverman, Ana Taboada Barber, C. Brie Doyle, & Shane
Templeton
11. Examining Teacher Dispositions toward Linguistically and Culturally
Diverse Students, Julie L. Pennington & Rachel G. Salas
12. Collaborative Practices to Support Implementation of the Common Core
State Standards with K-5 English Learners, Andrea Honigsfeld & Maria G.
Dove with Christine Seebach & Kyriaki Dimitrakakis
13. Effective Instructional Practices for Emergent Bilinguals, Lori Helman
14. Literacy Development with English Learners: Concluding Thoughts, Lori
Helman
Index