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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480412303321

Autore

Zacarian Debbie

Titolo

The essential guide for educating beginning English learners [[electronic resource] /] / Debbie Zacarian, Judie Haynes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin, c2012

ISBN

1-4522-8412-1

1-4522-7999-3

1-4833-8775-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HaynesJudie

Disciplina

371.82

Soggetti

English language - Study and teaching - United States - Foreign speakers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR EDUCATING BEGINNING ENGLISH LEARNERS ; CONTENTS ; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Publisher's Acknowledgments; ABOUT THE AUTHORS ; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: Seeing the Big Picture; Chapter 2: Taking a Closer Look; Chapter 3: Effective Programming for English Learners; Chapter 4: Selecting Models of Instruction; Chapter 5: Strengthening Family-School Engagement; Chapter 6: Teaching Beginners; Chapter 7: Working With English Learners Who Have Experienced Trauma; Chapter 8: Teaching English Learners With Limited or Interrupted Formal Education

Chapter 9: Providing Effective Professional DevelopmentCHAPTER 1: SEEING THE BIG PICTURE; How Are English Learners Doing in U.S. Schools?; Who Are Beginning English Learners?; Resources for Leaders and Teachers of Beginning Learners of English; Challenges Faced by Beginning English Learners and Their Families; What Is Being Done to Address the Needs of Beginning English Learners?; Using a Three-Phase Planning Approach for Beginning Learners of English; Summary; CHAPTER 2: TAKING A CLOSER LOOK; Influence of Literacy; Differences in Literacy and Educational Experiences

Differences in Orientation to TimeThree Different Types of Students; Students Experiencing Trauma; How Poverty Affects Learning;



Individualistic and Collectivist Cultures; Addressing the Complex Needs of English Learners; Summary; CHAPTER 3: EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMING FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS; Developing a Districtwide Effort; Reviewing the Enrollment Process; Identifying English Learners; Helping Parents Understand the Enrollment Process; Summary; CHAPTER 4: SELECTING MODELS OF INSTRUCTION; Programs That Promote Bilingualism and Biliteracy; Early Exit or Transitional Bilingual Programs

Structured Immersion ModelsESL Instruction; ESL Pull-Out; Push-In or Collaborative ESL; Newcomers With Limited Prior Schooling; Summary; CHAPTER 5: STRENGTHENING FAMILY-SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT; Building Partnerships with Families of Beginning English Learners; Understanding Barriers; Establishing a Welcoming School Environment by Building Relationships; Addressing Differences; Building Connections With Learning; Supporting Advocacy and Sharing Power; Bilingual Parent Advisory Committees; Home Visits to Involve Parents of English Learners; Bilingual Parent Volunteer Programs; Summary

CHAPTER 6: TEACHING BEGINNERSWhat Is Culture Shock?; Stages of Culture Shock; Stage 1-Honeymoon or Euphoric Stage; Stage 2-Rejection or Culture Shock Stage; Stage 3-Integration Stage; Stage 4-Assimilation or Adaptation Stage; Supporting English Learners in Content Area Classrooms; Bilingual Support in Content Area Classes; Bilingual Buddies for English Learners; Bilingual Parent Volunteers; Using Technology and the Internet; Materials and Resources for Beginning English Learners; Teaching Essential Basics; Eight Key Strategies for Teaching Content

1. Provide Information That Beginning English Learners Can Understand

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning English learners are at risk of being lost in a system that does not know how to reach them. With more and more ELs entering U.S. schools every year, educators need to act quickly to create school- and classroom-based programmes that work. Veteran educators Debbie Zacarian and Judie Haynes provide templates and tools - along with vignettes illustrating real-world challenges - to help teachers and administrators.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783944903321

Autore

Cornoldi Cesare

Titolo

Visuo-spatial working memory and individual differences / / esare Cornoldi, Tomaso Vecchi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-43121-3

1-135-43122-1

1-138-87742-5

1-280-07744-1

0-203-64158-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

Essays in cognitive psychology

Altri autori (Persone)

VecchiTomaso <1966->

Disciplina

153.1/32

Soggetti

Short-term memory

Space perception

Visual perception

Individual differences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-157) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The study of individual differences in visuo-spatial abilities; Models and components of visuo-spatial representation and working memory; Gender differences in visuo-spatial abilities; Individual differences in children's visuo-spatial working memory; Visuo-spatial working memory in ageing; Imagery, blindness, and visuo-spatial working memory; Visuo-spatial abilities in genetic syndromes; A continuity approach to visuo-spatial working memory; References; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

In this timely and comprehensive text, Cesare Cornoldi and Tomaso Vecchi describe their recently developed experimental approach to the investigation of visuo-spatial cognition, based upon the analysis of individual differences. A review of the most influential theoretical advances in the study of visuo-spatial cognition is presented, including both critical analysis and comparisons between the distinct approaches. In addition, the authors describe recent research into memory for



spatial configurations, mental manipulation and the active integration of visuo-spatial information. This inclu