The essential guide for educating beginning English learners / / Debbie Zacarian, Judie Haynes

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787215803321
• Autore: Zacarian Debbie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin, c2012; Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , [2012]; �2012
• ISBN: 1-4522-8412-1; 1-4522-7999-3; 1-4833-8775-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 137 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Gale eBooks
• Disciplina: 428.0071
• Soggetti: English language - Study and teaching - United States - Foreign speakers
• 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.