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Record Nr.

UNINA9911008409503321

Autore

Zwiers Jeff

Titolo

Academic language mastery : conversational discourse in context / / Jeff Zwiers, Ivannia Soto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks : , : Corwin, , 2017

ISBN

9781506338057

1506338054

9781506338033

1506338038

9781506338040

1506338046

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Academic language mastery series

Disciplina

428.0071/073

Soggetti

Academic language - Study and teaching - United States

English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers

People with social disabilities - Education - United States

Linguistic minorities - Education - United States

English teachers - Training of - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [101]-102) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

By now it's a given: if we're to help our ELLs and SELs access the rigorous demands of today's content standards, we must cultivate the "code" that drives school success: academic language. Look no further for assistance than this much-anticipated series from Ivannia Soto, in which she invites field authorities Jeff Zwiers, David and Yvonne Freeman, Margarita Calderon, and Noma LeMoine to share every teacher's need-to-know strategies on the four essential components of academic language. The subject of this volume is conversational discourse. Here, Jeff Zwiers reveals the power of academic conversation in helping students develop language, clarify concepts, comprehend complex texts, and fortify thinking and relational skills. With this book as your roadmap, you'll learn how to: •Foster the skills and language



students must develop for productive interactions • Implement strategies for scaffolding paired conversations • Assess student's oral language development as you go It's imperative that our ELLs and SELs practice academic language in rich conversations with others in school, especially when our classrooms may be their only opportunities to receive modeling, scaffolding, and feedback focused on effective discourse. This book, in concert with the other three volumes in the series, can provide both a foundation and a framework for accelerating the learning of diverse students across grade levels and disciplines.