English Language Learners and the New Standards: Developing Language, Content Knowledge, and Analytical Practices in the Classroom

ISBN-13: 9781612508016 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 224 str.

Margaret Heritage

Opis

InEnglish Language Learners and the New Standards, three leading scholars present a clear vision and practical suggestions for helping teachers engage ELL students in simultaneously learning subject-area content, analytical practices, and language. This process requires three important shifts in our perspective on language and language learning from an individual activity to a socially engaged activity; from a linear process aimed at correctness and fluency, to a developmental process, focused on comprehension and communication; and from a separate area of instruction to an approach that embeds language development in subject-area activities.

InEnglish Language Learners and the New Standards, the authors:

• Clarify the skills and knowledge teachers need to integrate content knowledge and language development
• Show how teachers can integrate formative assessment in ongoing teaching and learning
• Discuss key leverage points and stress points in using interim and summative assessments with ELLs
• Provide classroom vignettes illustrating key practices

Finally, the authors explain the theories and research that underlie their vision and examine the role of policy in shaping pedagogy and assessment for ELL students."

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CONTENTS

Foreword ix
Kenji Hakuta

CHAPTER 1
ELLs and the New Standards 1 
Meeting the Goals of College and Career Readiness

CHAPTER 2
Changing Times, Changing Teacher Expertise 23 
Pedagogical Shifts That Support Ambitious Learning for ELLs

CHAPTER 3
From Theory to Practice 53 
Examining Assumptions About Language Acquisition, Learners, Learning, and Teaching

CHAPTER 4
The Role of Formative Assessment 87 
Putting Content, Analytical Practices, and Language Together

CHAPTER 5
The Role of Summative Assessment 109 
Key Leverage Points and Stress Points in Assessing ELLs

CHAPTER 6
The Role of Policy 133 
Fostering a Learning Culture for ELLs and Their Teachers

Notes 151
Acknowledgments 171 
About the Authors 173
Index 175