TY - BOOK ID - 77905656 TI - Beyond the Beginnings AU - Carrasquillo, Angela AU - Abrams, Ruth AU - Carrasquillo, Angela L. AU - Kucer, Stephen B. AU - Ruth Abrams AU - Stephen Kucer AU - Kucer, Stephen PY - 2004 SN - 1280828412 9781853597511 9786610828418 1853597511 9781853597510 9781853597503 1853597503 9781853597497 185359749X 9781280828416 6610828415 PB - Clevedon Multilingual Matters DB - UniCat KW - English language KW - Language arts (Elementary) KW - Language arts KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - Foreign speakers. KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign students KW - Germanic languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77905656 AB - The book addresses upper elementary English language learners who have a fairly good knowledge of spoken and written English, have demonstrated knowledge of phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding and word recognition, yet are struggling with academic English literacy. Throughout the book, the authors continuously argue that planning and delivering instruction to these students must be based on the ELL’s existing competencies, prior knowledge and experiences. Classroom curriculum and instruction must provide opportunities for helping ELL learners to build and extend skills, knowledge and processes. And, the highly complex process of language learning and literacy development calls for multifaceted instructional approaches. The book is divided into eight chapters providing specific information on the diversity of ELLs and providing examples, models and strategies to move them beyond the transition in English reading and writing. ER -