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Use this six-part strategy for measurable, cross-curricular EL achievement! How can districts and schools successfully promote academic English language development through teaching content knowledge and standards-based skills and abilities? This thoroughly researched book provides concrete answers. You'll find practical steps and ideas for developing collaborative, cross-curricular programs that address EL-specific needs. Clear tables and templates, essays, expert research, and real-life teacher and parent stories illuminate best practices for appropriate standards-based instruction that gets results. Using the authors' six-part ENGAGE Model, you'll learn to: • Establish a shared vision for serving ELs • Name the expertise to utilize within collaborative teams • Gather and analyze EL-specific data • Align standards-based assessments and grading to ELs' linguistic and content development • Ground standards-based instruction in both content and language development • Examine results to inform next steps Use this groundbreaking guide to accelerate progress and ensure effective instruction for all ELs! "Learning requires attention, engagement, and quality instruction. This book provides all three necessary components in one place; a model that teachers can use to ensure that their English learners achieve." -Douglas Fisher San Diego State University "This book should be a mandatory must read for all educators as we continue to serve our diverse student populations and strive to ensure we are honestly reaching academic achievement for each and every student!" -Michele R. Dean Coordinator,Ventura Unified School District.
English language --- Education --- Study and teaching --- Foreign speakers. --- Standards. --- Language policy --- Educational tests and measurements --- Language and education --- Standards --- Government policy
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"For many years, sociolinguists and other scholars have studied the complex relationship between language and ethnic identity. In an article entitled Preserving the Cultural Identity of English Language Learners (2004), Sumaryona and Ortiz write: Recognizing and validating multiple cultural identities in the classroom community and developing positive student-teacher relationships strengthen individuals' sense of worth and, ultimately, their academic performance. Similarly, understanding and supporting the cultural norms of diverse learners help to create a safe and nurturing environment, which motivates students to take the necessary risks to be successful. Therefore, it is essential to find meaningful ways to incorporate the richness of students' cultural backgrounds into the curriculum"--
English language --- Multilingual education --- Immigrant students --- Culturally relevant pedagogy --- Community and school --- Study and teaching --- Foreign speakers.
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