Words Worth Using - Supporting Adolescents' Power with Academic Vocabulary

"Help adolescents learn and use the academic words that will assist them in school and beyond. Townsend outlines a metalinguistic approach to help students learn words by using them in ways that are meaningful to their identity, language background, and individual interests. The text includes classroom anecdotes, real-world examples, and templates for teachers"--

About the author

Dianna Townsend is a professor of literacy studies at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Summary

Provides research-based instructional routines to support adolescents as they learn and use new words in their disciplinary learning. The book explores how academic vocabulary can position students as ‘insiders’ or ‘outsiders’, and how culturally sustaining instruction can welcome all students into discovering and using language.

Product details

• Authors: Dianna Townsend
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2022
• EAN: 9780807767627
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-6762-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 227 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 268 g
• Series: Language and Literacy; Language and Literacy Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology