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The ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide: Ready-to-Use Strategies, Tools, and Activities for Teaching English Language Learners of All Levels, 2nd Edition offers readers a comprehensive range of instructional strategies and educational resources for teaching English. The newly revised 2nd Edition includes brand new chapters on:
* Working with Long-Term English Language Learners
* Teaching English internationally
* Teaching Elementary Age ELLs
* Teaching Adult ELLs
* Teaching ELLs with learning challenges
* Culturally Responsive Instruction
* Effective online instruction
* Working with co-teachers and para-professionals
In addition to the new chapters, The ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide contains updated material on topics including math, science, social studies, Common Core Standards, the Next Generation Science Standards and 150 pages of new, highly engaging content. An essential resource for anyone involved in teaching English as a Second Language to students of all ages, this book is perfect for general education teachers and ESL specialists for students in grades six through twelve. It's also highly instructive for teachers of adult ESL classes, elementary and teacher educators, and resource specialists.
List of contents
About the Authors vii
Acknowledgments xv
About the Contributors xvii
Introduction xxi
PART ONE: GETTING STARTED WITH ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS 1
1 ELL Instruction: The Big Picture 3
ELL Population Growth 4
How Are English Language Learners Described? 5
Adolescent English Language Learners 7
A Primer on ELL Research 8
A Quick Tour of ELL Best Practices 12
2 ELL Classroom Basics: Building a Positive and Effective Learning Environment 17
The First R: Building Relationships 18
The Second R: Resources in the ELL Classroom 36
The Third R: Establishing Routines 43
PART TWO: TEACHING BEGINNING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS 47
3 Key Elements of a Curriculum for Beginning ELLs 49
Key Elements of a Curriculum 50
4 Daily Instruction for Beginning ELLs 115
Picture Word Inductive Model Unit Plan 116
PART THREE: TEACHING INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS 161
5 Key Elements of a Curriculum for Intermediate ELLs 163
Key Elements of a Curriculum 164
6 Daily Instruction for Intermediate ELLs 213
Designing Thematic Genre Units 213
A Sample Unit: Problem-Solution 215
Sample Lesson Plans 245
Inductive Lesson Plan 245
Using Text to Generate Analytical Writing Lesson Plan 251
A Sample Week in a Two-Period Intermediate ELL Class 258
PART FOUR: TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN THE CONTENT AREAS 263
7 English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom 265
What Is the Organizing Cycle? 267
8 Teaching Social Studies 283
Building Relationships with Students 284
9 Teaching Science 301
Introduction: Science and Language 302
10 Teaching Math 315
Introduction 316
Challenge: Reading Mathematics Texts 317
Challenge: Knowledge of Appropriate Academic Vocabulary 319
Challenge: Participating in Mathematics Conversations 321
Challenge: Understanding Abstract Concepts 324
PART FIVE: WORKING WITH SPECIFIC GROUPS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS 327
11 Supporting Long-Term English Language Learners 329
Who Are Long-Term
English Language Learners? 330
How Can We Best Support LTELLs? 330
How Did Larry and His School Try to Put These Recommendations into Action? 331
12 Working with Elementary ELLs 339
Who Are Elementary English Learners? 340
Do Elementary English Language Learners Have Different Needs? Does Their Instruction Need to be Different from that of Older English Learners? 342
Program Types in Elementary 342
The Core Elements of Supportive Instruction for Elementary English Language Learners 345
What Does a Model Classroom that is Highly Supportive of Elementary English Learners Look Like? 345
What Does a Model Classroom that is Highly Supportive of Elementary English Learners Sound Like? 347
What Does a Model Classroom that is Highly Supportive of Elementary ELLs Feel Like? 349
Instructional Strategies that Support Elementary ELLs 352
13 Teaching Adult Ells 355
The Differences in Teaching English to Adults Versus Children 356
How to Foster Success with Adult Learners 362
14 Teaching ELLs with Learning Differences 371
Considerations for Further Investigation 372
Considerations for Determining Services 373
Considerations for Placement/Scheduling 375
Resources 376
PART SIX: FURTHER STRATEGIES TO ENSURE SUCCESS 377
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About the author
Larry Ferlazzo teaches English Language Learners and English-proficient students at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. He is the author or editor of twelve books on education, and writes a weekly teacher advice column for Education Week.
Katie Hull Sypnieski teaches English Language Learners and English-proficient students at Arthur A. Benjamin Health Professions High School in Sacramento, California. She is a Teacher Consultant with the Area 3 Writing Project at the University of California, Davis and is a co-author of The ELL Teacher's Toolbox and Navigating the Common Core with English Language Learners.
