Books, Nonfiction, Education, Bilingual

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Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, Deborah J. Short
Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model (3rd Edition) (SIOP Series)
by Allyn & Bacon (Paperback)

One of the most influential books in the field in years! Making Content Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP(R) Model presents a coherent, specific, field-tested model of sheltered instruction that specifies the features of a high quality sheltered lesson that teaches content material to English language learners. For twelve years, educators have turned to Jana Echevarria, MaryEllen Vogt, and Deborah Short for an empirically validated model of sheltered instruction. In the Third Edition of this best-seller, the authors include new research findings and studies on the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP(R)) Model, which offers school administrators, teachers, teacher candidates, coaches, university faculty, and field experience supervisors a tool for observing and quantifying a teacher's implementation of quality sheltered instruction. Ringing Endorsements "A framework that will engage, support, and increase the academic achievement of our culturally and ...

Suzanne F. Peregoy, Owen F. Boyle
Reading, Writing and Learning in ESL: A Resource Book for Teaching K-12 English Learners (with MyEducationLab) (5th Edition) (MyEducationLab Series)
by Allyn & Bacon (Paperback)

Unlike many texts in this field, Reading, Writing and Learning In ESL (K-12) takes a unique approach by exploring contemporary language acquisition theory as it relates to instruction and providing suggestions and methods for motivating and involving ELL students. Oral language, reading, and writing development in English for K-12 students.

Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn, Doug Abrams
Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk (3rd Edition)
by McGraw-Hill (Paperback)

The Essential Parenting Guide-. NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED AND EXPANDED!. . In 1982, child development experts Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D., discovered that babies can communicate with simple signs-even before they're able to talk. The result: Baby Signs, the groundbreaking technique that has changed parenting forever.. . Now, with the widespread popularity of signing with hearing babies and new and exciting research findings to report, the authors have completely revised and expanded Baby Signs to create this indispensable new edition. Featuring an American Sign Language approach, as well as a set of �baby-friendly� alternatives, this comprehensive new program offers all the information any parent needs to join the hundreds of thousands of families around the world who are using Baby Signs to help their children communicate their �joys and fears without tears.� (Newsweek). . Inside you will find . . .. � An expanded dictionary with easy-to-follow ...

Richard Rodriguez
Hunger of Memory : The Education of Richard Rodriguez
by Bantam (Mass Market Paperback) (Release Date: 1983-01-01)

Hunger of Memory is the story of Mexican-American Richard Rodriguez, who begins his schooling in Sacramento, California, knowing just 50 words of English, and concludes his university studies in the stately quiet of the reading room of the British Museum. Here is the poignant journey of a “minority student” who pays the cost of his social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation — from his past, his parents, his culture — and so describes the high price of “making it” in middle-class America. Provocative in its positions on affirmative action and bilingual education, Hunger of Memory is a powerful political statement, a profound study of the importance of language ... and the moving, intimate portrait of a boy struggling to become a man.

Carlos Julio Ovando
Bilingual and ESL Classrooms: Teaching in Multicultural Contexts
by McGraw-Hill Companies (Hardcover)

Focusing on the instructional process rather than policy issues, this is the first authored rather than edited teacher training text book on bilingual education and ESL. Written in a clear, readable style, it emphasizes the integration of the two fields, carefully explaining and clarifying contradictions between them. Completely up-to-date on proven methods of teaching a second language, it includes recent research on second language acquisition. Particularly valuable to teachers is the information on teaching methods for students with a limited command of English.

Jana Echevarria, Anne Graves
Sheltered Content Instruction: Teaching English Language Learners with Diverse Abilities (3rd Edition)
by Allyn & Bacon (Paperback)

This book clearly defines, "sheltered instruction," or Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE), and provides strategies for its successful implementation in the K-12 classroom. Unlike any other book on the market, this popular resource focuses on using sheltered instruction with students of varying abilities, making it a unique tool for teachers. Renowned authors Jana Echevarria and Anne Graves address the important overlap between sheltered instruction and special education adaptations. The Third Edition of Sheltered Content Instruction captures the vitality of modern classrooms by speaking specifically to instruction in the content areas and confronting the fact that students learning English might struggle in those subjects. The authors provide practical methods that demonstrate how to implement this type of instruction with a full range of learners. A classic text in the field, the Third Edition of Sheltered Content Instruction is comprehensively revised ...

Lynne T. Diaz-Rico, Kathryn Z. Weed
The Crosscultural Language and Academic Development Handbook: A Complete K-12 Reference Guide (3rd Edition)
by Allyn & Bacon (Paperback)

The third edition of this popular handbook brings together theories, ideas, and resources for promoting crosscultural awareness, language development, and academic progress for English learners. It ties together culture and language in a comprehensive format and delves deeply into the educational challenges faced by classroom teachers. Written specifically for the mainstream teacher, the guide clearly shows the effects of cultural differences on learning and presents an excellent treatment of cultural diversity and learning styles. It comes at a time when more than two million students nationwide with limited English proficiency fill our classrooms -- a time when today's teachers desperately need practical, effective resources to help these students succeed in school.

Pauline Gibbons
Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning: Teaching Second Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom
by Heinemann (Paperback)

How does a mainstream elementary classroom teacher with little or no specialized ESL training meet the challenge of teaching linguistically diverse students?

Joel Spring
Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States
by Mcgraw-Hill College (Paperback)

Based largely on material from Joel Spring’s The American School 1649-2000, Fifth Edition, Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality is a concise history of Anglo American racism and school policies affecting dominated groups in the United States. Spring focuses on the educational, legal and social construction of race and racism, and on educational practices related to deculturalization, segregation, and the civil rights movement. He emphasizes issues of power and control in schools and how the dominant Anglo class has stripped away the culture of minority peoples in the US and replaced it with the dominant culture. Spring gives voice to the often-overlooked perspectives of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and Native Americans. An understanding of these historical perspectives and how they impact current conditions and policies is critical to teachers’ success or failure in today’s diverse classrooms. Very brief and affordable, ...

Kendall King, Alison Mackey
The Bilingual Edge: Why, When, and How to Teach Your Child a Second Language
by Collins Living (Paperback) (Release Date: 2007-07-03)

It's no secret that parents want their children to have the lifelong cultural and intellectual advantages that come from being bilingual. Parents spend millions of dollars every year on classes, computer programs, and toys, all of which promise to help children learn a second language. But many of their best efforts (and investments) end in disappointment. In The Bilingual Edge, professors and parents King and Mackey wade through the hype and provide clear insights into what actually works. No matter what your language background is—whether you never passed Spanish in high school or you speak Mandarin fluently—King and Mackey will help you: select the language that will give your child the most benefits find materials and programs that will assist your child in achieving fluency identify and use your family's unique traits to maximize learning Fancy private schools and expensive materials aren't needed. Instead, The Bilingual Edge translates the latest research into ...

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