Building Literacy with English Language Learners, Second Edition

Insights from Linguistics
2. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4625-3160-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 654 g

This book has been replaced by Building Literacy with Multilingual Learners, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5324-2.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lems, Kristin

Miller, Leah D.

Soro, Tenena M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Guide to Pronunciation in This Book
1. Big Ideas and Research That Guide the Profession
2. First-Language Influence in Second-Language Acquisition
3. ELL Oracy: Listening Comprehension and Oral Language Development
4. Learning to Read, Write, and Spell Words in English as a New Language
5. Using Morphemes to Learn Vocabulary
6. Word Formation Processes, Cognates, and Collocations
7. “The Same, but Different”: Reading Fluency in English as a New Language
8. Achieving Comprehension in L2 English Reading
9. Writing to Learn in English across the Curriculum
10. Literacy, Language Learning, and the Digital Revolution
Glossary
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kristin Lems, EdD, is Professor in the ESL/Bilingual Education Program at National Louis University, where she directed two 5-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education in ESL teacher education. A two-time Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Lems consults on literacy and ESL in area school districts and presents her research nationally. Her dissertation on adult ESL oral reading fluency was a finalist for Outstanding Dissertation of the Year from the International Literacy Association. She has coauthored or coedited several books, including Building Literacy with English Language Learners, Second Edition, and Fluency Instruction, Second Edition: Research-Based Best Practices, which was a finalist for the Edward B. Fry Book Award of the Literacy Research Association.

Leah D. Miller, MA, was a full-time faculty member in the ESL/Bilingual Education Program at National Louis University before retiring in 2012. She taught linguistics, cross-cultural education, and reading courses at National Louis, and also taught composition at Northwestern University and linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has presented on linguistics and ESL topics at state and national conferences, including TESOL and the American Educational Research Association.

Tenena M. Soro, PhD, teaches courses in linguistics, cross-cultural education, foundations, and reading in the ESL/Bilingual Education Program at National Louis University, where he received the Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award. Dr. Soro has also taught courses in ethics and philosophy, linguistics, and social science at Columbia College, Northeastern Illinois University, and Northwestern University. He has presented on linguistics and ESL topics at state and national conferences.