Zwiers Building Academic Language

Meeting Common Core Standards Across Disciplines, Grades 5-12
2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-74480-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten, E-Book

"Of the over one hundred new publications on the CommonCore State Standards (CCSS), this one truly stands out! In thesecond edition of Building Academic Language, Jeff Zwierspresents a much-needed, comprehensive roadmap to cultivatingacademic language development across all disciplines, this timeplacing the rigor and challenges of the CCSS front and center. Amust-have resource!"
--Andrea Honigsfeld, EdD, Molloy College
"Language is critical to the development of contentlearning as students delve more deeply into specific disciplines.When students possess strong academic language, they are betterable to critically analyze and synthesize complex ideas andabstract concepts. In this second edition of Building AcademicLanguage, Jeff Zwiers successfully builds the connectionsbetween the Common Core State Standards and academic language. Thisis the 'go to' resource for content teachers as theytransition to the expectations for college and careerreadiness."
--Katherine S. McKnight, PhD, National LouisUniversity
With the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) bymost of the United States, students need help developing theirunderstanding and use of language within the -academiccontext. This is crucially important throughout middle school andhigh school, as the subjects -discussed and concepts taughtrequire a firm grasp of language in order to understand the greatercomplexity of the subject matter. Building AcademicLanguage shows teachers what they can do to help theirstudents grasp language principles and develop the language skillsthey'll need to reach their highest levels of academicachievement.
The Second Edition of Building Academic Languageincludes new strategies for addressing specific Common Corestandards and also provides answers to the most important questionsacross various content areas, including:
* What is academic language and how does it differ by contentarea?
* How can language-building activities support contentunderstanding for students?
* How can teachers assist students in using language moreeffectively, especially in the academic context?
* How can academic language usage be modeled routinely in theclassroom?
* How can lesson planning and assessment support academiclanguage development?
An essential resource for teaching all students, this bookexplains what every teacher needs to know about language forsupporting reading, writing, and academic learning.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zwiers, Jeff

Über Autor(innen)

JEFF ZWIERS, EdD, is a senior researcher at the StanfordUniversity Graduate School of Education. He consultsinternationally on language and literacy instruction, curriculumdevelopment, and teacher education program development. A formermiddle school language arts teacher, he has also taught teacherpreparation courses at the university level.