Actions for ESL (ELL) literacy instruction [electronic resource] : a guidebook to theory and practice
ESL (ELL) literacy instruction [electronic resource] : a guidebook to theory and practice / Lee Gunderson, Reginald Arthur D'Silva, Dennis Murphy Odo
- Author
- Gunderson, Lee, 1942-
- Uniform Title
- ESL literacy instruction
- Published
- New York : Routledge, 2014.
- Edition
- Third edition.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 292 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Ebooks Corporation
Access Online
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Reading Achievement and English Language Learners (ELLs) -- The Consequences of Failing to Learn to Read -- Disappearing Students and Declining Reading Scores -- Conclusion -- How to Navigate This Book -- ESL or ELL? -- Teaching Reading in the Greek Fashion -- Vocabulary Control in Textbooks -- The Directed Reading Approach -- From Dick and Jane to Whole Language: The 1950's to the 1980's -- Critical Literacies - Multiliteracies -- Balanced Instruction -- Which Instructional Approach Works Best? -- The Internet -- Reading Instruction for Adults -- Learning to Read versus Reading to Learn -- Conclusion -- Explorations -- Bottom-Up, versus Top-Down, versus Interactive -- Are There Too Many ESL Students in My Class? -- Language Acquisition -- Instructional Matrices -- The Primary-Level Student -- The Elementary Student -- The Secondary ESL Student -- The University Academic ESL Student -- The Adult ESL Student -- Conclusion -- Explorations -- Assessment Concepts and Vocabulary -- ESL (ELL) Assessment -- Formative Assessments as Appropriate Guides to Literacy Instruction -- Assessing Young Students -- Assessing Older English Language Learners -- Assessment and Skills Instruction -- Academic Reading -- Readability -- Conclusion -- Explorations -- Introduction -- Culture -- A Multicultural Inclusion/Exclusion Model -- Focus Group Issues -- Pedagogical Implications of Inclusion/Exclusion -- Culture, Politics, and Reading Instruction -- What Can I as a Teacher Do? -- Conclusion -- Explorations -- Introduction -- ESL vs. EFL Instruction -- L2 Reading Instruction -- Zero-Level English Students -- Oral Reading -- ESL Reading Programs -- Whole-Language Instruction and ESL Students -- Balanced Reading Instruction -- Conclusion -- Explorations -- Introduction -- Vocabulary Comprehensibility -- Teaching Intermediate ESL Students to Read -- Teaching Secondary Students to Read -- Behaviors of Students with Learning Problems -- Teaching Adults to Read -- Conclusion -- Explorations -- Content Reading, English for Special Purposes, and English for Occupational Purposes -- Content Reading and L2 Reading Ability -- Teaching the Reading of Graphic Aids -- Editorial Features -- Technical Reading: Co-sheltered Instruction -- Critical Literacy -- Conclusion -- Explorations -- Technology and Teaching and Learning -- Technology and Literacy -- Digital Literacy: What Is It to be Literate in the Digital World? -- Critical Literacy Online -- Reading Online and in Print -- Developing Literacy Skills -- Teachers, Literacy and Technology -- Conclusion -- Explorations -- ESL (EAL)(ELL) -- Success in Schools -- ESL(ELL) Literacy Research -- Literacy Teachers as Philosophers -- Learners, Teachers and Resiliency -- Professionalism -- Conundrums.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0203508505 (electronic bk.)
9780203508503 (electronic bk.)
9781135052386 - Note
- Description based on print version record.
Originally published: ESL literacy instruction. 1st ed. New York : Routledge, c2005.
AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS. - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction Note
- Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web.
- Technical Details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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