Not in the United States?Developing Reading and Writing in Second-Language Learners
Lessons from the Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth
- Edited by Timothy Shanahan, Diane August
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- Price: $25.00
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Pages: 336
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 9th August 2007
- ISBN: 978-0-8058-6209-6
About the Book
A Co-Publication of Routledge, the Center for Applied Linguistics, and the International Reading AssociationThis book is a shorter version of Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners, reporting the findings of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth. This book concisely summarizes what is known from empirical research about the development of literacy in language-minority children and youth, including development, environment, instruction, and assessment.
This more accessible version of the full report is intended for teachers, administrators, and researchers and for use in a wide range of teacher preparation courses and in inservice/ staff development programs that deal with educating English language learners.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction and Methodology, Diane August and Timothy Shanahan
Chapter 2: Demographic Overview, Diane August
Chapter 3: Development of Literacy in Language-Minority Students, Nonie Lesaux and Esther Geva with Keiko Koda, Linda Sigel, and Timothy Shanahan
Chapter 4: Cross-Linguistic Relationships, Fred Genesee, Esther Geva, Cheryl Dressler, and Michael Kamil
Chapter 5: Sociocultural Contexts and Literacy Development, Claude Goldenberg, Robert S. Rueda, and Diane August
Chapter 6: Instruction and Professional Development, Diane August, Isabel Beck, Margarita Calderon, David Francis, Nonie Lesaux with Frederick Erickson and Linda Siegel
Chapter 7: Language and Literacy Assessment, Georgia Earnest Garcia, Gail McKoon, and Diane August
Chapter 8: Cross-Cutting Themes, Catherine Snow
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