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English Language Learners in Your Classroom

Strategies That Work

Third Edition
By: Ellen Kottler, Jeffrey A. Kottler, Chris Street

An authoritative reference for teachers facing an increasingly diverse school population.

This third edition of the best-selling Children With Limited English helps educators meet the educational needs of English language learners in an inclusive classroom. This revised edition includes fresh connections to current research, more strategies for building communication skills, increased visuals and activities for instruction, a new chapter on literacy, and an expanded chapter on current technology. Additional aids include:

A guided daily lesson plan format with adaptations for English language learners
A description of language proficiency levels
A wealth of tables, charts, and checklists to guide instruction and assessment

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412958172
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2007
Page Count: 216
Publication date: December 11, 2007

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"This book answers many questions about working with English Language Learners. The anecdotes, examples, and stories help make the theoretical concepts concrete. I really like the hands-on suggestions, and many of the strategies in the book can be used daily."
—Brenna Godsey, Science Teacher
Canyon High School, Anaheim, CA

An authoritative reference for teachers facing an increasingly diverse school population.

This third edition of the best-selling Children With Limited English: Teaching Strategies for the Regular Classroom provides preservice and inservice teachers, curriculum specialists, teacher mentors, and administrators with the necessary tools to meet the educational needs of English Language Learners in an inclusive classroom.

This revised edition includes more strategies for building communication skills, increased visuals and activities for instruction, and fresh connections to current research, plus a new chapter on literacy and an expanded chapter on integrating current technology into the classroom. Additional aids include:

A guided daily lesson plan format with adaptations for English Language Learners
A description of language proficiency levels
A wealth of tables, charts, and checklists to guide instruction and assessment

Author(s)

Ellen Kottler

Ellen Kottler, Ed.S., has been a teacher for over 30 years in public and private schools, alternative schools, adult education programs, and universities. She has worked in inner-city schools as well as in suburban and rural settings. She was a curriculum specialist in charge of secondary social studies and law-related education for one of the country’s largest school districts. Ellen is the author or coauthor of several books for educators, including Secrets for Secondary School Teachers: How to Succeed in Your First Year, On Being a Teacher, Secrets for Beginning Elementary School Teachers, Counseling Skills for Teachers, English Language Learners in Your Classroom: Strategies That Work, Secrets to Success for Science Teachers, and Students Who Drive You Crazy: Succeeding with Resistant, Unmotivated, and Otherwise Difficult Young People.

She teaches secondary education and supervises intern teachers at California State University, Fullerton.

Jeffrey A. Kottler

Jeffrey A. Kottler is one of the most prolific authors in the fields of counseling, psychotherapy, and education, having written more than 90 books about a wide range of subjects. He has authored a dozen texts for counselors and therapists that are used in universities around the world and a dozen books each for practicing therapists and educators. Some of his most highly regarded works include Creative Breakthroughs in Therapy, The Mummy at the Dining Room Table: Eminent Therapists Reveal Their Most Unusual Cases and What They Teach Us About Human Behavior, Bad Therapy, The Client Who Changed Me, Divine Madness, Change: What Leads to Personal Transformation, Stories We’ve Heard, Stories We’ve Told: Life-Changing Narratives in Therapy and Everyday Life, and Therapy Over 50. He has been an educator for 40 years, having worked as a teacher, counselor, and therapist in preschool, middle school, mental health center, crisis center, nongovernmental organization, university, community college, private practice, and disaster relief settings. He has served as a Fulbright scholar and senior lecturer in Peru and Iceland, as well as worked as a visiting professor in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Nepal. He is professor of counseling at California State University, Fullerton.

Chris Street

Chris Street, Ph.D. is an associate professor of Secondary Education at California State University, Fullerton. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin. He earned his M.A. from California State University, San Diego and his B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Chris has taught English language learners at both the middle-school and college levels. He currently serves on the editorial advisory board for the Journal of Content Area Reading and is a teacher consultant with the National Writing Project. His research interests include adolescent literacy and the teaching of reading and writing. His work has appeared in a variety of journals and books, including Teacher Education Quarterly, The Social Studies, Journal of Content Area Reading, Multicultural Education, Journal of College Reading and Learning, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, and Comprehending Nonfiction 6-8.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1. Getting to Know the Student

Sensitivity to Cultural and Linguistic Differences

Identifying Terms

Relationships Are Everything

Understand the Student's World

Explore the Student's Family Background

Pay Attention to Social and Cultural Customs

Suggested Activities

2. Establishing a Comfortable Environment

Welcome Students to Your Room

Select Display Materials

Establish Routines

Create a Community of Learners

Foster Classroom Involvement

Celebrate Diversity

Open Doors to Families

Suggested Activities

3. Understanding Second-Language Development

Second-Language Principles

Language Processes

Developing Proficiency

Assessing Fluency Levels

High-Stakes Testing

First- to Second-Language Learning

Suggested Activities

4. Strategies for Teaching

Motivate Students to Learn

Structure Language Delivery

Scaffold (Support) Instruction

Use Research-Based Strategies to Improve Achievement

Address Learning Styles

Incorporate Multiple Intelligences

Use Multisensory Activities to Engage Students

Suggested Activities

5. Building Literacy

Writing Skills

Reading Skills

Speaking Skills

Listening Skills

Structured Communication Activities

Responsive Instruction

Have Fun

Suggested Activities

6. Using Strategies Borrowed From Language Instruction

Learning From Foreign Language Instruction

Applying Strategies Used by English Language Teachers

Brain-Compatible Second-Language Acquisition

Summary of Strategies Adapted From Teaching Second Languages

Suggested Activities

7. Integrating Technology

Television

Telephone

Audio Recording

Video Recording

Computer Technology

Online Resources for Teachers

Promoting Critical Thinking

Benefits of Using Technology With English Learners

Suggested Activities

8. Involving Others

Peer Instruction

Team Teaching

School Personnel

Cross-Age Tutoring

Parents and Families

Intergenerational Tutoring

Community Resources

Cultural Exchange Programs

Language for All

Suggested Activities

9. Putting It All Together

Classroom Implications of Brain Research

Planning Instruction and Assessment

A Lesson Plan Format

The Power of Language

Suggested Activities

References

Index

Reviews

"Supplies the teacher who is new to working with English language learners with a repertoire of strategies and resources sufficient to begin immediate, positive interventions in the classroom. The text establishes best practices in English language teaching within the context of current educational research and relates them to best practices for all."

Holly A. Hitchcock, English Language Teacher
Wydown Middle School, Clayton, MO

"This book gives lots of information in a simple, easy-to-access format."

Noni Mendoza Ries, Chair of Educational Leadership
San Jose State University

"This is just the kind of book I need to answer the many questions that I have about how to work with my English language learners. I really like the hands-on suggestions, and I can use many of the strategies in the book almost every day. The anecdotes, examples, and stories help make the theoretical concepts concrete for me."

Brenna Godsey, Science Teacher
Canyon High School, Anaheim, CA

"I have been looking for useful resources to help me better meet the needs of my EL students in my English classes. Reading this book has really helped me feel good about what I am doing with my students. I realize now that the ways I have been teaching are not just effective because they work for me; there is research to support what I have been doing."

John Meulmester, English Department Chairman
Cerro Villa Middle School, Villa Park, CA

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