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Fundamentals of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in K-12 Mainstream Classrooms helps teachers effectively educate ELL students in their classrooms. This book provides English learners with the methodology to improve English and academic content proficiency as well as provide a vehicle for understanding ELLs' cultural background. This text helps teachers to provide more effective instruction by offering cultural insight and comprehension of the student's language acquisition process. Pedagogy Features: Key Issues each chapter opens with a list of important key issues that are fully discussed throughout the chapter. Classroom Vignettes these anecdotal examples illustrate authentic situations of language teachers and learners, which help teachers to understand the complex process of language learning. Points to Remember summarize and highlight the main ideas of the chapter; these conclude each chapter. Applications and Activities provide pre-service teachers specific ideas to incorporate in designing their own lessons. Internet Resources NEW! A listing of Internet websites and videos used to support the information presented in the chapter. Ancillary Materials NEW! PowerPoint slides, test banks of multiple choice, true/false, essay and short answer questions as well as interactive electronic resources accompany each chapter. New to the 4th edition: A new chapter: New Standards and Teachers of Today, a chapter devoted to understanding and implementing the Common Core State Standards while instructing ELLs and mainstream students in the same classroom. A new appendix: Tying is All Together: Tools for the Teacher, an appendix with sample material including templates, organizational ideas, and differentiation charts. Information concerning the Common Core State Standards, climate change in science, math proficiency, and technological literacy. Updated citations and charts as well as information on proficiency standards for classroom instruction and assessment. Updated technology chapter includes the use of recent classroom technology and ways for teachers to align with the phenomenon of social networking for use as instructional tools. And much more!

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