Academic language in diverse classrooms : definitions and contexts /

With the rigorous content of College and Career Readiness standards, academic language use has moved to the forefront of educational priorities. School leaders and teachers must ensure that academic language becomes the focus of new curricula, instruction, and assessment, with special attention to l...

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Main Authors: Gottlieb, Margo (Author), Ernst-Slavit, Gisela (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, [2014]
Series:Academic language in diverse classrooms
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Summary:With the rigorous content of College and Career Readiness standards, academic language use has moved to the forefront of educational priorities. School leaders and teachers must ensure that academic language becomes the focus of new curricula, instruction, and assessment, with special attention to linguistically and culturally diverse students. Margo Gottlieb and Gisela Ernst-Slavit's six-book series on academic language is already the definitive resource on the topic. This companion volume provides a concise, thorough overview of the key research concepts and effective practices that underlie the series. It includes, Definitions and examples of the dimensions of academic language, A step-by-step template to incorporate academic language use into plans for student learning, Graphic models that illustrate the construct of academic language and its classroom application, Language is the most fundamental building block of education. Be sure your school is as strong as it can be with this indispensable book.
Physical Description:xxix, 219 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-208) and index.
ISBN:9781452234786
1452234787