The Content-Based Classroom
Published on 6. October 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-201-69513-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Content-Based Classroom: Persepctives on Integrating Language and Content, edited by Marguerite Ann Snow and Donna M. Briton, gives teachers a solid understanding of how to apply the tenets of a content-based approach to language teaching with learners of different ages and proficiency levels. It offers insight into teacher preparation, classroom strategies, alternative models, research and assessment, and the relationship between content-based instruction and other instructional approaches. The Content-Based Classroom offers:
selections written by a cross-section of authors who have expertise in a wide range of settings and with a variety of student populations
discussion questions and activities that give students an opportunity to apply concepts to actual or hypothetical situations
selections written by a cross-section of authors who have expertise in a wide range of settings and with a variety of student populations
discussion questions and activities that give students an opportunity to apply concepts to actual or hypothetical situations
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Upper Saddle River
United States
Target group
ELT/ESL
Dimensions
Height: 187 mm
Width: 233 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
721 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-69513-7 (9780201695137)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part I Multiple Perspectives on Content-Based Instruction
Focus on Theoretical Underpinnings
Chapter 1 Content-Based Instruction: Research Foundations
William Grabe and Fredricka L. Stoller
Focus on K-12 Instruction
Chapter 2 Integrating Content-ESL: A Report from the Front
Ken Sheppard
Chapter 3 Sheltered English: Modifying Content Delivery for Second Language
Learners
Nina Glaudini Rosen and Linda Sasser
Chapter 4 Moving from Comprehensible Input to "Learning to Learn" in Content-
Based Instruction
Kate Kinsella
Chapter 5 Teaching Content Knowledge and ESL in Multicultural Classrooms
Gloria M. Tang
Focus on Post-Secondary Instruction
Chapter 6 A Six-T's Approach to Content-Based Insturction
Fredricka Stoller and William Grabe
Chapter 7 The Challenge of Language and History Terminology from the Student
Optic
Anthony Bernier
Chapter 8 Pedagogical Responses from Content Faculty: Teaching Content and
Language in History
Carole Srole
Chapter 9 Content-Based Instruction in an EFL Setting: Issues and Strategies
Tim Murphy
Focus on Syllabus, Materials, and Course Design
Chapter 10 Syllabus Design in Content-Based Instruction
David E. Eskey
Chapter 11 Thematic Units: Creating an Environment for Learning
Marge C. Gianelli
Chapter 12 Adapting the Adjunct Model: A Case Study
Martha Iancu
Focus on Teacher Preparation
Chapter 13 Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes in Teacher Preparation for Content-
Based Instruction
Pat Wilcox Peterson
Chapter 14 Collaborative Approaches in Preparing Teachers for Content-Based and
Language-Enhanced Settings
Dorit Kaufman
Chapter 15 Creating Content-Based Language Tests: Guidelines for Teachers
Jean Turner
Chapter 16 Issues in Assessment for Content-Based Instruction
Sara Cushing Weigle and Linda Jensen
Focus on Research
Chapter 17 Reading and 'Riting and ... Social Studies: Research on Integrated
Language and Content in Secondary Classrooms
Deborah J. Short
Chapter 18 How Relevant is Relevance?
James R. Valentine, Jr., and Lyn Margaret Repath-Martos
Chapter 19 Enhancing Student Performance through Discipline-Based
Summarization-Strategy Instruction
Lia D. Kamhi-Stein
Chapter 20 Linguistic Form, Pragmatic Function: Relevant Research from Content-
Based Instruction
Jane Zuengler and Donna M. Brinton
Focus on Alternative Models
Chapter 21 The English Language Fellows Program: Using Peer Tutors to Integrate
Language and Content
Richard Blakely
Chapter 22 Teaching Academic Literacy Skills: Discipline Faculty Take
Responsibility
Marguerite Ann Snow
Questions for Follow-Up Thought and Application
Part II Practical Issues at a Glance
Chapter 23 Collaborating with Content-Area Teachers: What We Need to Share
Annela Teemant, Elizabeth Bernhardt, andMarisol Rodriquez-Munoz
Chapter 24 Content-Based Instruction: Is It Possible in High School?
Eva Wegrzecka-Kowalewski
Chapter 26 Smiling through the Turbulence: The Flight Attendant Syndrome and
Writing Instructor Status in the Adjunct Model
Lynn Goldstein, Cherry Campbell, andMartha Clark Cummings
Chapter 27 The Challenges of Administering Content-Based Programs
Donna M. Brinton
Questions for Follow-Up Thought and Application
Part III Connections Between Content-Based Instruction and Other
Teaching Approaches
Chapter 28 Whole Language Teaching and Content-Based Instruction: Are They
Compatible?
David Freeman and Yvonne Freeman
Chapter 29 The Role of Content-Based Instruction in Workplace Literacy
Rosemary Henze and Anne Katz
Chapter 30 VESL and Content-Based Instruction: What Do They Have in Common?
Kathleen Wong
Chapter 31 English for Specific Purposes and Content-Based Instruction: What Is the
Relationship?
Ann M. Johns
Chapter 32 The Role of Content in Task-Based EAP Instruction
Joan G. Carson, Josephine A. Taylor, and Laureen Fredella
Chapter 33 Culture as Content
Sharon Hilles and Dennis Lynch
Chapter 34 Literature: A Quintessential Content
Christine Holten
Questions for Follow-Up Thought and Application
References
Index
Focus on Theoretical Underpinnings
Chapter 1 Content-Based Instruction: Research Foundations
William Grabe and Fredricka L. Stoller
Focus on K-12 Instruction
Chapter 2 Integrating Content-ESL: A Report from the Front
Ken Sheppard
Chapter 3 Sheltered English: Modifying Content Delivery for Second Language
Learners
Nina Glaudini Rosen and Linda Sasser
Chapter 4 Moving from Comprehensible Input to "Learning to Learn" in Content-
Based Instruction
Kate Kinsella
Chapter 5 Teaching Content Knowledge and ESL in Multicultural Classrooms
Gloria M. Tang
Focus on Post-Secondary Instruction
Chapter 6 A Six-T's Approach to Content-Based Insturction
Fredricka Stoller and William Grabe
Chapter 7 The Challenge of Language and History Terminology from the Student
Optic
Anthony Bernier
Chapter 8 Pedagogical Responses from Content Faculty: Teaching Content and
Language in History
Carole Srole
Chapter 9 Content-Based Instruction in an EFL Setting: Issues and Strategies
Tim Murphy
Focus on Syllabus, Materials, and Course Design
Chapter 10 Syllabus Design in Content-Based Instruction
David E. Eskey
Chapter 11 Thematic Units: Creating an Environment for Learning
Marge C. Gianelli
Chapter 12 Adapting the Adjunct Model: A Case Study
Martha Iancu
Focus on Teacher Preparation
Chapter 13 Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes in Teacher Preparation for Content-
Based Instruction
Pat Wilcox Peterson
Chapter 14 Collaborative Approaches in Preparing Teachers for Content-Based and
Language-Enhanced Settings
Dorit Kaufman
Chapter 15 Creating Content-Based Language Tests: Guidelines for Teachers
Jean Turner
Chapter 16 Issues in Assessment for Content-Based Instruction
Sara Cushing Weigle and Linda Jensen
Focus on Research
Chapter 17 Reading and 'Riting and ... Social Studies: Research on Integrated
Language and Content in Secondary Classrooms
Deborah J. Short
Chapter 18 How Relevant is Relevance?
James R. Valentine, Jr., and Lyn Margaret Repath-Martos
Chapter 19 Enhancing Student Performance through Discipline-Based
Summarization-Strategy Instruction
Lia D. Kamhi-Stein
Chapter 20 Linguistic Form, Pragmatic Function: Relevant Research from Content-
Based Instruction
Jane Zuengler and Donna M. Brinton
Focus on Alternative Models
Chapter 21 The English Language Fellows Program: Using Peer Tutors to Integrate
Language and Content
Richard Blakely
Chapter 22 Teaching Academic Literacy Skills: Discipline Faculty Take
Responsibility
Marguerite Ann Snow
Questions for Follow-Up Thought and Application
Part II Practical Issues at a Glance
Chapter 23 Collaborating with Content-Area Teachers: What We Need to Share
Annela Teemant, Elizabeth Bernhardt, andMarisol Rodriquez-Munoz
Chapter 24 Content-Based Instruction: Is It Possible in High School?
Eva Wegrzecka-Kowalewski
Chapter 26 Smiling through the Turbulence: The Flight Attendant Syndrome and
Writing Instructor Status in the Adjunct Model
Lynn Goldstein, Cherry Campbell, andMartha Clark Cummings
Chapter 27 The Challenges of Administering Content-Based Programs
Donna M. Brinton
Questions for Follow-Up Thought and Application
Part III Connections Between Content-Based Instruction and Other
Teaching Approaches
Chapter 28 Whole Language Teaching and Content-Based Instruction: Are They
Compatible?
David Freeman and Yvonne Freeman
Chapter 29 The Role of Content-Based Instruction in Workplace Literacy
Rosemary Henze and Anne Katz
Chapter 30 VESL and Content-Based Instruction: What Do They Have in Common?
Kathleen Wong
Chapter 31 English for Specific Purposes and Content-Based Instruction: What Is the
Relationship?
Ann M. Johns
Chapter 32 The Role of Content in Task-Based EAP Instruction
Joan G. Carson, Josephine A. Taylor, and Laureen Fredella
Chapter 33 Culture as Content
Sharon Hilles and Dennis Lynch
Chapter 34 Literature: A Quintessential Content
Christine Holten
Questions for Follow-Up Thought and Application
References
Index