Preparing the Way
Teaching ELs in the PreK-12 Classroom
4th Edition
Will be published approx. on 30. March 2022
Other
Other printed item
418 pages
979-8-7657-0009-9 (ISBN)
Description
Preparing the Way: Teaching ELs in the Pre-K-12 Classroom, now in its 4th edition, provides a reader-friendly experience for teacher preparation programs and school district workshops in five main areas: 1) ESOL Federal and State Legislation; 2) Cultural Proficiency, Diversity, and Equity; 3) Fundamentals of Applied Linguistics; 4) Theories of Second Language Learning; and 5) ESOL Testing and Evaluation.Presented in the context of classroom scenarios in Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, and Ohio, ALL educators find practical applications they can use in the real world of instruction. Ancillary materials are provided at ESOLinHigherEd.org.Although English learners (ELs) continue to be the fastest-growing population in U.S. schools, there is insufficient ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) training available for teachers and administrators. Here, twelve authors with vast years of TESOL experience examine the challenges and rewards faced by ELs and their classroom teachers. Based on personal knowledge and research, the authors share tangible approaches to understanding such critical topics as: the legal foundations of ESOL; cultural respect and awareness; a practical examination of the structure of the English language; relationships between theory and lesson planning; insights into special populations, such as SLIFE, ELs with learning disabilities, bilingual students, and gifted ELs; and classroom-based, standardized, and language proficiency assessments.This NEW edition includes 65 engaging activities for teacher training purposes along with an examination of WIDA resources and links. Each chapter begins with literacy activities to model proven teaching approaches and includes first-person accounts to support social and academic language development. The authors have enthusiastically collaborated to inspire educators to make instructional decisions for ELs, and to guide teachers, administrators, and support staff who lead this effort. It is a must-read for all educators and a resourceful text for ESOL trainings.
More details
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Iowa
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-7657-0009-9 (9798765700099)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Jane Govoni received her MA in Spanish from Boston College and her PhD in Second Language Acquisition from the University of South Florida. Her background includes teaching Spanish at all levels, including elementary, middle, high school, and college. In addition, she teaches ESOL for Teacher Preparation Programs offering the ESOL endorsement. She held a tenured faculty position at Saint Leo University. Dr. Govoni is active on state and national educational boards, including the TESOL Professional Standards Committee, the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE), Executive Board for the Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators (SRATE), and Sarasota Literacy Council (SLC). She has written several books related to teaching English learners in the Pre-K-12 mainstream classroom. She currently serves as the ESOL program coordinator in the College of Education at the University of South Florida. In addition to serving as co-editor of this textbook, Dr. Govoni created the teacher vignettes to offer practical and realistic classroom scenarios to support pre-service teacher candidates.
Cindy Lovell received her BA in Elementary Education and MA in Education from Stetson University. She earned her PhD in Education at The University of Iowa, specializing in ESOL and gifted education. She has held tenured faculty positions at Volusia County Schools, Stetson University, and Quincy University. Dr. Lovell served as executive director at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Missouri and the Mark Twain House & Museum in Connecticut. She has authored numerous publications, presented at various conferences, and is a consultant for the Florida DOE writing test items for the FTCE. Since 2017, Dr. Lovell has served as director of education at Epic Flight Academy where she works with hundreds of international students. She is also an adjunct professor at University of South Florida and Quincy University. In 2021, she received the USF College of Education Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award. In addition to serving as co-editor of this textbook, Dr. Lovell authored Chapter 8: Taking Off the Wrapper: Identifying and Serving Gifted English Learners.
Cindy Lovell received her BA in Elementary Education and MA in Education from Stetson University. She earned her PhD in Education at The University of Iowa, specializing in ESOL and gifted education. She has held tenured faculty positions at Volusia County Schools, Stetson University, and Quincy University. Dr. Lovell served as executive director at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum in Missouri and the Mark Twain House & Museum in Connecticut. She has authored numerous publications, presented at various conferences, and is a consultant for the Florida DOE writing test items for the FTCE. Since 2017, Dr. Lovell has served as director of education at Epic Flight Academy where she works with hundreds of international students. She is also an adjunct professor at University of South Florida and Quincy University. In 2021, she received the USF College of Education Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award. In addition to serving as co-editor of this textbook, Dr. Lovell authored Chapter 8: Taking Off the Wrapper: Identifying and Serving Gifted English Learners.
Content
About the Co-Editors and Contributing Authors
AcknowledgmentsSECTION ONE POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND PROFESSIONALISM: ESOL FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION - Introduction
- Literacy Strategy: Talking Drawing
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Miller, 3rd Grade, Florida
- Resource Kit of Major Court Cases and Laws Related to English Learners
- Acronyms in ESOL
- Advocating for ELs
- Florida Legislation
- Chapter 1 ESOL Legislative Foundation: One State's Response - Gloria M. Artecona-Pelaez
- Literacy Strategy: 60-Second Chat
- EICM: ESOL Integration Curricular Model
- Conclusion
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
SECTION TWO CULTURAL PROFICIENCY: EMBRACING DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM - Introduction
- Literacy Strategy: Exclusion Brainstorming
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Gerrior, Kindergarten, Ohio
- Personal Reflection: Analysis of Language and Culture
- Conclusion
- Literacy Strategy: Double Entry Journal
- Chapter 2 Transforming Challenges into Opportunities: Becoming a Culturally Proficient Educator - Samuel S. Perkins
- Literacy Strategy: Probable Passage
- Surface and Deep Elements of Culture
- Characteristics of Culture
- Culture and Learning Styles
- Literacy Strategy: Think-Pair-Share
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
- Chapter 3 Students With Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) - Andrea DeCapua
- Literacy Strategy: Teach the Text Backwards
- Teacher Vignette: Mrs. Muñoz, Mrs. Mondicano, Mr. Ramesh, 9th Grade, Massachusetts
- Literacy
- Decontextualized Tasks Based on Academic Ways of Thinking
- The Dimensions of Collectivism and Individualism
- Future Orientation
- What Can Teachers Do?
- The Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm (MALP®)
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
SECTION THREE APPLIED LINGUISTICS: LANGUAGE AND LITERACY - Introduction
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Woodward, 5th Grade, New York
- Literacy Strategy: Dear Teacher Letter
- Chapter 4 The Fundamentals of Applied Linguistics: Communication Through Language - Elizabeth Platt
- Literacy Strategy: Anticipation Guide
- Phonology
- The Phonological System
- English Consonants
- Minimal Pairs: Listening and Speaking
- English Vowels
- Suprasegmentals
- Morphology
- Classification of Morphemes
- Derivational Morphemes
- Roots and Stems
- Inflectional Morphemes
- Developmental Errors
- English Verb Morphology
- Syntax
- Theoretical Issues With Syntax
- Lexical and Functional Categories
- Universals in Word Ordering.
- Case-Marking.
- Order of Elements in Phrases
- Prescriptive Grammar Rules
- Semantics
- What It Means to Mean
- Denotation and Connotation
- Semantic Roles and Relations
- Concepts
- Metaphors
- Semantic Relations: Meaning Beyond Word Level
- Ambiguity
- Pragmatics
- Dialects and Bilingualism
- Child Language Socialization
- Language Functions (Speech Acts)
- What's In a Name?
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
- Chapter 5 Analyzing Theories of Second Language Learning - María Beatriz Mendoza, Elizabeth Platt, and Teresa Lucas
- Literacy Strategy: Previewing
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Woodward (Continued)
- Approaches to Language Development
- SCT in the Language Classroom
- Ms. Woodward's Insights on SLA Theories
- Learner Characteristics
- Literacy Strategy: Story Mapping
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resource
- Activities
SECTION FOUR ESOL METHODS, CURRICULUM, AND MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT: PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION - Introduction
- Literacy Strategy: Teach the Text Backwards
- Literacy Strategy: Wordsplash
- Teacher Vignette: Mr. Schroeder, Ms. Li, and Ms. Wu, Middle Grades, Minnesota
- Chapter 6 Bilingualism in the Classroom - Oneyda Paneque and Teresa Lucas
- Historical Perspective
- Benefits of Bilingualism.
- Concepts for Teachers
- Principles of Skill Transfer
- Teaching for Transfer
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resource
- Activities
- Chapter 7 Making the Connection to Literacy: ELs With Learning Disabilities - Diane Rodriguez and Esmeralda Rodriguez
- Literacy Strategy: KWL
- Teacher Vignette: Teacher Reflection
- Connecting With Instruction
- Literacy and English Learners With Disabilities
- Case Study: Griselda
- Strategies to Improve Reading Skills of English Learners With Learning Disabilities
- Assessment of English Learners With Learning Disabilities
- Literacy Strategy: Character Frames
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
- Chapter 8 Taking Off the Wrapper: Identifying and Serving Gifted English Learners - Cindy Lovell
- Literacy Strategy: First Lines
- Teacher Vignette: Mrs. Allen, 4th Grade, Florida
- 'Gifted English Learner' Is Not an Oxymoron
- Perceptions and Misconceptions About Gifted Students
- Perceptions and Misconceptions About ELs
- Underrepresentation of ELs in Gifted Programs
- Identification Procedures
- Teacher Training
- Family Advocacy
- Identifying Gifted ELs
- Serving Gifted ELs in the Mainstream Classroom
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
SECTION FIVE ESOL TESTING AND EVALUATION - Introduction
- Literacy Strategy: KWL
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Whitecage, 3rd Grade, Ms. Jones, 7th Grade, and Mr. Blake, 7th-8th Grade, Colorado
- Chapter 9 Using Proficiency Testing to Improve Instruction: WIDA ACCESS for ELLs - Florin M. Mihai
- Proficiency Testing
- Stages of Second Language Acquisition: A Foundation for the WIDA Standards
- The WIDA Standards and Language Proficiency Levels
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
- Chapter 10 ELs and Content Area Assessment: Large-Scale and Classroom-Based Considerations - Florin M. Mihai
- Introduction
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Whitecage, Ms. Jones, and Mr. Blake (Continued)
- WIDA Performance Definitions
- Assessment Principles
- Types of Assessment
- Test Accommodations for ELs: Definition and Examples.
- Effectiveness of EL Accommodations
- ELs and Classroom-Based Assessments
- Literacy Strategy: Sum It Up!
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Activities
Index
AcknowledgmentsSECTION ONE POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND PROFESSIONALISM: ESOL FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION - Introduction
- Literacy Strategy: Talking Drawing
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Miller, 3rd Grade, Florida
- Resource Kit of Major Court Cases and Laws Related to English Learners
- Acronyms in ESOL
- Advocating for ELs
- Florida Legislation
- Chapter 1 ESOL Legislative Foundation: One State's Response - Gloria M. Artecona-Pelaez
- Literacy Strategy: 60-Second Chat
- EICM: ESOL Integration Curricular Model
- Conclusion
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
SECTION TWO CULTURAL PROFICIENCY: EMBRACING DIVERSITY IN THE CLASSROOM - Introduction
- Literacy Strategy: Exclusion Brainstorming
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Gerrior, Kindergarten, Ohio
- Personal Reflection: Analysis of Language and Culture
- Conclusion
- Literacy Strategy: Double Entry Journal
- Chapter 2 Transforming Challenges into Opportunities: Becoming a Culturally Proficient Educator - Samuel S. Perkins
- Literacy Strategy: Probable Passage
- Surface and Deep Elements of Culture
- Characteristics of Culture
- Culture and Learning Styles
- Literacy Strategy: Think-Pair-Share
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
- Chapter 3 Students With Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) - Andrea DeCapua
- Literacy Strategy: Teach the Text Backwards
- Teacher Vignette: Mrs. Muñoz, Mrs. Mondicano, Mr. Ramesh, 9th Grade, Massachusetts
- Literacy
- Decontextualized Tasks Based on Academic Ways of Thinking
- The Dimensions of Collectivism and Individualism
- Future Orientation
- What Can Teachers Do?
- The Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm (MALP®)
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
SECTION THREE APPLIED LINGUISTICS: LANGUAGE AND LITERACY - Introduction
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Woodward, 5th Grade, New York
- Literacy Strategy: Dear Teacher Letter
- Chapter 4 The Fundamentals of Applied Linguistics: Communication Through Language - Elizabeth Platt
- Literacy Strategy: Anticipation Guide
- Phonology
- The Phonological System
- English Consonants
- Minimal Pairs: Listening and Speaking
- English Vowels
- Suprasegmentals
- Morphology
- Classification of Morphemes
- Derivational Morphemes
- Roots and Stems
- Inflectional Morphemes
- Developmental Errors
- English Verb Morphology
- Syntax
- Theoretical Issues With Syntax
- Lexical and Functional Categories
- Universals in Word Ordering.
- Case-Marking.
- Order of Elements in Phrases
- Prescriptive Grammar Rules
- Semantics
- What It Means to Mean
- Denotation and Connotation
- Semantic Roles and Relations
- Concepts
- Metaphors
- Semantic Relations: Meaning Beyond Word Level
- Ambiguity
- Pragmatics
- Dialects and Bilingualism
- Child Language Socialization
- Language Functions (Speech Acts)
- What's In a Name?
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
- Chapter 5 Analyzing Theories of Second Language Learning - María Beatriz Mendoza, Elizabeth Platt, and Teresa Lucas
- Literacy Strategy: Previewing
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Woodward (Continued)
- Approaches to Language Development
- SCT in the Language Classroom
- Ms. Woodward's Insights on SLA Theories
- Learner Characteristics
- Literacy Strategy: Story Mapping
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resource
- Activities
SECTION FOUR ESOL METHODS, CURRICULUM, AND MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT: PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION - Introduction
- Literacy Strategy: Teach the Text Backwards
- Literacy Strategy: Wordsplash
- Teacher Vignette: Mr. Schroeder, Ms. Li, and Ms. Wu, Middle Grades, Minnesota
- Chapter 6 Bilingualism in the Classroom - Oneyda Paneque and Teresa Lucas
- Historical Perspective
- Benefits of Bilingualism.
- Concepts for Teachers
- Principles of Skill Transfer
- Teaching for Transfer
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resource
- Activities
- Chapter 7 Making the Connection to Literacy: ELs With Learning Disabilities - Diane Rodriguez and Esmeralda Rodriguez
- Literacy Strategy: KWL
- Teacher Vignette: Teacher Reflection
- Connecting With Instruction
- Literacy and English Learners With Disabilities
- Case Study: Griselda
- Strategies to Improve Reading Skills of English Learners With Learning Disabilities
- Assessment of English Learners With Learning Disabilities
- Literacy Strategy: Character Frames
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
- Chapter 8 Taking Off the Wrapper: Identifying and Serving Gifted English Learners - Cindy Lovell
- Literacy Strategy: First Lines
- Teacher Vignette: Mrs. Allen, 4th Grade, Florida
- 'Gifted English Learner' Is Not an Oxymoron
- Perceptions and Misconceptions About Gifted Students
- Perceptions and Misconceptions About ELs
- Underrepresentation of ELs in Gifted Programs
- Identification Procedures
- Teacher Training
- Family Advocacy
- Identifying Gifted ELs
- Serving Gifted ELs in the Mainstream Classroom
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
SECTION FIVE ESOL TESTING AND EVALUATION - Introduction
- Literacy Strategy: KWL
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Whitecage, 3rd Grade, Ms. Jones, 7th Grade, and Mr. Blake, 7th-8th Grade, Colorado
- Chapter 9 Using Proficiency Testing to Improve Instruction: WIDA ACCESS for ELLs - Florin M. Mihai
- Proficiency Testing
- Stages of Second Language Acquisition: A Foundation for the WIDA Standards
- The WIDA Standards and Language Proficiency Levels
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Website Resources
- Activities
- Chapter 10 ELs and Content Area Assessment: Large-Scale and Classroom-Based Considerations - Florin M. Mihai
- Introduction
- Teacher Vignette: Ms. Whitecage, Ms. Jones, and Mr. Blake (Continued)
- WIDA Performance Definitions
- Assessment Principles
- Types of Assessment
- Test Accommodations for ELs: Definition and Examples.
- Effectiveness of EL Accommodations
- ELs and Classroom-Based Assessments
- Literacy Strategy: Sum It Up!
- Extended Thinking and Synthesis Questions
- References
- Activities
Index