Change My Life Forever: Giving Voice to English-Language Learners - Couverture souple

Barbieri, Maureen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0325004730 ISBN 13 : 9780325004730

Editeur : Heinemann Educational Books,U.S., 2002

Synopsis

As a public school staff developer in New York's Chinatown, Maureen Barbieri realized that the 1400 students in her new middle school had stories to tell, questions to ask, and opinions to share. Their challenge was adapting to a new home and a new language. Hers was helping them use English literacy skills to bridge their memories of China to their hopes for the future, as they came to value both their old and their new cultures.

Through case studies and classroom vignettes Barbieri reveals the power of literacy to change students' perspectives and give them hope. In "Change My Life Forever" you will meet Yi, who works in her family's take-out restaurant where she does hours of homework each night; Cong, a booklover who yearns for greater expression in his new language; and Jun Jie who uses English to make sense of his emergence as a young adult in America. Hearing these and other stories, you will discover new ways to make room for your students' diverse voices while improving their literacy in English.

As Barbieri's students shared their lives with their teachers, through daily interactions with literature and immersion in writing, they came to value English as a means of discovery and expression, and their skill with their new language deepened. With practical ideas, examples of student work, and specialized reading lists, "Change My Life Forever" will help teachers of all English-language learners enhance their own students' learning through the knowledge that literacy is central to the lives of all human beings.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Maureen Barbieri has taught middle school in New Hampshire, Ohio, and South Carolina. Since coming to New York, she has been a staff developer in District 2 and a divisional head at Marymount, an all girls' independent school. In addition to frequent consulting, she now teaches literacy courses in the Department of Teaching and Learning at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education, where she co-directs the summer writing institute. Her book, Sounds from the Heart: Learning to Listen to Girls (Heinemann, 1995), received the James N. Britton Award for Inquiry with the English Language Arts from the National Council of Teachers of English as well as the International Educator's Award from the Delta Kappa Gamma Society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0325004730
• ISBN 13: 9780325004730
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible