Building Academic Language: Essential Practices for Content Classrooms, Grades 5-12 - Couverture souple

Zwiers, Jeff

 
9780787987619: Building Academic Language: Essential Practices for Content Classrooms, Grades 5-12
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0787987611 ISBN 13 : 9780787987619
Editeur : Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 2007

Synopsis

Many students, ranging from native English speakers to recent immigrants, need help in understanding and using the language of school. Language is the lifeblood of learning in all content areas, and it plays a major role in academic achievement. Building Academic Language explains the functions and features of academic language that every teacher (language arts, history, math, & science teachers, etc.) should know for supporting academic reading, writing, and discussion. The book includes research-based instructional and assessment activities that content teachers can use to build students' abilities to understand and describe the many abstract concepts, higher-order thinking skills, and complex relationships in a discipline. The book emphasizes an approach that builds from students' existing ways of learning and communicating, scaffolding them to think and talk as content area experts think and talk about math, science, history, and language arts. Major topics and themes include: What is academic language and how does it differ by content area? How can language-building activities (discussions, small groups, etc.) support content understanding? How can we build language abilities for content reading and writing - and vice versa? How can we build on students' diverse ways of understanding, learning, and communicating about the world? How can we more effectively model and scaffold academic language in our teaching and assessment?

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À propos de l'auteur

Jeff Zwiers, Ed.D., works with teachers and schools nationally and internationally on the development of literacy, language, and content area instruction. He also teaches teacher education courses at Stanford University.

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Éditeur
Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0787987611
ISBN 13 
9780787987619
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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