Empower English Language Learners With Tools From the Web - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1412972434 ISBN 13 : 9781412972437

Editeur : Corwin, 2009

Synopsis

Discover how Web 2.0 tools can advance English language learning!

Today’s interactive Web tools offer teachers of English language learners a wealth of opportunities to inspire and motivate their students. Aligned with national TESOL standards, this user-friendly, research-based guide shows how Web 2.0 tools can improve English language proficiency and build 21st-century skills. Readers will find:

• Relevant descriptions of a wide range of Web tools, from blogs and podcasts to social networking and more 
• Classroom-ready projects and tips for elementary, middle, and high school students 
• Guidelines to support safe and appropriate Internet use

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Lori Langer de Ramirez began her career as a teacher of Spanish, French, and ESL. She is currently the chairperson of the ESL and World Language Department for Herricks Public Schools.

Langer de Ramirez is the author of Take Action: Lesson Plans for the Multicultural Classroom and Voices of Diversity: Stories, Activities and Resources for the Multicultural Classroom (Pearson), as well as several Spanish-language books and texts (Cuéntame - Folklore y Fábulas and Mi abuela ya no está). She has contributed to many textbooks and written numerous articles about second-language pedagogy and methodology. Her interactive Web site (www.miscositas.com) offers teachers over 40 virtual picturebooks, videos, wiki and blog links, and other curricular materials for teaching Chinese, English, French, Indonesian, Italian, Spanish, and Thai.

In the past decade, Langer de Ramirez has presented over 50 workshops, staff development trainings, and addresses at local, regional, and national conferences and in schools throughout the United States (Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC) and abroad (Puerto Rico, Thailand, Venezuela).

She is the recipient of the Nelson Brooks Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Culture; several National Endowment for the Humanities grants for study in Mexico, Colombia, and Senegal; and a Fulbright Award to India and Nepal. Her areas of research and curriculum development are multicultural and diversity education, folktales in the language classroom, and technology in language teaching. She holds a master′s degree in applied linguistics and a doctorate in curriculum and teaching from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corwin
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1412972434
• ISBN 13: 9781412972437
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
• Éditeur: Langer De Ramirez Lori
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible