Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners

This practical, hands-on book provides 50 carefully-chosen strategies to help ELL pupils understand content materials while perfecting their skill at speaking, reading, writing, and listening in English. Each strategy is accompanied by a definition, rationale, and step-by-step implementation instructions; and, all are specifically tied to the most current ELL standards. Included use of current Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) standards ensures future teachers learn strategies that support TESOL's three goals, nine standards, and three grade-level groupings–supports teachers' documentation of standards-based planning and teaching, as well as monitoring and individualization of instruction for ELL.

Organized into five sections which flow easily from theory and planning, through learner involvement and vocabulary building, to increasing comprehension. Numerous strategies in the theoretical overview section, plus suggestions for assessment integrated into many strategies in other sections. Provides a repertoire of non-traditional assessment ideas such as anecdotal records, performance samples, and portfolios. Integrates material on the use of educational technology such as the internet, visual aids, etc. Includes thorough, concise summary of relevant research from Krashen, Cummins, Terrell, Swain, Asher, and others.

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Adrienne Herrell is a visiting professor at Florida State University. She taught classes in early literacy, assessment, and strategies for teaching English language learners at California State University, Fresno until her retirement in 2004. Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners, Fourth Edition, is Dr. Herrell’s fifteenth book for Pearson. Her previous books include Camcorder in the Classroom with Joel Fowler; Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners; Reflective Planning, Teaching, and Evaluation: K–12 with Judy Eby and Michael Jordan; and Fifty Active Learning Strategies for Improving Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension with Michael Jordan. Dr. Herrell’s writing and research are built on her experiences teaching in Florida’s public schools for 23 years. She and co-author Dr. Jordan are engaged in research in public schools in California, Florida, and Alaska to validate the effectiveness of the strategies described in this text.

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Michael Jordan―recently retired from California State University, Fresno―has taught primary grades through high school in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and California. Dr. Jordan is an actor, education director, and former B-52 pilot. He and Dr. Herrell incorporate many dramatic reenactment strategies in their joint research working with vocabulary and comprehension development in children learning English in public schools. Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners, Third Edition, is Dr. Jordan’s eighth book for Pearson. His previous books include Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners; Reflective Planning, Teaching, and Evaluation: K–12 with Judy Eby and Adrienne Herrell; and Fifty Active Learning Strategies for Improving Vocabulary, Fluency, and Comprehension, and35 Classroom Management Strategies: Promoting Learning and Building Community with Adrienne Herrell. He has published several articles on interactive script writing and vocabulary development to enhance reading comprehension for children.

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Drs. Herrell and Jordan serve as educational consultants to a number of school districts across the nation and have presented widely on the subject of reading and comprehension at national and international conferences.

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Adrienne Herrell is a visiting professor at Florida State University. She taught classes in early literacy, assessment, and strategies for teaching English language learners at California State University, Fresno until her retirement in 2004. Dr. Herrell’s writing and research are built on her experiences teaching in Florida’s public schools for 23 years. She and co-author Dr. Jordan are engaged in research in public schools in California, Florida, and Alaska to validate the effectiveness of the strategies described in this text.

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Michael Jordan recently retired from California State University, Fresno–has taught primary grades through high school in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and California. He and Dr. Herrell incorporate many dramatic reenactment strategies in their joint research working with vocabulary and comprehension development in children learning English in public schools. Dr. Jordan is an actor, education director, and former B-52 pilot, and has published several articles on interactive script writing and vocabulary development to enhance reading comprehension for children.