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1st Skyhorse Publishing ed. |
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1 online resource (286 pages) |
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Print version record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Rosalie Pedalino Porter; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; 1. The Joys and Challenges of Teaching English as a Second Language; The Joys of Teaching ESL; The Challenges of Teaching ESL; 2. Your Students; ESL, ELL, LEP, and Other Acronyms; Placement in Bilingual and ESL Programs; SEP Students (Someone Else's Problem); Inclusion and Support in Regular Classrooms; 3. Your Toolbox; Materials and Equipment; Paying for Your Tools; Getting Help From Volunteers; Getting Advice and Help From School Personnel. |
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4. How Much? How Soon? How Fast?BICS and CALP; Pie-in-the-Sky Goals; Is One Year Enough?; When Should Students Exit to Regular Classes?; Steep Hills and Frustrating Plateaus; Motivation Inside and Outside of Class; Working With Younger Students; 5. Using the Learner's Native Language in the Classroom 18; Don't Force Them to Go Mute; What Works Best in the Students' Native Language; Consider the Language and the Culture of the Community; Use Time Limits; Working With Younger Students; 6. Natural and Unnatural Approaches to Learning English. |
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The Natural Approach: Learning English by Hearing and Speaking ItApplying First Language Skills to Second Language Learning; Balancing Experiential and Analytical Approaches; Using Total Physical Response (TPR); Language in the Foreground and the Background; Winning Over the Skeptics in Your School; Working With Younger Students; 7. Building Vocabulary: They'll Need Lots; Enjoying the Path to a Large Vocabulary; Learning From the Movies; Teaching Vocabulary With Picture Dictionaries; Using Vocabulary From the Native Language; Building Vocabulary With Word Blocks. |
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Idioms and Other Confusing ExpressionsLook It Up! Learning English With Dictionaries; Electronic Dictionaries; Those Boring Vocabulary Lists; Layered Vocabulary Learning; Working With Younger Students; 8. Grammar: The Skeletal System of the Language; Me Very Grammar; When to Start Grammar Lessons; English Grammar Isn't as Tough as We Think; Freebies: When English Grammar Matches the Learner's Native Language; The Garden Path to English Grammar; Pronoun Cases; Implicit and Explicit Grammar Instruction; Pattern Practice Makes Perfect: Well, Not Really, But It Works. |
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Grammar in Action: Questions, Answers, Jokes, and ConversationTag, You're It: Converting Statements Into Tag Questions; Working With Younger Students; 9. Listening Skills: The Gateway to Language; Learning With a Tape Recorder or CD Player; Learning With Software: The Rosetta Stone, Instant Immersion, and Other Programs; The Great ESL Film Festival; Dictation; Encouraging Listening as a Stand-Alone Skill; Teaching With Minimal Pairs: Bit, Bet, Bait, Beet, Bite; Working With Younger Students; 10. Now Say It: Teaching Spoken English; The Direct Method; Controlled Conversation; Role Playing; Student-to-Student Teaching. |
| Summary |
Bring the English language to life with this valuable new resource!Some say that learning a second language is like drinking water from a fire hose. But teaching it does not have to be like standing under Niagara Falls. This is the fundamental message of Jerry Jesness' new quick-start guide Teaching English Language Learners K-12. In our climate, ELL teachers face immense demands as educators because the ELL class is often the critical, transitional step into a student's entire education. The author provides specific strategies to address the special challenges for instructors. This valuable r. |
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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Education, Bilingual.
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Communication skills.
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English (Second language)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
(OCoLC)fst00911692
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jesness, Jerry. Teaching English Language Learners K12 : A Quick-Start Guide for the New Teacher. New York : Skyhorse Publishing, ©2014 9781629146904 |
| ISBN |
9781632201478 (electronic bk.) |
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163220147X (electronic bk.) |
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