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Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers How to Help Students Succeed Across Content Areas

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ISBN-10: 0325011362

ISBN-13: 9780325011363

Edition: 2008

Authors: Yvonne S. Freeman, David E. Freeman, Yvonne S. Freeman

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Teaching secondary students in the content areas is hard enough under the best of circumstances. When students are not well prepared academically and also lack academic literacy skills, the challenge can seem overwhelming. Fortunately, the Freemans help secondary content-area teachers provide these students with the academic support they very desperately need. - Robert J. Marzano Coauthor of Building Academic Vocabulary Many middle school and high school students are recent immigrants or long-term English language learners who struggle with the academic language needed to read content-area textbooks and write papers for their classes. Likewise, many native speakers of English find…    
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Book details

List price: $41.27
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 10/31/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.20" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Yvonne S. Freeman is the coauthor or coeditor (with David E. Freeman) of ten Heinemann books, including: - La ensenanza de la lectura y la escritura en espanol y ingles en salones de clases bilingues y de doble inmersion, segunda edicion revisada (2009) - Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers (2008) - Diverse Learners in the Maintstream Classroom (2008) - Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms, Second Edition (2006) - Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators (2004) - Essential Linguistics (2004) - Closing the Achievement Gap (2002) - Between Worlds, Third Edition (2011) - Teaching Reading…    

David E. Freeman is the coauthor or coeditor (with Yvonne S. Freeman) of ten Heinemann books, including: - La ensenanza de la lectura y la escritura en espanol y ingles en salones de clases bilingues y de doble inmersion, segunda edicion revisada (2009) - Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers (2008) - Diverse Learners in the Maintstream Classroom (2008) - Teaching Reading and Writing in Spanish and English in Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms, Second Edition (2006) - Dual Language Essentials for Teachers and Administrators (2004) - Essential Linguistics (2004) - Closing the Achievement Gap (2002) - Between Worlds, Third Edition (2011) - Teaching Reading…    

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Understanding Who Needs Academic Language
Distinguishing Between Academic and Conversational Language
Making Sense of the Academic Registers of Schooling
Coping with Academic Texts and Textbooks
Supporting Academic Writing at the Paragraph and Sentence Levels
Developing Academic Vocabulary and Writing Content and Language Objectives
Teaching Academic Language and Subject-Area Content
References
Index