Reading in Secondary Content Areas A Language-Based Pedagogy

Name: Reading in Secondary Content Areas A Language-Based Pedagogy
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ISBN: 9780472032792

ISBN-10: 0472032798

ISBN-13: 9780472032792

Edition: 2008

Authors: Mary J. Schleppegrell, Zhihui Fang

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What does it mean to teach reading in the context of the middle and high school classroom? Don't students already know how to read by the time they get to secondary school? And how can a busy teacher take time away from the packed curriculum of science, history, mathematics, or language arts to teach reading? This book presents a linguistic approach to teaching reading in different subjects; an approach that focuses on language itself. Central to this approach is a view that knowledge is constructed in and through language and that language changes with changes in knowledge. As students move from elementary to secondary schools, they encounter specialized knowledge and engage in new…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 11/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English




Language and Reading in Secondary Content Areas



Technicality and Reasoning in Science: Beyond Vocabulary



Interpretation and Reasoning in History: Beyond Text Structures



Comprehending and Solving Word Problems in Mathematics: Beyond Key Words




Reading Literary Texts: Beyond Personal Responses




Functional Language Analysis in the Classroom


Appendix: Study guide for the book


References


About the Authors


Index