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Writing Between Languages How English Language Learners Make the Transition to Fluency, Grades 4-12

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ISBN-10: 0325013950

ISBN-13: 9780325013954

Edition: 2009

Authors: Danling Fu

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"Most literacy instruction for ELLs in the United Statesfocuses on grammar, vocabulary, content reading, or speaking and listening. The focus on the surface structure of English may lead to enough English proficiency to compose proper English sentences in correctly formatted papers, but it does not support ELLs as competent writers and thinkers."-Danling Fu With Writing Between Languages, Danling Fuprovides an effective alternative. She proves that by beginning with the literacy knowledge students bring from their native language and putting writing at the center of the curriculum, we can help them make a smoother transition to English while we support their academic literacy. With Writing…    
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Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 9/25/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 7.40" wide x 9.20" long x 0.33" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

"When I started my work in the New York City schools with ELLs," writes Danling Fu, "I identified with students struggling to write in English." A Chinese immigrant, Danling learned to write in English as a graduate student. Her experience continues to motivate her to teach other English learners and to discover effective teaching methods to support them. "Determining the best way to help ELLs develop their writing skills while they were learning English was a puzzle," she writes, but in her latest Heinemann book, Writing Between Languages, she shares insight from a decade's work in schools populated with ELLs, where she "gradually learned-through observing them in classrooms, examining…