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ISBN: 9780470674307
Year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 480
Description:
Understanding Language and Literacy Development: Diverse
Learners in the Classroom offers effective supporting
strategies to address the cultural and linguistic diversity of
students in contemporary classrooms.
Discusses learners with different linguistic
abilities?infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and
adolescence?by suggesting effective ways to reach them based
on their strengths and needs
Emphasizes language and literacy supporting strategies in a
variety of everyday classroom settings
Includes activities and questions to motivate readers to think
and develop their own perspectives on language and literacy
development
Considers a variety of different language acquisition
experiences, including monolingual, multilingual, and language
impairment
Discusses different types of literacies, including digital and
hypertext
Connects language and literacy development to identity and
motivation to contextualize learning styles for pre-service
teachers
Supported by a companion website that includes additional
resources such as PowerPoint presentations by chapter and a summary
of relevant information from the Common Core K?12 English
Language Arts Standards
ISBN: 9780470674307
Year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 480
Description:
Understanding Language and Literacy Development: Diverse
Learners in the Classroom offers effective supporting
strategies to address the cultural and linguistic diversity of
students in contemporary classrooms.
Discusses learners with different linguistic
abilities?infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and
adolescence?by suggesting effective ways to reach them based
on their strengths and needs
Emphasizes language and literacy supporting strategies in a
variety of everyday classroom settings
Includes activities and questions to motivate readers to think
and develop their own perspectives on language and literacy
development
Considers a variety of different language acquisition
experiences, including monolingual, multilingual, and language
impairment
Discusses different types of literacies, including digital and
hypertext
Connects language and literacy development to identity and
motivation to contextualize learning styles for pre-service
teachers
Supported by a companion website that includes additional
resources such as PowerPoint presentations by chapter and a summary
of relevant information from the Common Core K?12 English
Language Arts Standards