Fifty Strategies For Teaching English Language Learners<\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAuthor:<\/strong><\/td>\nAdrienne L. Herrell &Michael Jordan (3rd Edition) (2008)<\/td>\n
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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nPublisher:<\/strong><\/td>\nPearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nPages<\/th>\n ISBN<\/th>\n Price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n \nPp. vii + 314<\/td>\n 978-0-13-1992665<\/td>\n $39.99 USD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nIn the third edition of Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners<\/em>, Adrienne Herrell and Michael Jordan present a practical book of strategies to enhance student instruction for English language learners.\u00a0 All strategies in this text are aligned with ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students <\/em>published by TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages).\u00a0 The TESOL standards are divided into three grade level groupings:\u00a0 Pre-K-3, 4-8, and 9-12.\u00a0 These standards focus on social language, academic language, and sociocultural knowledge.\u00a0 Students who attain goals based on these standards will become proficient English speakers, writers, and readers.\u00a0 All included strategies have been field-tested in diverse classrooms.\u00a0 The authors included a number of features to support teachers in meeting the challenges in 21st<\/sup> century classrooms.<\/p>\nEnglish learners need to be actively engaged to gain from instruction.\u00a0 They need opportunities to show growth in authentic tasks in a nonstressful environment.\u00a0 Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners<\/em> was written as a guide for providing this type of classroom. While the learning activities presented in this book are primarily designed for U.S. K-12 teachers of English language learners, most of the activities would be appropriate for any student who is struggling to learn content in a school setting.<\/p>\nThe book is divided into five main sections of resources.\u00a0 The TESOL Standard Correlation Chart <\/em>is printed on the inside back cover and shows the alignment of the fifty strategies with the TESOL standards.\u00a0 A Quick Classroom Reference Guide <\/em>is located in the inside front cover and shows an alphabetical listing of strategies and their locations within the text.<\/p>\nA DVD, Strategies on Video, accompanies the text.\u00a0 The DVD features four exemplary teachers demonstrating strategies from the book.\u00a0\u00a0 The featured teachers are from varied grade levels.\u00a0 The Strategies on Video segments include brief introductions of classroom examples along with focused questions to facilitate thought and discussion.\u00a0 Teacher interviews are featured in each video segment giving insight into how the lesson was planned and the teacher\u2019s reasons for choosing the strategy.<\/p>\n
Section I includes basic theory, principles, and assessment strategies underlying the effective teaching of students learning English as a second language.\u00a0 This section provides the research and good practices on which the fifty teaching strategies are built.\u00a0 Section I should be read as a prerequisite to the remaining four sections.\u00a0 After reading Section I, readers could skip around focusing on strategies of choice from the four other sections that best fit their classroom needs.\u00a0 Section I would be especially beneficial to beginning teachers or to teachers who are not familiar with the TESOL standards and teaching English language learners.<\/p>\n
In Sections II-V, strategies are presented in relatively short chapters.\u00a0 Teachers should find it easy to skim the material and decide whether the strategy presented is relevant to his\/her classroom.\u00a0 The strategies easiest to implement are listed first within each category and build in complexity. The chapter layout is user-friendly and easy to read and understand.\u00a0 The national TESOL standards addressed by the strategies are listed at the beginning of each chapter.\u00a0 Following the TESOL standards is a description of the strategy.\u00a0 Next, are step-by-step instructions for implementing the strategy.\u00a0 Following the step-by-step instructions is an application section including two different classroom scenarios demonstrating how the strategy can be adapted for different grade levels and content areas.\u00a0 I personally found these real-world classroom examples very helpful because they provide a detailed synopsis of classroom conversations and events that took place while implementing the strategies.\u00a0 The classroom scenarios acted as a springboard to give me ideas of how I could use each strategy within my own classroom.\u00a0\u00a0 A conclusion portion follows the applications and examples.\u00a0 Important points are summarized and reasons are reiterated for why the strategy is effective and should be used.\u00a0 Examples of approximation behaviors related to the TESOL standards are also included in the conclusion portion.\u00a0 These behaviors are divided into grade span categories of K-3, 4-8 and 9-12.\u00a0 If there is a corresponding video segment on the DVD for the strategy presented, this is noted in the conclusion section along with a list of questions that could be used to guide discussions.\u00a0 The final portion of each chapter lists references and suggested readings related to the chapter and strategy presented.<\/p>\n
Section II, Strategies For Enhancing Instruction Through Planning, includes Chapters 1-10.\u00a0 The teaching strategies presented in Section 2 will guide teachers in providing English learners with the type of instruction and assessment necessary to create successful learning sequences.\u00a0\u00a0 The strategies range from simple classroom procedures to formats designed to support English learners with classroom participation.<\/p>\n
Section III, Strategies For Supporting Student Involvement, includes strategies for actively involving students in learning.\u00a0 This section includes 16 chapters presenting strategies that build heavily on language acquisition research stressing the importance of providing multiple opportunities to interact in nonstressful settings.\u00a0 The strategies in this section require careful observing and monitoring of students in order to adapt lessons to satisfy individual needs.<\/p>\n
Section IV presents nine active\u2013involvement strategies for building vocabulary and fluency.\u00a0 The main purpose of this section is to provide ideas to allow teachers to build a rich repertoire of strategies in order to engage students in word study throughout the school day.<\/p>\n
Section V, Strategies For Building Comprehension, provides support in actively involving students in making sense of text.\u00a0 The fifteen strategies shared in this section combine the knowledge of language acquisition with the theory and research about reading comprehension.\u00a0 The hope is to inspire teachers to provide daily engaging instruction to build skills in a variety of genres and texts.<\/p>\n
Both junior and veteran teachers looking for concrete ideas for helping students understand content materials while developing their speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills in English will benefit from the resource\u2019s step-by-step instructions and classroom scenario examples.\u00a0\u00a0 In short, The Quick Classroom Reference Guide <\/em>allows teachers to find a specific strategy to address a particular learning in almost no time at all.<\/p>\nReviewed by<\/h3>\n
Amy Beavers
\nChatham Public Schools, North Carolina, USA
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\n\n\n© Copyright rests with authors. Please cite TESL-EJ appropriately.<\/p>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\nIn the third edition of Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners<\/em>, Adrienne Herrell and Michael Jordan present a practical book of strategies to enhance student instruction for English language learners.\u00a0 All strategies in this text are aligned with ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students <\/em>published by TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages).\u00a0 The TESOL standards are divided into three grade level groupings:\u00a0 Pre-K-3, 4-8, and 9-12.\u00a0 These standards focus on social language, academic language, and sociocultural knowledge.\u00a0 Students who attain goals based on these standards will become proficient English speakers, writers, and readers.\u00a0 All included strategies have been field-tested in diverse classrooms.\u00a0 The authors included a number of features to support teachers in meeting the challenges in 21st<\/sup> century classrooms.<\/p>\n English learners need to be actively engaged to gain from instruction.\u00a0 They need opportunities to show growth in authentic tasks in a nonstressful environment.\u00a0 Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners<\/em> was written as a guide for providing this type of classroom. While the learning activities presented in this book are primarily designed for U.S. K-12 teachers of English language learners, most of the activities would be appropriate for any student who is struggling to learn content in a school setting.<\/p>\n The book is divided into five main sections of resources.\u00a0 The TESOL Standard Correlation Chart <\/em>is printed on the inside back cover and shows the alignment of the fifty strategies with the TESOL standards.\u00a0 A Quick Classroom Reference Guide <\/em>is located in the inside front cover and shows an alphabetical listing of strategies and their locations within the text.<\/p>\n A DVD, Strategies on Video, accompanies the text.\u00a0 The DVD features four exemplary teachers demonstrating strategies from the book.\u00a0\u00a0 The featured teachers are from varied grade levels.\u00a0 The Strategies on Video segments include brief introductions of classroom examples along with focused questions to facilitate thought and discussion.\u00a0 Teacher interviews are featured in each video segment giving insight into how the lesson was planned and the teacher\u2019s reasons for choosing the strategy.<\/p>\n Section I includes basic theory, principles, and assessment strategies underlying the effective teaching of students learning English as a second language.\u00a0 This section provides the research and good practices on which the fifty teaching strategies are built.\u00a0 Section I should be read as a prerequisite to the remaining four sections.\u00a0 After reading Section I, readers could skip around focusing on strategies of choice from the four other sections that best fit their classroom needs.\u00a0 Section I would be especially beneficial to beginning teachers or to teachers who are not familiar with the TESOL standards and teaching English language learners.<\/p>\n In Sections II-V, strategies are presented in relatively short chapters.\u00a0 Teachers should find it easy to skim the material and decide whether the strategy presented is relevant to his\/her classroom.\u00a0 The strategies easiest to implement are listed first within each category and build in complexity. The chapter layout is user-friendly and easy to read and understand.\u00a0 The national TESOL standards addressed by the strategies are listed at the beginning of each chapter.\u00a0 Following the TESOL standards is a description of the strategy.\u00a0 Next, are step-by-step instructions for implementing the strategy.\u00a0 Following the step-by-step instructions is an application section including two different classroom scenarios demonstrating how the strategy can be adapted for different grade levels and content areas.\u00a0 I personally found these real-world classroom examples very helpful because they provide a detailed synopsis of classroom conversations and events that took place while implementing the strategies.\u00a0 The classroom scenarios acted as a springboard to give me ideas of how I could use each strategy within my own classroom.\u00a0\u00a0 A conclusion portion follows the applications and examples.\u00a0 Important points are summarized and reasons are reiterated for why the strategy is effective and should be used.\u00a0 Examples of approximation behaviors related to the TESOL standards are also included in the conclusion portion.\u00a0 These behaviors are divided into grade span categories of K-3, 4-8 and 9-12.\u00a0 If there is a corresponding video segment on the DVD for the strategy presented, this is noted in the conclusion section along with a list of questions that could be used to guide discussions.\u00a0 The final portion of each chapter lists references and suggested readings related to the chapter and strategy presented.<\/p>\n Section II, Strategies For Enhancing Instruction Through Planning, includes Chapters 1-10.\u00a0 The teaching strategies presented in Section 2 will guide teachers in providing English learners with the type of instruction and assessment necessary to create successful learning sequences.\u00a0\u00a0 The strategies range from simple classroom procedures to formats designed to support English learners with classroom participation.<\/p>\n Section III, Strategies For Supporting Student Involvement, includes strategies for actively involving students in learning.\u00a0 This section includes 16 chapters presenting strategies that build heavily on language acquisition research stressing the importance of providing multiple opportunities to interact in nonstressful settings.\u00a0 The strategies in this section require careful observing and monitoring of students in order to adapt lessons to satisfy individual needs.<\/p>\n Section IV presents nine active\u2013involvement strategies for building vocabulary and fluency.\u00a0 The main purpose of this section is to provide ideas to allow teachers to build a rich repertoire of strategies in order to engage students in word study throughout the school day.<\/p>\n Section V, Strategies For Building Comprehension, provides support in actively involving students in making sense of text.\u00a0 The fifteen strategies shared in this section combine the knowledge of language acquisition with the theory and research about reading comprehension.\u00a0 The hope is to inspire teachers to provide daily engaging instruction to build skills in a variety of genres and texts.<\/p>\n Both junior and veteran teachers looking for concrete ideas for helping students understand content materials while developing their speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills in English will benefit from the resource\u2019s step-by-step instructions and classroom scenario examples.\u00a0\u00a0 In short, The Quick Classroom Reference Guide <\/em>allows teachers to find a specific strategy to address a particular learning in almost no time at all.<\/p>\n Amy BeaversReviewed by<\/h3>\n
\nChatham Public Schools, North Carolina, USA
\n<abeaverschatham.k12.nc.us><\/p>\n\n
\n \n© Copyright rests with authors. Please cite TESL-EJ appropriately.<\/p>\n