english as a second language

Presents a ten-step, research-based approach to help primary school teachers create language and literacy programs for English learners.

Illustrations help define more than four thousand words and phrases related to a range of topics that address the needs of young learners.

A preparation guide for the TOEFL Internet-based Test that provides practice questions and essay topics, and also features analyzed multiple-choice questions, scoring information, raters' commentary, and a CD-ROM with two full-length practice tests.

"The ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide offers educators practical strategies for setting up an ESL-friendly classroom, motivating and interacting with students, communicating with parents of English learners, and navigating the challenges inherent in teaching ESL students. Offers thematic units complete with reproducible forms and worksheets, sample lesson plans, and sample student assignments. The book's ESL lessons connect to core standards and technology applications"--Provided by publisher.

Provides instructional strategies for teaching English language learners, discussing building relationships with students, accessing prior knowledge through stories, identifying and mentoring leadership potential, learning by doing, and reflection.

Describes how to expand learning potential of English as asecond language to students by examining how the world inside the school interacts with outside social contexts.

Visiting in New York, Julia learns English words.

A guide to Sandra Cisneros's novel "The House on Mango Street" designed for non-native English speakers, containing exercises, vocabulary reviews, discussion questios, and writing ideas; also includes suggestions for teachers.

Presents principles for teachers in ESL and EFL (English as a second or a foreign language) settings, covering such facets as contexts and orientations, learner-centered lessons, immediate meaning and purpose, social interaction, the four modes, first languages and cultures, and faith in the learner.