Unlocking English Learners’ Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible

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Unlocking English Learners’ Potential

Strategies for Making Content Accessible

Diane Staehr Fenner, Sydney Snyder

Foreword by Lydia Breiseth

A once-in-a-generation text for assisting a new generation of students

Content teachers and ESOL teachers, take special note: if you’re looking for a single resource to help your English learners meet the same challenging content standards as their English-proficient peers, your search is complete. Just dip into this toolbox of strategies, examples, templates, and activities from ELL authorities Diane Staehr Fenner and Sydney Snyder. The best part? No prior training assumed! You’ll find inside every last how-to including:

* How to scaffold instruction across content and grade levels

* How to build background knowledge

* How to analyze text through close reading and text dependent questions

* How to promote oral language and vocabulary development

* How to evaluate and use formative assessment

$29.95, 320 pages, D17100-978-1-5063-5277-0