Synopses & Reviews
[This] is a readable resource book which elementary bilingual teachers will find both insightful and practical.
- ESLEJ
Children from language backgrounds other than English represent a quarter of all our school population. Learning to Learn in a Second Language has been written specifically for all teachers of children for whom English is a second language, although it will be equally helpful to teachers of English speaking children.
The book is based on the assumption that the classroom program is a major resource for language development, and that a responsive program takes into account the fact that children are not only learning a new language, but that they are learning in that language as well. It exemplifies current theories of second language development through a wide range of strategies and practical suggestions for the classroom teacher.
Review
[This] is a readable resource book which elementary bilingual teachers will find both insightful and practical.ESLEJ
Synopsis
The book is based on the assumption that the classroom program is a major resource for language development, and that a responsive program takes into account the fact that children are not only learning a new language, but that they are learning in that language as well.
Synopsis
Children from language backgrounds other than English represent a quarter of all our school population.
Learning to Learn in a Second Language has been written specifically for all teachers of children for whom English is a second language, although it will be equally helpful to teachers of English speaking children.
The book is based on the assumption that the classroom program is a major resource for language development, and that a responsive program takes into account the fact that children are not only learning a new language, but that they are learning in that language as well. It exemplifies current theories of second language development through a wide range of strategies and practical suggestions for the classroom teacher.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [120]-[122]).
About the Author
Pauline Gibbons taught postgraduate and undergraduate TESOL courses at the University of Technology, Sydney, for many years, and is now an Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. She is also an independent EL consultant and her work with teachers has taken her to Hong Kong, Sweden, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, China, South Africa, Marshall Islands, Iran, Germany, UK, and USA. She has published extensively in EL education, including Bridging Discourses in the ESL Classroom: students, teachers and researchers (Continuum, 2006), and two other Heinemann books: Learning to Learn in a Second Language (1993) and English Learners, Academic Literacy and Thinking: Learning in the Challenge Zone (2009).
Table of Contents
1. Bilingual Children and the Language of the School
Planning for a Language for Learning
An Interactive Clasroom: Developing Spoken Language
Assessing Spoken Language
Integrating New-Arrival Children in the Classroom
The Mother Tongue in the Classroom
Reading in a Second Language
Learning to Listen and Getting the Sounds Right
The Writing Program
A Whole School Response