The Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Handbook

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Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a bound book, use ISBN  0134303717.

This widely popular guide provides numerous ready-to-use strategies and ideas based on best practices to link culture and language to school success. The book focuses on helping the millions of English learners nationwide who need instruction that develops their English-language proficiency while they acquire the content knowledge needed to succeed in today’s standards-based environment. Readers get a practical look at cultural values and beliefs that impact schooling. The title combines theories of culture with theories of language acquisition to provide a powerful set of teaching techniques for content areas and English language arts.

Also included are special education adaptations for English learners to give teachers and administrators additional back-up support for complex educational challenges. Featured in the new edition are applications for mobile learning, coverage of Common Core Standards, Response to Intervention strategies, interventions with autistic English learners, coverage of equity issues for undocumented immigrants, and a new chapter on family-school communication. The Enhanced Pearson eText features embedded videos and Check Your Understanding quizzes.

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Lynne Díaz-Rico is Professor of Education at California State University, San Bernardino where she coordinates the MA in TESOL program.

Her books, Course for Teaching English Learners, The Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Handbook and Strategies for Teaching English Learners are widely used in programs of teacher education to prepare teachers for culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms.

She is a past president of CATESOL and a frequent presenter at CATESOL and TESOL conferences on topics of literacy and language development, intercultural communication, and innovative teaching methods.

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The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos in each chapter illustrate key concepts and strategies.
• Check Your Understanding of chapter content. Embedded assessments with feedback align with, and ask questions about, each Learning Outcome to help students assess their understanding.
• Chapter Scenarios present provocative discussion situations based on the concepts presented in the chapter.  

Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted. Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy.

Key content changes include:

• Applications for mobile learning show how to take learning to the next step with students by using cell phones and handheld devices to practice spelling, pronunciation, and grammar by playing learning games on their devices. (Ch. 4)
• Coverage of Common Core Standards keeps teachers up to date with contemporary issues in assessment and its impact on instruction. (Ch. 7)
• Response to Intervention (RTI) strategies help teachers set up a flexible, effective RTI instructional environment that affects second-language learners in important ways. (Ch. 12)
• Interventions for autistic English learners helps teachers acquire a repertoire of strategies for increasing the effectiveness of classroom instruction for this rapidly growing population of learners. (Ch. 12)
• Coverage of equity issues for undocumented immigrants gives educators timely information on the schooling issues affecting children of this population. (Ch. 11)
• A new chapter on family-school communication includes a unique approach to community involvement–highlighting the role of the heritage language in motivating family support to ensure the academic success of English learners and other culturally and linguistically diverse students. (Ch. 9)

This widely popular guide provides numerous ready-to-use strategies and ideas based on best practices to link culture and language to school success. The book focuses on helping the millions of English learners nationwide who need instruction that develops their English-language proficiency while they acquire the content knowledge needed to succeed in today’s standards-based environment. Readers get a practical look at cultural values and beliefs that impact schooling. The title combines theories of culture with theories of language acquisition to provide a powerful set of teaching techniques for content areas and English language arts. Also included are special education adaptations for English learners to give teachers and administrators additional back-up support for complex educational challenges.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with embedded videos and Check Your Understanding quizzes. The Enhanced Pearson eText is also available without a print version of the textbook.

Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted.

PART ONE   Learning: Learning about the Learner, Language Structure, and Second-Language Acquisition
CHAPTER 1   Learning about the Language Learner
CHAPTER 2   Learning about Language Structure
CHAPTER 3   Learning about Second-Language Acquisition

PART TWO   Instruction: Oracy and Literacy for English-Language Development, Content-Area Instruction, and Bilingual Education
CHAPTER 4   Oracy and Literacy for English-Language Development
CHAPTER 5   Content-Area Instruction
CHAPTER 6   Theories and Methods of Bilingual Education

PART THREE    Assessment
CHAPTER 7   Language and Content-Area Assessment

PART FOUR  Cultural Diversity in the United States: Cultural Diversity in the United States, Culturally Responsive Schooling, and the Role of Family in Schools
CHAPTER 8   Cultural Diversity
CHAPTER 9   Culturally Responsive Schooling
CHAPTER 10   The Role of the Family in Schools

PART FIVE    Policy: Language Policy and Special Populations of English Learners
CHAPTER 11   The Role of Educators in Language Policy
CHAPTER 12   Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners and Special Education

References
Author Index
Subject Index

This best-selling handbook helps all educators promote academic success for culturally and linguistically diverse learners.

This widely popular guide provides numerous ready-to-use strategies and ideas based on best practices to link culture and language to school success. The book focuses on helping the millions of English learners nationwide who need instruction that develops their English-language proficiency while they acquire the content knowledge needed to succeed in today’s standards-based environment. Readers get a practical look at cultural values and beliefs that impact schooling. The title combines theories of culture with theories of language acquisition to provide a powerful set of teaching techniques for content areas and English language arts. Also included are special education adaptations for English learners to give teachers and administrators additional back-up support for complex educational challenges.

Featured in the new edition are:

• Applications for mobile learning (Ch. 4);
• Coverage of Common Core Standards (Ch. 7);
• Response to Intervention (RTI) strategies (Ch. 12);
• Interventions for autistic English learners (Ch. 12);
• Coverage of equity issues for undocumented immigrants (Ch. 11); and
• A new chapter on family-school communication (Ch. 9).

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos in each chapter illustrate key concepts and strategies.
• Check Your Understanding of chapter content. Embedded assessments with feedback align with, and ask questions about, each Learning Outcome to help students assess their understanding.
• Chapter Scenarios present provocative discussion situations based on the concepts presented in the chapter.

Additional text features include:

• A wealth of specific strategies and classroom examples that clearly demonstrate how culture and language are tied together and applied to educational practice.
• Classroom glimpses present instructional techniques designed for English learners from preschool to high school.
• Bonus features discuss the extra efforts needed to re-engage, re-motivate, and re-direct long-term English learners towards educational success.
• NEW! Applications for mobile learning show how to take learning to the next step with students by using cell phones and handheld devices to practice spelling, pronunciation, and grammar by playing learning games on their devices. (Ch. 4)
• NEW! Coverage of Common Core Standards keeps teachers up to date with contemporary issues in assessment and its impact on instruction. (Ch. 7)
• NEW! Response to Intervention (RTI) strategies help teachers set up a flexible, effective RTI instructional environment that affects second-language learners in important ways. (Ch. 12)
• NEW! Interventions for autistic English learners helps teachers acquire a repertoire of strategies for increasing the effectiveness of classroom instruction for this rapidly growing population of learners. (Ch. 12)
• NEW! Coverage of equity issues for undocumented immigrants gives educators timely information on the schooling issues affecting children of this population. (Ch. 11)
• NEW! A new chapter on family-school communication includes a unique approach to community involvement—highlighting the role of the heritage language in motivating family support to ensure the academic success of English learners and other culturally and linguistically diverse students. (Ch. 9)

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos in each chapter illustrate key concepts and strategies.
• Check Your Understanding of chapter content. Embedded assessments with feedback align with, and ask questions about, each Learning Outcome to help students assess their understanding.
• Chapter Scenarios present provocative discussion situations based on the concepts presented in the chapter.

Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted. Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy.

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