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This volume outlines a variety of techniques for preparing teachers to educate speakers of other languages and cultural backgrounds. In particular, it addresses the Teaching Performance Expectations for English language learners that have been established by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Sample topics include planning instruction for English learners, understanding the limitations of assessment, and enhancing family involvement in schooling. The authors are affiliated with California State U., San Bernardino. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Teacher Performance Expectations for Educating English Learnersaddresses the needs of elementary and secondary teachers in multilingual classrooms, including second-language learning across multiple academic subjects.Renowned authors María V. Balderrama and Lynne Díaz-Rico provide in a single volume the techniques necessary to prepare teachers and other professionals to teach speakers of other languages and cultural backgrounds. This timely text is designed to be a comprehensive source of teaching techniques and effective educational practices, particularly those that meet California’s standardized Teacher Performance Assessment that prospective teachers must take. This book specifically addresses those standards by presenting explicit expectations that challenge teachers in multilingual, multiethnic classrooms.Subscribing to a teaching approach that respects and builds second-language skills upon a foundation of native-language proficiency,Teacher Performance Expectations for Educating English Learners contains the most up-to-date techniques currently available for promoting linguistic proficiency and features multiple effective teaching methods for the educator of English learners. The main tenet of the book is that successful English language learning results from a combination of rich, interesting content instruction and a fast-moving, engaging curriculum.
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