Teaching Science to English Language Learners

✍ Scribed by Joyce Nutta, Nazan U. Bautista, Malcolm B. Butler

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 207
• Series: Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Books in the Teaching English Language Learners (ELLs) across the Curriculum Series are written specifically for pre- and in- service teachers who may not have been trained in ELL techniques, but still find themselves facing the realities and challenges of today's diverse classrooms and learners. Each book provides simple and straightforward advice on how to teach ELLs through a given subject area, and how to teach content to ELLs who are at different levels of English language proficiency than the rest of their class. Authored by both language and content area specialists, each volume arms readers with practical, teacher-friendly strategies, and subject-specific techniques. Teaching Science to English Language Learners offers science teachers and teacher educators a straightforward approach for engaging ELLs learning science, offering examples of easy ways to adapt existing lesson plans to be more inclusive. The practical, teacher-friendly strategies and techniques included here are proven effective with ELLs, and many are also effective with all students. The book provides context-specific strategies for the full range of the secondary sciences curriculum, including physical science, life science, earth and space science, science as inquiry, and history and nature of science and more. A fully annotated list of web and print resources completes the book, making this a one volume reference to help science teachers meet the challenges of including all learners in effective instruction. Special features: practical examples of science exercises make applying theory to practice simple when teaching science to ELLs an overview of the National Science Education Standards offers useful guidelines for effective instructional and assessment practices for ELLs in secondary grades graphs, tables, and illustrations provide additional access points to the text in clear, meaningful ways.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 11
Tables......Page 12
Series Introduction......Page 14
Part 1 Your English Language Learner: Tony Erben University of Tampa......Page 18
1.1 Orientation......Page 20
1.2 The Process of English Language Learning and What to Expect......Page 22
1.3 Deciding on the Best ESOL Program......Page 30
1.4 Teaching for English Language Development......Page 35
1.5 Not All ELLs are the Same......Page 39
1.6 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy......Page 44
1.7 Not All Parents are the Same: Home–School Communication......Page 47
1.8 English Language Learners with Special Needs......Page 50
Part 2 What We Know From Research......Page 54
2.1 Principles of Science Teaching and Learning......Page 56
2.2 Science-Focused ESOL Research......Page 59
2.3 Supporting Communication in Content Instruction for ELLs......Page 62
2.4 Stages of Second Language Acquisition......Page 64
2.5 Adapting Direct Instruction, Inquiry-Based Learning, and Assessment......Page 66
2.6 Supporting ELLs’ Academic Language Development in Science......Page 72
Part 3 Teaching Science......Page 74
3.1 Teaching Science to ELLs at Secondary Grade Levels......Page 78
3.2 Pre-K–12 English Language Proficiency Standards for Science......Page 87
3.3 Culturally and Linguistically Congruent Instruction and Assessment......Page 92
3.4 Science and Culturally Relevant Teaching......Page 94
3.5 Classroom-Based Science Assessment at the Secondary Level......Page 96
3.6 Life Science......Page 99
3.7 Physical Science......Page 107
3.8 Earth and Space Science......Page 116
3.9 Science as Inquiry......Page 128
3.10 History and Nature of Science......Page 134
3.11 Personal and Social Perspectives in Science......Page 138
3.12 Science and Technology......Page 141
3.13 Unifying Concepts and Processes......Page 144
Part 4 Resources......Page 148
4.1 Internet Resources for Teachers......Page 150
4.2 Literature for Teachers......Page 159
4.3 Materials for Teachers......Page 173
4.4 Resources for Students......Page 179
Glossary......Page 184
Notes......Page 189
References......Page 191
Index......Page 200

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Английский язык;Английский язык как родной / English as a First Language;Teaching English as a First Language;