{"product_id":"academic-language-for-english-language-yvonne-s-freeman-9780325011363","title":"Academic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers: How to Help Students Succeed Across Content Areas","description":"\u003ci\u003eTeaching secondary students in the content areas is hard enough under the best of circumstances. When students are not well prepared academically and also lack academic literacy skills, the challenge can seem overwhelming. Fortunately, the Freemans\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ehelp secondary content-area teachers provide these students with the academic support they very desperately need.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Robert J. Marzano\u003c\/b\u003e Coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBuilding Academic Vocabulary\u003c\/i\u003e Many middle school and high school students are recent immigrants or long-term English language learners who struggle with the academic language needed to read content-area textbooks and write papers for their classes. Likewise, many native speakers of English find content-area classes a challenge. Secondary teachers have little time to teach academic reading and writing skills because they must cover a great deal of content in their social studies, science, math, or language arts classes. \u003ci\u003eAcademic Language for English Language Learners and Struggling Readers \u003c\/i\u003eprovides the information busy secondary teachers need to work effectively with English learners and struggling readers. It reports current research to answer key questions: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWho are our older English language learners and struggling readers? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat is academic language? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow can middle and high school teachers help students develop academic language in the different content areas? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e This comprehensive and readable text by Yvonne and David Freeman (authors of \u003ci\u003eEssential Linguistics\u003c\/i\u003e) synthesizes recent demographic data on the kinds of English language learners and struggling readers who attend middle and high schools in increasing numbers. They flesh out the statistics with stories of students from different backgrounds. Then the Freemans examine academic language at different levels: the text level, the paragraph level, the sentence level, and the word level. For each, they provide examples of academic language and specific strategies teachers can use as they teach language arts, science, math, and social studies. They also analyze content-area textbooks, pointing out the difficulties they pose for students and suggesting ways to make texts more accessible to ELLs and struggling readers. Providing classroom examples, the Freemans explain how teachers can motivate and engage their students. They describe how teachers can teach language and content simultaneously by developing both language and content objectives. \u003ci\u003eAcademic Language for English Language Learners\u003c\/i\u003e gives teachers the information and strategies they need to help all their students develop academic language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yvonne S. Freeman, David E. Freeman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0325011362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780325011363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heinemann Educational Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 7.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 269","brand":"Yvonne S. Freeman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913723019519,"sku":"9780325011363","price":41.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5f5b165c-4862-4e99-99fc-e9573764fd00.jpg?v=1680621870","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/academic-language-for-english-language-yvonne-s-freeman-9780325011363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}