PART ONE - Understanding the Roles of Language and Content
Chapter 1 - Academic success: Learning the language of school
- Key Issues
- Cartoon - ELLs need to learn much more than just language
- The language of school
- Social language
- Everyday aspects
- Example of concept: What's in a name?
- Intercultural aspects
- Instructional aspects
- Academic language
- Vocabulary
- Grammar/Syntax
- Discourse
- The BICS/CALP distinction
- Connection between BICS/CALP and the language of school
- Extensions
- For Reflection
- For Action
Chapter 2 - The role of language proficiency in school
- Language proficiency
- Language domains
- Receptive and productive skills
- Factors influencing language proficiency
- Levels of language proficiency
- Starting
- Emerging
- Developing
- Expanding
- Bridging
- The role of native languages and cultures
- Connection between academic language and content
- Language functions
- Academic achievement
- Communicative competence
- Keys for developing academic language
- Extensions
- For Reflection
- For Action
PART TWO - Components of Effective Lesson Design
Chapter 3 - Assessing student strengths and needs
- Key Issues
- Background
- Understanding Needs
- Collecting General Information
- Language Background and Needs
- Educational/Academic Background
- Content Background and Knowledge
- Cultural Background
- Guidelines for Understanding Student Needs
- Conclusion
- Extensions
- For Reflection
- For Action
Chapter 4 - Writing and teaching to language objectives
- Key Issues
- Background
- Understanding Objectives
- Content objectives
- Language objectives
- Teaching to language objectives
- Conclusion
- Extensions
- For Reflection
- For Action
Chapter 5 - Connecting to students' lives
- Key Issues
- Background
- Understanding Connections
- Making personal connections
- Making academic connections
- Building Background Knowledge
- Integrating Connections
- Guidelines for Making Connections
- Conclusion
- Extensions
- For Reflection
- For Action
Chapter 6 -Designing Engaging Tasks
- Key Issues
- Background
- Understanding Engaging Tasks
- Elements of Tasks
- Elements of Task Process
- Instructional groupings
- Modes
- Task structure
- Time and pacing
- Scaffolding
- Resources/Texts
- Teacher/Student roles
- Procedural tools.
- Elements of Task Product
- Pedagogical Connections
- Guidelines for Task Design
- Conclusion
- Extensions
- For Reflection
- For Action
Chapter 7 - Assessing Lessons and Students
- Key Issues
- Background
- Understanding Assessment
- Assessing Student Process and Product
- Assessing Lessons
- Guidelines for Assessment
- Conclusion
- Extensions
- For Reflection
- For Action
PART THREE - Designing Lessons for Academic Success
Chapter 8 - Unlocking the language of Ssience
- Key Issues
- National and state standards
o Emphasis on inquiry and discovery learning
- The role of students' languages, cultures and communities
- The specialized language of science
o Vocabulary
o Grammar/Syntax
o Discourse
o Language functions
* Teaching strategies for learning and talking science
* Talking science: An example from the classroom
o For Reflection
o For Action
Chapter 9 - Unlocking the language of mathematics
- Key Issues
- National and state standards
o Emphasis on problem solving
- The role of students' languages, cultures and communities
- The specialized language of mathematics
o Vocabulary
o Grammar/Syntax
o Discourse
o Language functions
* Teaching strategies for learning and talking mathematics
* Talking math: An example from the classroom
o For Reflection
o For Action
Chapter 10 - Unlocking the language of English language arts
- Key Issues
- National and state standards
o Preparing students for the literacy demands of today and tomorrow
- The role of students' languages, cultures and communities
- Literacy and language learning: An integrated model
o Texts
o Processes and strategies
o Systems of structure of language
o Audiences
o Contexts
* Teaching strategies for learning language skills and literacies
* Placing the learner at the center: An example from the classroom
o For Reflection
o For Action
Chapter 11 - Unlocking the language of social studies
* Key Issues
* About the field of social studies
* The specialized language of social studies
o Grammatical features
o Discourse
* Strategies for teaching and learning social studies
* Extensions
o For Reflection
o For Action
Chapter 12--Putting it all together
* Key Issues
* Background
* Understanding the whole
* Lesson examples
o Adapting lessons
* Guidelines for creating and adapting lessons
* Extensions
o For Reflection
o For Action
References
Appendix A
Index (to be decided)