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ESL (ELL) literacy instruction : a guidebook to theory and practice / Lee Gunderson, Reginald Arthur D'Silva, Dennis Murphy Odo.

Gunderson, Lee, 1942- (Author). D'Silva, Reginald Arthur. (Added Author). Odo, Dennis Murphy. (Added Author).

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"This comprehensive research-based text provides both ESL and mainstream teachers with the background and expertise necessary to plan and implement reading programs that match the particular needs and abilities of their students."

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  • ISBN: 9780415826167 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xx, 292 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: 3rd ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2014.

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General Note:
Originally published: ESL literacy instruction. 1st ed. New York : Routledge, c2005.
Formatted Contents Note:
A brief history of reading instruction -- Language proficiency and literacy background -- ESL (ELL) assessment -- Language and culture as literacy variables -- Teaching young ESL (ELL) students to read -- Teaching older ESL/ELL/EFL students to read -- Teaching academic reading -- ESL literacy instruction: concerns, conjectures and conclusions.

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Subject: English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers.
Literacy programs.
Reading > Study and teaching.

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Decoda Literacy Library 428.34 G96 2014 (Text) 35410000025924 General Collection Volume hold Available -
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Preface xiii
Reading Achievement and English Language Learners (ELLs) xiii
The Consequences of Failing to Learn to Read xiv
Disappearing Students and Declining Reading Scores xv
Conclusion xix
How to Navigate This Book xix
Acknowledgments xxi
1 A Brief History of Reading Instruction
1(33)
ESL or ELL?
1(1)
Teaching Reading in the Greek Fashion
2(4)
Vocabulary Control in Textbooks
6(1)
The Directed Reading Approach
6(2)
From Dick and Jane to Whole Language: The 1950s to the 1980s
8(9)
Critical Literacies - Multiliteracies
17(1)
Balanced Instruction
18(1)
Which Instructional Approach Works Best?
19(9)
The Internet
28(1)
Reading Instruction for Adults
29(2)
Learning to Read versus Reading to Learn
31(1)
Conclusion
31(1)
Explorations
32(2)
2 Language Proficiency and Literacy Background
34(20)
Bottom-Up, versus Top-Down, versus Interactive
34(1)
Are There Too Many ESL Students in My Class?
35(3)
Language Acquisition
38(4)
Instructional Matrices
42(3)
The Primary-Level Student
45(1)
The Elementary Student
45(3)
The Secondary ESL Student
48(1)
The University Academic ESL Student
49(1)
The Adult ESL Student
50(2)
Conclusion
52(1)
Explorations
53(1)
3 ESL (ELL) Assessment
54(38)
Assessment Concepts and Vocabulary
54(1)
ESL (ELL) Assessment
55(1)
Formative Assessments as Appropriate Guides to Literacy Instruction
55(1)
Assessing Young Students
55(19)
Assessing Older English Language Learners
74(5)
Assessment and Skills Instruction
79(3)
Academic Reading
82(6)
Readability
88(3)
Conclusion
91(1)
Explorations
91(1)
4 Language and Culture as Literacy Variables
92(36)
Introduction
92(1)
Culture
92(6)
A Multicultural Inclusion/Exclusion Model
98(2)
Focus Group Issues
100(21)
Pedagogical Implications of Inclusion/Exclusion
121(4)
Culture, Politics, and Reading Instruction
125(1)
What Can I as a Teacher Do?
126(1)
Conclusion
126(1)
Explorations
127(1)
5 Teaching Young ESL (ELL) Students to Read
128(51)
Introduction
128(1)
ESL vs. EFL Instruction
128(1)
L2 Reading Instruction
129(1)
Zero-Level English Students
130(23)
Oral Reading
153(2)
ESL Reading Programs
155(14)
Whole-Language Instruction and ESL Students
169(8)
Balanced Reading Instruction
177(1)
Conclusion
177(1)
Explorations
178(1)
6 Teaching Older ESL/ELL/EFL Students to Read
179(34)
Introduction
179(2)
Vocabulary Comprehensibility
181(2)
Teaching Intermediate ESL Students to Read
183(5)
Teaching Secondary Students to Read
188(8)
Behaviors of Students with Learning Problems
196(8)
Teaching Adults to Read
204(7)
Conclusion
211(1)
Explorations
212(1)
7 Teaching Academic Reading
213(26)
Content Reading, English for Special Purposes, and English for Occupational Purposes
213(1)
Content Reading and L2 Reading Ability
214(9)
Teaching the Reading of Graphic Aids
223(2)
Editorial Features
225(1)
Technical Reading: Co-sheltered Instruction
226(8)
Critical Literacy
234(2)
Conclusion
236(2)
Explorations
238(1)
8 Technology, ESL and Literacy Instruction
239(16)
Technology and Teaching and Learning
239(1)
Technology and Literacy
240(1)
Digital Literacy: What Is It to be Literate in the Digital World?
240(3)
Critical Literacy Online
243(2)
Reading Online and in Print
245(3)
Developing Literacy Skills
248(2)
Teachers, Literacy and Technology
250(3)
Conclusion
253(1)
Explorations
253(2)
9 ESL Literacy Instruction: Concerns, Conjectures and Conclusions
255(28)
ESL (EAL) (ELL)
255(1)
Success in Schools
256(1)
ESL (ELL) Literacy Research
256(3)
Literacy Teachers as Philosophers
259(1)
Learners, Teachers and Resiliency
259(2)
Professionalism
261(1)
Conundrums
261(4)
References
265(18)
Author Index 283(5)
Subject Index 288

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