With the rigorous content of College and Career Readiness standards, academic language use has moved to the forefront of educational priorities. School leaders and teachers must ensure that academic language becomes the focus of new curricula, instruction, and assessment, with special attention to linguistically and culturally diverse students.
The author's six - book series on academic language is already the definitive resource on the topic. This companion volume provides a concise, thorough overview of the key research concepts and effective practices that underlie the series. Including:
- Definitions and examples of the dimensions of academic language.
- A step - by - step template to incorporate academic language use into plans for student learning.
- Graphic models that illustrate the construct of academic language and its classroom application.
Language is the most fundamental building block of education. Be sure your school is as strong as it can be with this indispensable book.
Features- Title - Academic Language in Diverse Classrooms: Definitions and Contexts
- Authored - Margo Gottlieb
- Primary Author Affiliation - Illinois Resource Center and WIDA
- Other Author - Gisela Ernst - Slavit
- Binding - Paperback
- Pages - 256
- Publication Date -
- Primary Subject Code Description - Bilingual/ELL Learners - C42
- Copy Right Year - 2014
About the AuthorMargo Gottlieb, Ph.D., Lead Developer for World - Class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Director, Assessment and Evaluation, for the Illinois Resource Center, crafts language standards, designs assessments, and creates instructional assessment systems for English language learners. She has presented and published extensively; her books include: Common Language Assessment for English Learners (2012), Paper to Practice: Using the TESOL's English Language Proficiency Standards in PreK - 12 Classrooms (with A. Katz & G. Ernst - Slavit, 2009); Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs: A Guide for Administrators and Teachers (with D. Nguyen, 2007); and Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges from Language Proficiency to Academic Achievement (2006).
