August 20th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Academic, Augmenting, Clichés, Commonly, context, English, Examples, Expressions, Idioms, increased, Language, Necessity, Proverbs, Setting, Slang, teaching, Used, Words
Product Description
The need for increased awareness of the necessity and function of incorporating into ESL curriculum commonly used English language idioms, clichés, colloquialisms, proverbs, slang words, and expressions is crucial. This research will reduce the number of unintentional, potentially detrimental, and misunderstood words or statements spoken in the ESL setting by native English-speaking ESL teachers and provide the ESL facilitator and students flexibility in communicating English with a wide array of variations.
The native English-speaking ESL teacher and the Spanish-speaking ESL students in Puerto Rico and other multi-lingual countries, elementary, secondary, and post-secondary ESL levels, are the targeted population.
The Increased…
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July 20th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Academic, Behavior, Content, Encounters, Focus, Human, Reading, Skills, Study, Writing
Product Description
This book helps ESL/EFL students develop the reading, writing, and study skills needed to be successful in college. The readings, taken from university-level textbooks, treat high-interest topics such as stress and physical health, nonverbal communication, and love, engaging students in the subject matter while exposing them to academic discourse. Exercises develop the reading skills of previewing text, skimming, reading for the main idea, reading for speed, and understanding vocabulary in context, as well as writing and study skills, such as summarizing, note-taking, highlighting key points, and preparing for tests. Students respond to the readings and incorporate what they have…
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July 3rd, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Academic, Class, Classroom, College, English, Helping, Literacy, Students, Succeed, Underprepared, working
- ISBN13: 9780867095258
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Boiarsky put together this book to pre-empt the problems teachers face in class, particularly with first-generation college students and others from working class and immigrant families.
Academic Literacy in the English Classroom: Helping Underprepared and Working Class Students Succeed in College
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June 5th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: 20092014, Academic, Books, China, Greater, Outlook
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This econometric study covers the latent demand outlook for academic and ESL books across the regions of Greater China, including provinces, autonomous regions (Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang – Tibet), municipalities (Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, and Tianjin), special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), and Taiwan (all hereafter referred to as “regions”). Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across some 1,100 cities in Greater China. For each major city in question, the percent share the city is of the region and of Greater China is reported. Each major city is…
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June 4th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Academic, Across, Assessment, Building, Curriculum, Formative, Grades, Language, Literacy, Reading, Skills
- ISBN13: 9781412949088
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Grounded in research and practice, this resource shows elementary teachers how to use formative assessment to build students’ language and literacy skills across the curriculum.
Formative Assessment for Literacy, Grades K-6: Building Reading and Academic Language Skills Across the Curriculum
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May 20th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Academic, Argumentative/Persuasive, Australian, CrossCultural, Differences, EastAsian, essays, Gradebased, Interpersonal, Resources, Students, Tertiary
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This book explores cross-cultural and grade-based differences that exist within argument structures and various aspects of language features as constructed by undergraduate students in their argumentative/persuasive essays. It attempts to address a major complaint that academic staff voiced about tertiary student essays, concerning their lack of analytical, critical voice and formality in their arguments.The linguistic evidence for exploring these issues is based mainly on interpersonal systems of interaction, which draws on work dealing with the metaphorical realization of commands, and evaluation termed ?appraisal theory?. Appraisal theory is concerned with the linguistic inflection of subjective attitudes of writers (ATTITUDE) and…
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May 13th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Academic, Content, English, Grades, Language, Learners, Strategies, Success, teaching
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Are you looking for classroom-tested content strategies to help your English Language Learners achieve academic success in your classroom? This easy-to-use resource offers 102 practical instructional and assessment strategies built on a strong foundation of second language acquisition theories and principles that you can easily incorporate into your daily classroom instruction. All 102 strategies are concise and easy to follow with helpful guides to help you maximize your students’ performance potential at every level of English language development. These strategies address cultural considerations, instructional processes, the difficulties of traditional testing, creation of alternative testing formats, grading, and accountability in…
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I am a teacher of ESL students, and I am currently working on a thesis about improving academic achievement among these studetns. I am looking for ideas and research on the topic. Any help out there?
So we’re taking a look at my school’s latest release of test scores. 44% of our juniors passed the state writing exam (a 5-paragraph response to a prompt, graded holistically on organization, cohesion, vocabulary, mechanics, effectiveness). The state average was 40%. 
