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Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Teachers College Press, 2019
Research shows that vocabulary is the best support for students' comprehension of narrative and information texts. Often, vocabulary instruction focuses on a few target words in specific texts. However, to understand the many new words in complex texts students need to know how words work. This book, written by an award-winning authority on…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Bailey, Alison L.; Heritage, Margaret – Harvard Education Press, 2018
In their new book, Alison L. Bailey and Margaret Heritage illustrate how to help students become more self-regulated learners--that is, to be able to monitor and take charge of their own learning when working independently and in groups. Language provides the foundation for the development of self-regulatory skills, enabling students to express…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Language Role, Formative Evaluation, Vocabulary Development
Hougen, Martha C., Ed.; Smartt, Susan M., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2020
Understand the science of reading and how to implement evidence-based instruction to increase the reading and writing achievement of pre-K-6 students, including those at risk for reading difficulties. Fully revised and updated, this core text covers the research base for structured literacy instruction and practical guidance on the essential…
Descriptors: Spelling, Evidence Based Practice, Reading Achievement, Writing Achievement
Helman, Lori; Rogers, Carrie; Frederick, Amy; Struck, Maggie – Teachers College Press, 2016
Responding to the need to prepare elementary teachers for the increasing linguistic diversity in schools, this book presents key foundational principles in language and literacy development for linguistically diverse students. Readers see these ideas enacted through the journeys of real students as they progress from 1st through 6th grade. What…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Literacy Education, Inclusion, Multilingualism
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Vanderplank, Robert – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2016
This book brings together current thinking on informal language learning and the findings of over 30 years of research on captions (same language subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) to present a new model of language learning from captioned viewing and a future roadmap for research and practice in this field. Language learners may have…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Barcroft, Joe – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2015
This book focuses on theory, research, and practice related to "lexical input processing" (lex-IP), an exciting field exploring how learners allocate their limited processing resources when exposed to words and lexical phrases in the input. Unit 1 specifies parameters of lex-IP research among other levels of input processing as well as…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Language Processing, Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning
Barcroft, Joe – TESOL International Association, 2012
This fascinating presentation of current research undoes numerous myths about how we most effectively learn new words in a second language. In clear, reader-friendly text, the author details the successful approach of IBI vocabulary instruction, which emphasizes the presentation of target vocabulary as input early on and the incremental (gradual)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Herrera, Socorro G.; Kavimandan, Shabina K.; Holmes, Melissa A. – Teachers College Press, 2011
In her new book, nationally known professional development consultant and literacy expert Socorro Herrera is joined by two colleagues to provide a framework for academic vocabulary and language instruction in today's diverse classrooms. The authors present a set of strategies and tools that work effectively across all content to support enhanced…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Adult Education, Teaching Methods, Language Skills
Benedek, Andras, Ed.; Nyiri, Kristof, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2011
Learning and teaching are faced with radically new challenges in today's rapidly changing world and its deeply transformed communicational environment. We are living in an era of images. Contemporary visual technology--film, video, interactive digital media--is promoting but also demanding a new approach to education: the age of visual learning…
Descriptors: Visual Learning, Vocabulary Development, Language Acquisition, Deafness
Li, J., Ed.; Gromik, N., Ed.; Edwards, N., Ed. – TESOL International Association, 2013
It should come as no surprise that digital video technology is of particular interest to English language learners; students are drawn to its visual appeal and vibrant creative potential. The seven original case studies in this book demonstrate how video can be an effective and powerful tool to create fluid, fun, interactive, and collaborative…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Video Technology, Educational Technology
del Pilar Agustin Llach, Maria – Multilingual Matters, 2011
Lexical errors are a determinant in gaining insight into vocabulary acquisition, vocabulary use and writing quality assessment. Lexical errors are very frequent in the written production of young EFL learners, but they decrease as learners gain proficiency. Misspellings are the most common category, but formal errors give way to semantic-based…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Semantics, Writing Tests, Error Analysis (Language)
Blackburn, Barbara R. – Eye on Education, 2013
Learn how to increase rigor so that all students can reach higher levels of learning! With this new edition of a teacher-tested best seller, you get practical ideas for increasing text complexity, providing scaffolding during reading instruction, creating open-ended projects, and much more. The enhanced second edition provides important…
Descriptors: State Standards, Problem Based Learning, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Antonacci, Patricia A.; O'Callaghan, Catherine M. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2011
Organized around 10 key areas for teaching and learning literacy--phonemic awareness, phonics, reading fluency, vocabulary, story comprehension, comprehension of informational text, questioning for understanding, discussion for understanding, narrative writing, and writing to learn--"Promoting Literacy Development" offers 50 clearly written,…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Phonemic Awareness, Second Language Learning, Literacy
Colombo, Michaela – SAGE Publications (CA), 2011
Ideal as a supplementary text for a variety of courses and as a guide for in-service teachers and for professional development settings, "Teaching English Language Learners: 43 Strategies for Successful K-8 Classrooms" provides teachers of all content areas with a broad, practical approach to teaching English language learners in the regular…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Minami, Masahiko – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The topic of bilingualism has aroused considerable interest in research on language acquisition in recent decades. Researchers in various fields, such as developmental psychology and psycholinguistics, have investigated bilingual populations from different perspectives in order to understand better how bilingualism affects cognitive abilities like…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Metalinguistics, Developmental Psychology, Language Acquisition
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