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Meadows, Bryan; Gutierrez, Kelly – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2023
The authors provide novice teachers with a step-by-step introduction to linguistic analysis, a tool to identify gaps between English learners' proficiency levels and the language demands of their coursework in the content areas.
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Theory, English Language Learners
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Taylor, Vicki Fairbanks; Stickney, Lisa T.; DeMarr, Beverly J.; Fender, C. Melissa – Management Teaching Review, 2021
Theoretical and empirical literature is often assigned in undergraduate and graduate management education. Even though the ability to read, interpret, and evaluate scholarly articles is an important skill for students and practitioners, comprehending and applying the information contained in scholarly articles can be challenging for a variety of…
Descriptors: Management Development, Academic Language, Business Administration Education, Graduate Students
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Kosanovich, Marcia; Lee, Laurie; Foorman, Barbara – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2020
Learning to read begins at home through everyday parent-child interactions, long before children attend school. Parents' continuing support of literacy development throughout elementary school positively affects their children's reading ability. Many recent efforts to motivate parents to be involved in their child's literacy development involve…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Family Involvement
Nebraska Department of Education, 2021
Academic language includes three skills: (1) use of inferential language (communicating about ideas across contexts); (2) use of narrative language (clearly describing a series of events); and (3) understanding a range of academic vocabulary and grammatical structures. These skills help students better comprehend academic texts both across…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Language Skills, Kindergarten, Reading Skills
Nebraska Department of Education, 2016
The goal of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guide, "Foundational Skills to Support Reading for Understanding in Kindergarten through 3rd Grade," is to offer educators specific, evidence-based recommendations for teaching foundational reading skills to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade. The guide suggests…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Beginning Reading, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods
Nebraska Department of Education, 2014
The goal of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guide, "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School," is to provide four recommendations for teaching complex content to English learners while simultaneously building academic language and writing and oral language proficiency. This…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Literacy
Nebraska Department of Education, 2014
The goal of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guide, "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School," is to provide four recommendations for teaching complex content to English learners while simultaneously building academic language and writing and oral language proficiency. This…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Literacy
Nebraska Department of Education, 2014
The goal of the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) Practice Guide, "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School," is to provide four recommendations for teaching complex content to English learners while simultaneously building academic language and writing and oral language proficiency. This…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Literacy
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2014
The "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School" practice guide was developed by the What Works Clearinghouseâ„¢ (WWC) in conjunction with an expert panel to support teachers in providing language instruction. The practice guide provides teachers with guidelines and examples of ways to…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Literacy