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Author(s): Jeff Zwiers
ISBN(s): 9780787987619, 0787987611
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 10.86 MB
Year: 2008
Language: english
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ISBN 10:  0787987611

ISBN 13: 978-0787987619

Author:  Jeff Zwiers

Many students, ranging from native English speakers to recent immigrants, need help in understanding and using the language of school. Language is the lifeblood of learning in all content areas, and it plays a major role in academic achievement. Building Academic Language explains the functions and features of academic language that every teacher (language arts, history, math, & science teachers, etc.) should know for supporting academic reading, writing, and discussion. The book includes research-based instructional and assessment activities that content teachers can use to build students’ abilities to understand and describe the many abstract concepts, higher-order thinking skills, and complex relationships in a discipline. The book emphasizes an approach that builds from students’ existing ways of learning and communicating, scaffolding them to think and talk as content area experts think and talk about math, science, history, and language arts.

Major topics and themes include:

  • What is academic language and how does it differ by content area?
  • How can language-building activities (discussions, small groups, etc.) support content understanding?
  • How can we build language abilities for content reading and writing – and vice versa?
  • How can we build on students’ diverse ways of understanding, learning, and communicating about the world?
  • How can we more effectively model and scaffold academic language in our teaching and assessment?
 

Table of contents: 

ONE Understanding How Students Use Language

TWO Language for Academic Thinking

THREE Cultivating Academic Language Acquisition

FOUR Content-Area Variations of Academic Language

FIVE Academic Classroom Discussions

SIX Academic Listening and Speaking in Small Groups

SEVEN Language for Academic Reading

EIGHT Language for Academic Writing

NINE Building Language into Lessons and Assessments

TEN Concluding Thoughts

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