Teaching Language Arts to English Language Learners - Paperback

by Anete Vásquez (Author), Angela L. Hansen (Author), Philip C. Smith (Author)

Today's language arts classrooms increasingly include students for whom English is a second language. Teaching Language Arts to English Language Learners provides readers with the comprehensive understanding of both the challenges that face ELLs and ways in which educators might address them in the language arts classroom. The authors offer proven techniques that teachers can readily use to teach reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary as well as speaking, listening, and viewing skills.

Author Biography

Anete Vásquez is Assistant Professor in the Department of Secondary and Middle Grades Education at Kennesaw State University, USA.

Angela Hansen is Associate Professor in the English Department at Northern Arizona University, USA.

Philip C. Smith is the Foreign Language/ESOL Education Program Coordinator in the College of Education at the University of South Florida, USA.