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| FORMAT: Book | Language and Learning: What Teachers Need to Know | AUTHOR: Elise Trumbull, Beverly Farr |
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Written in reader-friendly style, this book provides a substantive, research-based introduction to most of the language topics K-12 teachers need to understand in order to teach effectively. The authors address such topics as relationships between language and cognition, first and second language acquisition, language and culture, literacy learning and teaching, and the role of language in assessment. They also devote considerable attention to specific strategies teachers can use to meet the educational needs of students from a wide range of linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The book is designed to be useful to teachers, teacher educators, and professional developers.
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PUBLISHER: Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc. MORE INFO: http://www.wested.org/cs/we/view/rs/773 |
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