The Crosscultural Language and Academic Development Handbook: A Complete K-12 Reference Guide

by Lynne T. Diaz-Rico, Kathryn Z. Weed

The fourth edition of this best-selling handbook brings together theories, ideas, and resources for promoting cross-cultural awareness, language development, and academic progress for English learners. It ties together culture and language in a comprehensive format, providing teachers with a wealth of specific strategies and classroom examples to apply to educational practice.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Nonfiction

408 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1994

Reviews

[Carmen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I will decide how many stars to give this book when I get my results back from the my CTEL exam. It was recommended to my by two veteran middle school teachers who passed the test recently. If I pass, I'll give it five stars, for usefulness. What I can say now, is that the technical bits about teaching literacy and reading development were readable and seemed to make sense. I was constantly distracted by the stupid teacher fonts they used for the supplemental material. One looked like that lame child's handwriting font that elementary teachers favor, and the other one was like the retarded cousin to a wannabe celtic font. The bits where the authors tried to get political were strident and out of date. The section on Cultural Inclusion sounded like it was out of some bad Soviet era handbook. I picked up a teacher-mag right before the test and it had the latest findings and they contradicted a lot of what was preached (especially regarding the effectiveness of "culturally sensitive" teaching). I also found a place where it contradicted what was written in the official CTEL study guide. On the other hand, its call for equality and access are good (at the same time, a no-brainer).

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have used an second edition of this handbook as a reference for my classroom since 2002. A friend gave me this latest edition as a gift and it has so much more for the advancements we have made over the past ten years in technology we use with our Second Language students. My classroom has gone from a couple of Second Language learners over this period of time to more than fifty percent Second Language learners or in other word we start the year in our preschool room with over half the children knowing no English. Most of the children speak Spanish as a home language but we also have had Chinese, French and Arabic.

The Crosscultural, Language, & Academic Development Handbook is written for K-12 students but the principles apply in the preschool classroom and as a reference for my graduate level college classes, it is perfect for using as a reference for writing papers on all area of education. The last graduate level online course was on assessment and the book complemented the text for the course and as a second reference for the written assignments it was great. Any teacher with Second Language Learners in a regular classroom would benefit from having this book as a reference book to improve the education of his/her students.

[Kendra Doolin]

Rico, L. T., & Weed, K. Z. (2006). The crosscultural, language, and academic development handbook: a complete K-12 reference guide (3rd ed.). Boston [u.a.: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.

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Type of Reference: Handbook

Content/Scope: This handbook brings together theories, ideas, and resources for promoting cross-cultural awareness, language development, and academic progress for English learners. It delves deeply into the educational challenges faced by classroom teachers.

Accuracy/Authority/Bias: Both authors have published several books to support ESL learners.

Arrangement/Presentation: Organized by chapters, this 390 page, comprehensive format tool is available in paperback.

Relation to similar works: The collection does not currently contain any similar works.

Timeliness/Permanence: This book, published in 2009, will provide educators with resources for years to come.

Accessibility/Diversity: This book was written specifically for the general classroom teacher as it clearly shows the effects of cultural differences on learning and presents an excellent treatment of cultural diversity and learning styles.

Cost: $90

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this one for my teaching credential, I keep it for reference.

[Veronica · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sometimes publishers and authors just need to reprint rather than "improve" an edition. The Second Edition was a much better text than the Third Edition in organization and format.

[Lesley · Rating 4 out of 5]

It helped me pass the CTEL. I loved it.