Dynamic Read-Aloud Strategies for English Learners: Building Language and Literacy in the Primary Grades

by Peggy Hickman, Sharolyn D. Pollard-durodola

The read-aloud activities you use in your classroom every day can help second-language learners develop listening comprehension and oral language proficiency in English in a culturally and linguistically appropriate way. This book provides teachers with both the theoretical knowledge they need to understand the process of second-language development and a collection of proven strategies that will help them effectively apply that knowledge to their work with ELLs. The International Reading Association is the world's premier organization of literacy professionals. Our titles promote reading by providing professional development to continuously advance the quality of literacy instruction and research. Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better. Some of the many areas we publish in -Comprehension
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107 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009