Building Academic Language: Essential Practices for Content Classrooms, Grades 5-12

by 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787987611
• ISBN13: 9780787987619
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 9.3"