When English Language Learners Write: Connecting Research to Practice, K-8

by Katharine Davies Samway

Book Overview

Unfair mythologies about English language learners have sprung up in schools around the country. Unsure how to help nonnative speakers write, some teachers and administrators have resorted to deficit-based stereotypes: ELLs can't write They have writing problems They are reluctant writers They need to be taught the skills of writing before writing independently. In reality, however, ELLs benefit from the same smart, research-based instructional strategies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325006334
• ISBN13: 9780325006338
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.3" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 8