| Description |
xi, 363 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Multiple Perspectives on Content-Based Instruction. Ch. 1. Content-Based Instruction: Research Foundations / William Grabe and Fredricka L. Stoller. Ch. 2. Integrating Content-ESL: A Report from the Front / Ken Sheppard. Ch. 3. Sheltered English: Modifying Content Delivery for Second Language Learners / Nina Glaudini Rosen and Linda Sasser. Ch. 4. Moving from Comprehensible Input to "Learning to Learn" in Content-Based Instruction / Kate Kinsella. Ch. 5. Teaching Content Knowledge and ESL in Multicultural Classrooms / Gloria M. Tang. Ch. 6. A Six-T's Approach to Content-Based Instruction / Fredricka L. Stoller and William Grabe. Ch. 7. The Challenge of Language and History Terminology from the Student Optic / Anthony Bernier. Ch. 8. Pedagogical Responses from Content Faculty: Teaching Content and Language in History / Carole Srole. Ch. 9. Content-Based Instruction in an EFL Setting: Issues and Strategies / Tim Murphey. Ch. 10. Syllabus Design in Content-Based Instruction / David E. Eskey. Ch. 11. Thematic Units: Creating an Environment for Learning / Marge C. Gianelli. Ch. 12. Adapting the Adjunct Model: A Case Study / Martha Iancu. Ch. 13. Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes in Teacher Preparation for Content-Based Instruction / Pat Wilcox Peterson. Ch. 14. Collaborative Approaches in Preparing Teachers for Content-Based and Language-Enhanced Settings / Dorit Kaufman. Ch. 15. Creating Content-Based Language Tests: Guidelines for Teachers / Jean Turner. Ch. 16. Issues in Assessment for Content-Based Instruction / Sara Cushing Weigle and Linda Jensen. Ch. 17. Reading and 'Riting and ... Social Studies: Research on Integrated Language and Content in Secondary Classrooms / Deborah J. Short. Ch. 18. How Relevant Is Relevance? / James F. Valentine, Jr. and Lyn Margaret Repath-Martos. Ch. 19. Enhancing Student Performance through Discipline-Based Summarization-Strategy Instruction / Lia D. Kamhi-Stein. Ch. 20. Linguistic Form, Pragmatic Function: Relevant Research from Content-Based Instruction / Jane Zuengler and Donna M. Brinton. Ch. 21. The English Language Fellows Program: Using Peer Tutors to Integrate Language and Content / Richard Blakely. Ch. 22. Teaching Academic Literacy Skills: Discipline Faculty Take Responsibility / Marguerite Ann Snow -- Pt. II. Practical Issues at a Glance. Ch. 23. Collaborating with Content-Area Teachers: What We Need to Share / Annela Teemant, Elizabeth Bernhardt and Marisol Rodriguez-Munoz. Ch. 24. Content-Based Instruction: Is It Possible in High School? / Eva Wegrzecka-Kowalewski. Ch. 25. ESL and Content Teachers: Working Effectively in Adjunct Courses / Young Gee. Ch. 26. Smiling through the Turbulence: The Flight Attendant Syndrome and Writing Instructor Status in the Adjunct Model / Lynn Goldstein, Cherry Campbell and Martha Clark Cummings. Ch. 27. The Challenges of Administering Content-Based Programs / Donna M. Brinton -- Pt. III. Connections Between Content-Based Instruction and Other Teaching Approaches. Ch. 28. Whole Language Teaching and Content-Based Instruction: Are They Compatible? / David Freeman and Yvonne Freeman. Ch. 29. The Role of Content-Based Instruction in Workplace Literacy / Rosemary Henze and Anne Katz. Ch. 30. VESL and Content-Based Instruction: What Do They Have in Common? / Kathleen Wong. Ch. 31. English for Specific Purposes and Content-Based Instruction: What Is the Relationship? / Ann M. Johns. Ch. 32. The Role of Content in Task-Based EAP Instruction / Joan G. Carson, Josephine A. Taylor and Laureen Fredella. Ch. 33. Culture as Content / Sharon Hilles and Dennis Lynch. Ch. 34. Literature: A Quintessential Content / Christine Holten |
| Summary |
This up-to-date anthology contains information about how to apply the tenets of a content-based approach to language instruction. The text explores practical models for teacher preparation and classroom strategies as well as alternative models, research and assessment, and the relationship between content-based instruction and other instructional approaches. The Content-Based Classroom offers selections written by a cross-section of authors who have expertise in a wide range of settings and with a variety of student populations and discussion questions and activities that give students an opportunity to apply concepts to actual or hypothetical situations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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Interdisciplinary approach in education.
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Language arts -- Correlation with content subjects.
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| Author |
Brinton, Donna, editor
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Snow, Marguerite Ann, editor
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| LC no. |
97005531 |
| ISBN |
0472036459 |
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9780472036455 |
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