Teaching EAL : : Evidence-based Strategies for the Classroom and School / / Robert Sharples.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
• VerfasserIn: Sharples, Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

This book offers an evidence-based guide to EAL for everyone who works with multilingual learners. It offers a concise introduction to the latest research underpinning three keys areas of EAL practice: How children acquire additional languages How language works across the curriculum How you can est...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Figures, Tables and Case Studies
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• 1 Introduction
• 2 EAL in the National and International Context
• Part 1: How Additional Languages Are Learned
• 3 Key Principles and a Theory of Language
• 4 Learning or Acquiring
• 5 Masses of Input
• 6 Earlier Isn’t Necessarily Better
• 7 Implicit and Explicit Learning
• 8 First Languages Are Important for Learning English
• 9 Pulling It All Together: Learning Trajectories and Second Language Pedagogy
• Part 2: Language Across the Curriculum
• 10 Five Principles for Language Across the Curriculum
• 11 BICS and CALP
• 12 Oracy: Talking and Learning
• 13 Reading in a New Language
• 14 Making Meaning in Writing: Field, Tenor and Mode
• 15 Disciplinary Language, Disciplinary Knowledge
• 16 Pulling It All Together: What Counts as Proficiency
• Part 3: The EAL Specialist
• 17 Getting to Grips with the Role
• 18 Establishing Effective Assessments
• 19 Welcoming Students
• 20 Getting Connected
• 21 Making Friends and Influencing People
• 22 From Mono to Multi
• 23 CPD for EAL Specialists
• 24 For Everyone
• Appendix I: Checklist and Activities for the New EAL Specialist
• Appendix II: Networks and Groups
• References
• Index