Strategies for Teaching English Learners

Lynne Díaz-Rico is Professor of Education at California State University, San Bernardino where she coordinates the M. A. in Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages program and offers courses for California’s teacher preparation programs. Her books, A Course For Teaching English Learnersand The Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Handbook (now in its fourth edition) are widely used in programs of teacher education to prepare teachers for multiethnic and linguistically diverse classrooms. Her research interests are in intercultural communication, classroom discourse, and innovative English-language-acquisition pedagogy.  She is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences, and has served as President of California TESOL (CATESOL).

1    Who Are English Learners and Their Teachers?

2    Critical Roles for Teachers

3    Views of Teaching and Learning

4    Performance-Based Learning

5    Learner Strategies and Learner-Focused Teaching

6    Oracy Instruction That Builds on the First Language

7    Literacy Instruction for English-Language Development

8    Learning Processes ands the Imaginary

9    Grammar through Integrated Language Skills and Wonderful English

10  Culturally Based Language Teaching

11  Discourse in the Classrooms of English Learners

12  Dual-Language Proficiency

13  Teaching English in Context

14  Building a Community of Learners

15  Project-Based Learning and Service Learning

Appendix A    Influencing Language Policies to Benefit English Learners

Appendix B    English Learners and Special Education

Appendix C    Bibliography of Works Used for Visual Imaginary Dramatic Arts

Bibliography

Author Index

Subject Index