Teaching EAL - Robert Sharples

Teaching EAL

Evidence-based Strategies for the Classroom and School

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
240 Seiten
2021
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-78892-443-6 (ISBN)
87,20 inkl. MwSt
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 key areas of EAL practice:





How children acquire additional languages
How language works across the curriculum
How you can establish outstanding EAL practice in your school.
This book offers an evidence-based guide to EAL for everyone who works with multilingual learners. It provides a concise, helpful introduction to the latest research underpinning three key areas of EAL practice:





How children acquire additional languages
How language works across the curriculum
How you can establish outstanding EAL practice in your school.


Other key features include case studies from experienced EAL specialists, extensive reading recommendations for teachers who want to build on their knowledge, and a detailed chapter on Ofsted based on interviews with senior inspectors.



This book will prove an invaluable guide and support for everyone working with bilingual learners. In clear, short chapters it gives a thorough grounding in the evidence and principles needed to create outstanding EAL provision.

Robert Sharples is a Lecturer in Language and Education at the University of Bristol, UK. He was the founding editor of the EAL Journal and is Convenor of the EAL Research Network. His research focuses on EAL and language in education. 

Figures, Tables and Case Studies

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Acronyms



Chapter 1: Introduction



Chapter 2: EAL in the National and International Context



Part 1: How Additional Languages Are Learned



Chapter 3: Key Principles and a Theory of Language



Chapter 4: Learning or Acquiring?



Chapter 5: Masses of Input



Chapter 6: Earlier isn’t Necessarily Better



Chapter 7: Implicit and Explicit Learning



Chapter 8: First Languages Are Important for Learning English



Chapter 9: Pulling It All Together: Learning Trajectories and Second Language Pedagogy



Part 2: Language Across the Curriculum



Chapter 10: Five Principles for Language Across the Curriculum



Chapter 11: BICS and CALP



Chapter 12: Oracy: Talking and Learning



Chapter 13: Reading in a New Language



Chapter 14: Making Meaning in Writing: Field, Tenor and Mode



Chapter 15: Disciplinary Language, Disciplinary Knowledge



Chapter 16: Pulling it all Together: What Counts as Proficiency



Part 3: The EAL Specialist



Chapter 17: Getting to Grips with the Role



Chapter 18: Establishing Effective Assessments



Chapter 19: Welcoming Students



Chapter 20: Getting Connected



Chapter 21: Making Friends and Influencing People



Chapter 22: From Mono to Multi



Chapter 23: CPD for EAL Specialists



Chapter 24: For Everyone



References



Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 225 mm
Gewicht 450 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
ISBN-10 1-78892-443-6 / 1788924436
ISBN-13 978-1-78892-443-6 / 9781788924436
Zustand Neuware
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