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| Title | Book: Developing Reading and Writing in Second-Language Learners |
| Body | From http://www.cal.org Developing Reading and Writing in Second-Language Learners: Lessons from the Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth Edited by Diane August and Timothy Shanahan A Co-Publication of Routledge, the Center for Applied Linguistics, and the International Reading Association This book was created as a summary of the full volume, Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners, reporting the findings of the National Literacy Panel on language-minority children and youth. In this more accessible version, chapters adapted from the full report concisely review the state of knowledge on the development of literacy in language-minority children and youth in relation to five specific themes: * Development of literacy in second-language learners * Cross-linguistic relationships in second-language learners * Sociocultural contexts and literacy development * Educating language-minority students: instruction and professional development * Student assessment Designed for researchers as well as for use in a wide range of teacher preparation courses and in-service/staff development programs dealing with educating English language learners, this book is also a valuable resource for individual teachers and other school practitioners. For more information about this book, go to http://www.cal.org/resources/pubs/developreadwrite.html . |
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| Inputdate | 2008-06-29 10:29:16 |
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