Integrating Language and Content Instruction for Language Minority Students. Teacher Resource Guide Series, Number 4 [electronic resource] / JoAnn Crandall and Others.

The guide is designed to introduce teachers and administrators to approaches for combining language and content instruction in English as a second language, bilingual education, foreign language education, mainstream classes, and content area instruction, and to provide suggestions and resources for...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Crandall, Jo Ann
Corporate Author: National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987.
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Summary:The guide is designed to introduce teachers and administrators to approaches for combining language and content instruction in English as a second language, bilingual education, foreign language education, mainstream classes, and content area instruction, and to provide suggestions and resources for implementing the approaches. It describes an activity carried out in a class of limited-English-speakers, examines what is accomplished the activity, discusses the principles underlying the integration of language and content area instruction, and outlines three approaches: developing a single lesson, developing a unit in one academic area, and developing a content-based or sheltered English curriculum. Aspects of program acceptance and administration are discussed, potential problem areas are noted, and three sample lesson outlines are appended. A list of references is also supplied. (MSE)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED291247.
Availability: National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, 11501 Georgia Ave., Wheaton, MD 20907.
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (ED), Washington, DC.
Contract Number: 300860069.
Also distributed on microfiche by U.S. GPO under ED 1.310/2:291247.
Physical Description:18 p.
Audience:Teachers.
Practitioners.