Science for English Language Learners

If you work with linguistically and culturally diverse students, you and your students will benefit from the foundation this book provides for teaching both science and language. Science for English Language Learners brings you the best practices from different but complementary fields of science education and English language teaching, integrating the two.
The book is designed so you can easily dip in and out of the topics you want. It's organized into four sections:
1. Principles and practices that science and English teaching share
2. Classroom strategies for planning, teaching, assessing, and extending learning
3. How to design lessons and model lessons for K-12 students
4. Context and research, including an overview of science and English as a second language standards; instructional practices; and ways to integrate science, language, and literacy
Each of the 10 chapters is coauthored by experienced science and language educators who coordinate their approaches to teaching English language learners. By capitalizing on strengths from both fields, Science for English Language Learners will help you reach all students.

Ann K. Fathman is professor of English at Notre Dame de Namur University where she directs programs in English-as-a-second language teaching and English for international students. She received her PhD from Stanford University and BA in foreign language and science from University of California, Davis. Her professional experience includes elementary, secondary, and college teaching of ESL and science, as well as ESL and bilingual program administration and evaluation. She has taught in Europe and Asia and has been a Fulbright scholar in Slovakia. Her research in applied linguistics has focused on factors affecting second language acquisition, assessment, and heritage language preservation. She has had an interest in science and language teaching for many years, and her publications include coauthoring Science for Language Learners, published by Prentice Hall, Elementary Science ESL Workbooks, published by DC Heath, and Teaching Science to English Learners, published by the National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education.