Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning, Second Edition: Teaching English Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom

Helpful book with practical strategies. Very straightforward and easy to read. This was assigned for a class I took, and it is probably a book I am most likely to refer to after the class is over than any other text I have used recently.

For my class, I originally had the previous edition of this book, but I realized how much information how many additional teaching strategies I was missing I quickly purchased this edition. Really great stuff. It really boosts my repertoire of teaching strategies and they seem very engaging, excited to try them with my classes in the fall.

If every educator in the US read this and applied the techniques and strategies and really took this to heart, we would revolutionize education. This is as good a text for teachers without ESL/ELL learners as it is for those who have such students.

Assigned this for class. It is easy to read, the author really gets to the point, and offers a lot of suggestions on techniques that can be used in the classroom. It discusses some theory, but also gives a lot of examples of practice.

Im sure this might be a good book but for some reason my professor had us read it backward...so it was a little confusing. I feel like a lot of the information in there is common sense.

Bought because my daughter needed it for class.

Best ESL teaching tool ever! Good for beginner teachers as well as seasoned educators. Insights and innovative ways to bring language and knowledge content together to every student in your class.

Great book, had to buy it for a class in grad school. Easy to read and comprehend.

Un libro de cabecera para todos los profesores que trabajan en contextos bilingües. Explica de manera clara y didáctica las necesidades comunicativas de los aprendices de lengua adicional y muestra un buen número de técnicas para trabajar de manera más efectiva en el aula.

This book makes a strong case for the integration of language and content learning, with a focus on research-proven contexts and strategies that help ensure success for all students. It provides multiple examples of authentic "classroom talk" such as teacher-guided reporting, student "rehearsal for reporting", and a teacher talking with children explicitly about how to work together collaboratively. It also includes activities for developing all aspects of language learning, demonstrating how these can be meaningfully integrated with subject knowledge as part of a holistic curriculum. Particularly useful is the chapter on learning to write in a second language and culture, which describes some common school genres in terms of their purpose, organization, structure (connectives) and other language features (such as tense and specific vocabulary). The chapter also provides a question framework for assessing writing which can be used to assess individual student's writing, build up a class profile, or adapted for self-assessment purposes. The final chapter is dedicated to developing integrated units and provides guidance on "finding the language in the content" so as to make language-learning explicit across the curriculum. Suggestions for further reading are listed at the end of each chapter.

Very useful for effective English language teaching. Worth buying and collecting on the ELT bookshelf.

Excellent book. Thought provoking with practical approach to EAL. I read this 16 years ago as a student reader and it shaped my approach to teaching English. Has been helpful to return to this book after a career break.

Beh che dire un bellissimo libro! Dove finalmente viene illustrato come bisogna insegnare l'inglese ai bambini. Questo libro e usato da professori universitari per insegnare ai futuri insegnanti cosa vuol dire insegnare l'inglese a scuola! Lo consiglio!Consegna puntualissima!