Content-area conversations : how to plan discussion-based lessons for diverse language learners /
Fisher, Douglas, 1965-
Content-area conversations : how to plan discussion-based lessons for diverse language learners / Conversations Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Carol Rothenberg. - Alexandria, VA : ASCD, c2008. - xiii, 175 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index.
Why talk is important in classrooms -- Fostering academic discourse -- Planning for purposeful talk -- Creating an environment for talk -- Procedures for classroom talk -- Assessments of classroom talk.
Offers teachers practical advice on creating and managing classroom environments that encourage higher levels of oral and written communication from students.
Professional Professional Follett Library Resources
1416607374 9781416607373 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008028766
Discussion.
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
Language arts--Correlation with content subjects.
Discussion groups.
English as a second language.
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Language arts.
PE1128.A2 / F542 2008
428.0071
Content-area conversations : how to plan discussion-based lessons for diverse language learners / Conversations Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Carol Rothenberg. - Alexandria, VA : ASCD, c2008. - xiii, 175 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-165) and index.
Why talk is important in classrooms -- Fostering academic discourse -- Planning for purposeful talk -- Creating an environment for talk -- Procedures for classroom talk -- Assessments of classroom talk.
Offers teachers practical advice on creating and managing classroom environments that encourage higher levels of oral and written communication from students.
Professional Professional Follett Library Resources
1416607374 9781416607373 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008028766
Discussion.
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
Language arts--Correlation with content subjects.
Discussion groups.
English as a second language.
Interdisciplinary approach in education.
Language arts.
PE1128.A2 / F542 2008
428.0071