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Reading Instruction for ESL Students

 

Foreword

Introduction
Meeting the Challenge of Diversity

Section 1: Issues

Chapter 1
Demographic Overview: Changes in Student Enrollment in American Schools
Julia Lara

Chapter 2
Multiculturation: An Educational Model for a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Society
Carlos E. Cortés

Chapter 3
The Acquisition of English as a Second Language
Jim Cummins

Section 2: Organizing for Instruction

Chapter 4
Self-Esteem: Access to Literacy in Multicultural and Multilingual Classrooms
Bess Altwerger, Bonnie Lee Ivener

Chapter 5
Instructional Approaches and Teaching Procedures
Anna Uhl Chamot, J. Michael O'Malley

Chapter 6
Selecting Materials for the Reading Instruction of ESL Children
Virginia Garibaldi Allen

Section 3: Instructional Practices

Chapter 7
Comprehending Through Reading and Writing: Six Research-Based Instructional Strategies
Nancy Farnan, James Flood, Diane Lapp

Chapter 8
Language, Literacy, and Content Instruction: Strategies for Teachers
Alfredo Schifini

Chapter 9
Assessing the Literacy Development of Second-Language Students: A Focus on Authentic Assessment
Georgia Earnest García

Conclusion
The ESL Student: Reflections on the Present, Concerns for the Future
Eleanor Wall Thonis

Author Index

Subject Index

 

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