Big Ideas and Research That Guide the Profession -- First-Language Influence in Second-Language Acquisition -- ELL Oracy: Listening Comprehension and Oral Language Development -- Learning to Read, Write, and Spell Words in English as a New Language -- Visual Literacy and Language Growth -- Using Morphemes to Learn Vocabulary -- Word Formation Processes, Cognates, and Collocations -- "The Same, but Different": Reading Fluency in English as a New Language -- Achieving Comprehension in L2 English Reading -- Writing to Learn in English across the Curriculum -- Multilingual Learners in the Multimodal Classroom

"Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this established course text and teacher guide explores the processes involved in second-language acquisition and translates the research into practical instructional strategies for PreK-12. Engaging classroom vignettes and personal reflections from the authors and other seasoned educators bring the teaching methods and linguistic concepts to life. Highlighting ways to draw on emergent bilingual and multilingual students' strengths, the book presents innovative learning activities, lesson planning ideas, technology applications, downloadable reproducible forms, and other resources. Pedagogical features include key vocabulary and study questions in every chapter, plus an end-of-book glossary. Second edition title: Building Literacy with English Language Learners. Key Words/Subject Areas: English as a second language, ELLs, ESL/TESOL, bilingual education, teaching, teachers, dual language programs, reading methods, graduate classes, courses, textbooks, instruction, translanguaging, emergent bilinguals, equity-based, second-language acquisition, classrooms Audience: Teachers of 4- to 17-year-olds (grades PreK-12) in ESL, bilingual, and general education; teacher educators and students in ESL/TESOL certification programs; ELL specialists; literacy specialists and coaches"--