Comprehension Strategies for English Language Learners: 30 Research-Based Reading Strategies That Help Students Read, Understand, and Really Learn ... Nonfiction Materials (Teaching Strategies) [Paperback]

Margaret Bouchard (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0439554284 | ISBN-13: 978-0439554282 | Publication Date: November 1, 2005

With this collection of research-based—and practical—strategies, mainstream classroom teachers can help ease the academic challenges English language learners often face by harnessing the opportunities provided by learning language in a meaningful context. Each strategy lesson identifies the level for which it is best suited and the TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) Goals and Standards it meets, as well as key supporting research, questions to prompt reflection, and more. For use with Grades 4 & Up.

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About the Author

Margaret Bouchard is a Missouri-based educator whose specialty is Multicultural Education and English Language Development. She has served as a member of the Oakland County Bilingual Directors Board, an ESL Teacher/Coordinator for the Lamphere School District, and an instructor at the Applied Language Insitution, University of Missouri, Kansas City. She has developed and presented numerous workshops in reading, Multicultural Education, and English Language Development. In addition to her work in education, Mrs. Bouchard serves as a commissioner on the Human Rights Commision in Kansas City. She is the author of another ESL Resource book, ESL Smart! (Pearson/Longman Education, 2000).

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Teaching Strategies (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439554284
• ISBN-13: 978-0439554282
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,092 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good comprehensive set of strategies, January 11, 2008

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Mary C. Reynolds "Teaching with Practical Inn... (Northbook, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Comprehension Strategies for English Language Learners: 30 Research-Based Reading Strategies That Help Students Read, Understand, and Really Learn ... Nonfiction Materials (Teaching Strategies) (Paperback)

This text is a good addition to an individual teacher's bag of tricks or a school's professional library. Margaret Bouchard has taken many well-known reading, writing, and thinking strategies (and has cited her sources), adapted the strategies especially for use with English Language learners, explained the theory behind their use, and where appropriate, has provided a worksheet to copy. Although most of these strategies can be used with ELLs at any age, the worksheets themselves are appropriate only for younger children, although they could easily be readapted for older students. The main advantage of this text is that although most of these strategies are well-known, having them in one place and having them validated as useful for ELLS is a significant help to teachers who have no ESL or Bilingual help in their school or district. The strategies are not a panacea, however, and some require considerable text or curriculum adaption by the classroom teacher. But -- this should be a realistic expectation of teachers with ELLs in their classrooms. Although the learning theory on which the strategies are based is briefly explained, teachers at the secondary level who are not as familiar with reading theory might not find the backgrounding adequate and might come to feel that these strategies could not make a sufficient dent in the enormous amount of material taught at the high school level.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for EFL, April 22, 2011

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This review is from: Comprehension Strategies for English Language Learners: 30 Research-Based Reading Strategies That Help Students Read, Understand, and Really Learn ... Nonfiction Materials (Teaching Strategies) (Paperback)

This book is geared towards younger students but I have used it with adult EFL students and adapted a number of the ideas. It has great ready to go handouts and a number of suggestions that can be reworked to fit any class. I am especially a fan of focusing on questioning students across all levels of bloom's taxonomy and this book provides a simple framework to use or discuss during staff development.