The Pennsylvania Literacy Corps

Author : Sheila Sherow
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book PA Literacy Corps. Applying Research to Practice: Teaching & Learning Strategies. Second Language Acquisition & English as a Second Language written by Sheila Sherow and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A good theory is based on information gained from research and practice. A good practice is based on research findings and carefully crafted theory. They are interdependent." This US report looks at research-based strategies that can be used to assist ESOL learners and give them a wide range of lifelong learning strategies. Table of contents: * Cultural Sensitivity * Linguistics (vowel shift, split infinitives, standard English and dialects) * Language and Writing Systems (logographic writing systems, syllabary writing systems and alphabetic writing systems) * How Language Is Learned (what does it mean to know a language?) * Second Language Acquisition (research and findings, Stephen Krashen's Acquisition Model, second language development: Nature vs Nurture, Audio-Lingual Method, factors related to learning a second language. Types of learners: pre-literate, non-literate learners, semiliterate learners, nonalphabetic literate, non-Roman alphabet literate, Roman alphabet literate, stages of second language acquisition, BICS and CALP, other approaches to second language acquisition, three major types of programs, ESL) * English as a Second Language (ESL programs and why adults participate) * Research-based Second Language Acquisition Learning Strategies (research on learning strategies, second language learning strategies, O'Malley & Chamot's list of learning strategies for ESL learners, use of learning strategies, training ESL students to use learning strategies) * Teaching Reading Skills (approaches to reading instruction, teaching decoding skills, phonemic awareness, PA teaching strategies, Elkonin Strategy and Boxes, phonics skills, teaching phonics, teaching ideas, analogy technique, vowel patterns, teaching fluency strategies, teaching vocabulary development strategies, teaching comprehension strategies, activating prior knowledge, predicating meaning, directed reading activities, using graphic and visual aids, assessing reading comprehension, engaging learners in reading, the language experience approach) * Teaching Writing Skills * Teaching Speaking and Listening Skills * ESL Lesson Plans * Idioms * Correcting Learner Errors * Transitioning ESL Learners * References.