Academic Language! Academic Literacy!: A Guide for K–12 Educators

Academic Language! Academic Literacy!: A Guide for K–12 Educators

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This hands-on resource provides teachers, coaches, and administrators with 36 research-based strategies</strong></strong></strong> that are proven to help students develop the necessary skills for academic language in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.  <b>English Language Learners, special needs students, and struggling readers will benefit from these literacy strategies</b> that create academic success.  These practical and proven strategies fit in perfectly with an RTI Intervention Framework.<br><br>Major topics and themes include: <br><ul><li>What is academic language and how does it support content area instruction? </li><li>How academic language strategies support academic reading, writing, listening and speaking? </li><li>How are English Language Learners and socio-economically students affected by their limited understanding of academic langauge? </li><li>Which research-based strategies make the biggest difference for struggling readers? </li><li>How can we more effectively scaffold and model academic language in our academic instruction and interventions?</li></ul>