Bilingual and ESL Classrooms: Teaching in Multicultural Contexts, 4/e
Carlos J Ovando,
Arizona State University - Tempe Mary Carol Combs,
University of Arizona Virginia P Collier,
George Mason University
ISBN: 0072982365 Copyright year: 2006
Revision Changes
Coverage of No Child Left Behind Legislation: NCLB will be introduced in Chapter 2 and then discussed in other chapters (such as 3, 8 and 9) as appropriate.
Assessment Chapter: Revised to be more practical, the new adds more examples of assessment of reading, writing, and content areas (more diagrams, charts, tables, rubrics), expands the discussion of authentic assessment, adds a new section on coping with standardized tests and teaching strategies for helping ELLs take standardized tests, and updates resources.
Heavily revised Special Education Chapter. The revision includes coverage of NCLB vis-à-vis language minority students with special teaching and learning needs; greater attention to characteristics which define English language learners who need special education; and more practical examples and classroom activities for working with language minority students with special needs .
Integrates references to technology, passim throughout the text, and adds links to appropriate URLs in chapter.
Moved the section on program models to chapter 3 from chapter 2 to even out the length of the chapters.
Reorganized Chapter 4 by transferring older ESL material and some historical information to the Online Learning Center.
To obtain an instructor login for this Online Learning Center, ask your local sales representative.
If you're an instructor thinking about adopting this textbook, request a free copy for review.
2006 McGraw-Hill Higher Education