Building academic language [electronic resource] : essential practices for content classrooms, grades 5-12 / Jeff Zwiers.

By: Zwiers, JeffContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Jossey-Bass teacherPublication details: San Francisco : Newark, Del. : Jossey-Bass ; International Reading Association, c2008Edition: 1st edDescription: xvii, 295 p. : illISBN: 9780470639849 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Academic language -- Study and teachingGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 407.1 LOC classification: P120.A24 | Z85 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Understanding how students use language -- Language for academic thinking -- Cultivating academic language acquisition -- Content-area variations of academic language -- Academic classroom discussions -- Academic listening and speaking in small groups -- Language for academic reading -- Language for academic writing -- Building language into lessons and assessments.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-288) and index.

Understanding how students use language -- Language for academic thinking -- Cultivating academic language acquisition -- Content-area variations of academic language -- Academic classroom discussions -- Academic listening and speaking in small groups -- Language for academic reading -- Language for academic writing -- Building language into lessons and assessments.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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