Supporting English-Language Learners in Social Studies Class: Results from a Study of High School Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Szpara, Michelle Yvonne; Ahmad, Iftikhar
Titel	Supporting English-Language Learners in Social Studies Class: Results from a Study of High School Teachers
Quelle	In: Social Studies, 98 (2007) 5, S.189-196 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7996
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Secondary School Teachers; Acculturation; English (Second Language); Academic Discourse; Social Studies; Second Language Learning; High Schools; Partnerships in Education; College School Cooperation; Learning Strategies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Akkulturation; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Discourse; Diskurs; Gemeinschaftskunde; Zweitsprachenerwerb; High school; Oberschule; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie
Abstract	Content-area instruction for English-language learners (ELLs) represents a growing area of instructional need in U.S. high schools. In this article, the authors focus on diverse approaches to developing an effective instructional environment for teaching secondary-level social studies curriculum to ELLs. The authors participated in a school-university partnership to support content-area teachers' efforts to increase ELLs' comprehension skills. The authors propose a multitiered approach to meet the needs of ELLs in the mainstream social studies classrooms by (1) providing social and cultural support during the process of acculturation, (2) providing explicit instruction in academic strategies necessary for successful comprehension of in-depth content using the Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach, and (3) making social studies curriculum more accessible through strategies for reducing cognitive load without reducing content. The following are appended: (1) Additional Suggestions for Developing a Socially Supportive Classroom; (2) Additional Suggestions for Teaching Academic Skills in the Social Studies Classroom; and (3) Additional Suggestions for Reducing Cognitive Load. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10