num_pages: 160
description: What do high school English teachers need to teach to get their students ready for college? And how do college instructors help underprepared students succeed once they're there? These are two pertinent questions for which Carolyn Boiarsky and the contributors to this volume have some answers. Boiarsky put together this book to pre-empt the problems teachers face in class, particularly with first-generation college students and others from working class and immigrant families. First, she discusses the content and socialization issues involved in "academic literacy" and exactly what that phrase means. Then, she and other educators describe activities and strategies that teachers can use to help students acquire the skills they need to read and write at the college level. These strategies What the academy demands is the ability to read often technical jargon-laden textbooks, to write research papers using appropriate field-specific language and conventions, and to discuss topics in the form appropriate to that field. The strategies offered in this book will help teachers prepare students to accomplish these tasks, whether American-born native speakers, ESL students, or children of the working, middle, or professional class.
language: English
title: Academic Literacy in the English Classroom: Helping Underprepared and Working Class Students Succeed in College
titlecomplete: Academic Literacy in the English Classroom: Helping Underprepared and Working Class Students Succeed in College
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Heinemann