The presenter demonstrates powerful independent study techniques that enable learners with diverse strengths to enhance their academic English lexicon productively. The presenters demonstrate the advantages of teaching grammar, writing, reading comprehension, and vocabulary expansion through the medium of short stories by U.S. authors. The session includes materials and audience participation. Decision Dramas asks one student to be decision-maker on a given problem. Others are advice-givers in extemporaneous roles as friends, parents, counselors.
Students grapple with controversial news issues.
A Different Angle explores controversial news issues. Each chapter offers co-operActivities for great variety, involvement. The presenters demonstrate key components of science and social studies units that were developed for middle school ESL students to prepare them for meeting new state content and language arts standards. The presenters share how they designated concepts, found appropriate materials, and developed activities that target specific standards. A resource packet of techniques, strategies, software, and Internet addresses designed to assist teachers and ESOL parents are provided.