Second language writing in elementary classrooms
Subtitle: instructional issues, content-area writing and teacher education
By: edited by Luciana de Oliveira,Teachers College, Columbia University, USA ;  Tony Silva, Purdue University, USA
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Houndmills, Baskingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137530974
Subjects: Foreign speakers; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching; Correlation with content subjects; English language; Study and teaching (Elementary); FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language; Language arts; Language arts (Elementary); FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General; Interdisciplinary approach in education
Description: "Second Language Writing in Elementary Classrooms focuses on L2 writing in elementary classrooms. It features chapters that highlight research in elementary classrooms focused on the writing development of multilingual children, and research in teacher education to prepare elementary teachers to teach L2 writing and address L2 writers' needs. Part I presents instructional issues for L2 writers at the elementary level. Part II focuses on content-area writing. Part III focuses on L2 writing teacher education at the elementary level"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. Second Language Writing in Elementary Classrooms: An Overview Of Issues; title: PART I: INSTRUCTIONAL ISSUES; title: 2. E-Journaling in Response to Digital Texts; Sally Brown; title: 3. The Benefits of Co-Teaching in the ESL Elementary Classroom; Carrie Neely; title: 4. Instructional Interactions Around Writing: A Study of Elementary Bilingual Students Writing in a Second Language; Joanna W. Wong; title: PART II: CONTENT-AREA WRITING; title: 5. Teaching Writing through Genres and Language; Tracy Hodgson-Drysdale; title: 6. Bilingual Fourth Graders Develop a Central Character for Their Narratives; Maria Estela Brisk, Deborah Nelson and Cheryl O'Connor; title: 7. Disciplinary Language Development in Writing: Science Reports and Common Core State Standards; Dong-shin Shin; title: 8. Supporting L2 Elementary Science Writing with SFL in an Age of School Reform; Kathryn Accurso, Meg Gebhard, Cecily Selden; title: PART III: TEACHER EDUCATION; title: 9. Bridging the In- and Out-of-School Writing Practices of ELLs Through Postmethod Pedagogy: One Elementary Teacher's Journey; Sarah Henderson Lee; title: 10. Pre-service Teacher Preparation for L2 Writing: Perspectives of In-Service Elementary ESL Teachers; Ditlev Larsen.