Heart-warming bedtime story in two languages (English and Sorani Kurdish) for children from 2 years. Accompanied by an online audiobook and video in English (British as well as American)Tim can't fall asleep. His little wolf is missing! Perhaps he forgot him outside? Tim heads out all alone into the night – and unexpectedly encounters some friends…► With printable coloring pages! A download link in the book gives you free access to the pictures from the story...

Most early childhood teachers are using learning centers in the classroom, but do not approach them in ways that fully support a variety of learning opportunities. This book approaches learning centers through the STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) lens, and shares how themes can be integrated into centers to promote creativity and higher-level thinking.STEM Play provides varied activities for the most common centers: Art, blocks, dramatic play, literacy, math, ...

Offering strategies and techniques for teaching modern foreign languages - an often severely challenging subject for pupils with dyslexia - this book is specifically designed to meet the needs of the busy subject specialist teacher looking for guidance on supporting pupils.

Case studies of individual language learners are a valuable means of illustrating issues connected with learning, using, and in some cases, losing another language. Yet, even though increasing numbers of graduate students and scholars conduct research using case studies or mix quantitative and qualitative methods, there are no dedicated applied lin

With ArteKids, children discover the world of art and learn English and Spanish at the same time. Introduce your child to the fundamentals of colors by connecting them to the world of art in a unique, fun, and colorful way. The book incorporates artwork found in the collections of the San Antonio Museum of Art, along with phrases and words in English and Spanish, to make bilingual learning and art exciting for eager young learners and their teachers and parents.

Picture your beginning ELLs reading their way to success!For beginning English language learners, a picture really is worth a thousand words! Picture books can unlock puzzling cultural and social meanings for students at all ages and grade levels. ELL educator Ana Lado illustrates how picture books are an especially useful tool for building important language and social foundations—foundations that students may miss through traditional instruction. Lado pr...

"The authors deliver a passionate, practical, and loving approach to teaching children whose first language is other than English. This is a source of both inspiration and practical strategies for those educating our newest emergent bilingual citizens."—Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita, Language, Culture, and TeachingUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst"Finally, a comprehensive and beautifully written guide to teaching bilingually. Full of creative strategi...

Addresses the complex & divisive issues at the heart of the debate over language diversity & the English Only movement in U.S. education. Offers a range of perspectives that teachers & literacy advocates can use to inform practice as well as policy.

This book provides an overview of language education in Malaysia, covering topics such as the evolution of the education system from pre-independence days to the present time, to the typology of schools, and the public philosophy behind every policy made in the teaching of languages. The book consists of chapters devoted to the teaching of languages that form separate strands but are at the same time connected to each other within the education system. These chapters discuss:...

"Cultural proficiency challenges learning communities to go even deeper when inquiring about student barriers to success. This perspective is necessary to truly address the achievement and expectation gaps in our schools. Before we ask ourselves why our students are not succeeding, we must understand and examine our own perceptions and assumptions about them."—Timothy A. Bias, AdministratorPomona Unified School District, CAClose the achievement ga...

A trip to a farm is always fun for little ones. From cows going “moo,” “moo,” “moo,” to ducks going “quack,” “quack,” “quack,” young learners will discover the sounds that different farm animals make. This delightfully-illustrated book includes, cows, chickens, horses, ducks, pigs, and sheep. It's an animal symphony of special sounds. Learn simple Spanish words and phrases with the corresponding version Mira a los animals.

This volume synthesizes and critically analyzes the literature on response to the writing of second language students, and discusses the implications of the research for teaching practice in the areas of written and oral teacher commentary on student writing, error correction, and facilitation of peer response.The book features numerous examples of student texts and teacher commentary, as well as figures and appendices that summarize research findings and present sample lessons and...