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Learning to Write in a Second Language and Culture 96
Some Challenges for EL Learners
97
What Is a Genre?
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The Genres of School
102
Explicit Teaching About Writing
108
The Teaching and Learning Cycle
109
Additional Scaffolding for Young Learners and EL Beginners
121
A Scaffolded Approach to Writing
125
Assessing Students’ Writing: What Their Texts Can Tell Us
126
In Summary
133
To Think About
134
Suggestions for Further Reading
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Reading in a Second Language and Culture:Barriers and Bridges 135
The Process of Reading
136
Reader Roles
140
Implications for EL Learners
143
Developing Phonemic Awareness: How Listening and Reading Interact
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Building on Phonemic Awareness: Developing Phonic Knowledge
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Choosing Books: A Reason for Turning the Page
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In Summary
179
To Think About
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Suggestions for Further Reading
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Listening: An Active and Thinking Process 182
Making Sense of What We Hear
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Types of Listening
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Implications for Teaching
188
Focusing on the Sounds of English
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In Summary
203
To Think About
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Suggestions for Further Reading
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Developing an Integrated Curriculum: Learning Language,Learning Through Language, and Learning AboutLanguage 206
Why Integrate?
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Integrating Language and Subject Learning: What Do We Need to Know?
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Selecting Language-Based Activities for the Unit
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Summarizing and Documenting Subject and Language Outcomes
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Learning About Language
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In Summary
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A Final Word
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To Think About
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Suggestions for Further Reading
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GLOSSARY OF TEACHING ACTIVITIES
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REFERENCES
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INDEX
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Acknowledgments
My thanks to the hundreds of teachers and students with whom I have workedover many years, in Australia and across the world. Thank you for sharing yourclassrooms with me. I have learned much from your practices and been chal-lenged by your questions.Thank you to the many colleagues I have worked with, for the researchwe have shared, and for your ongoing and loyal friendship.My special thanks to my wonderful and ever-patient editor, Holly KimPrice, and to Vicki Kasabian and the production team at Heinemann. I have,as always, appreciated your collaborative approach in the production of thi
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