Not for ESOL Teachers: What Every Mainstream Teacher Needs To Know About The Linguistically, Culturally, And Ethnically Diverse Student

by Eileen N. Whelan Ariza

Distilling strategies and insights gathered over years of success, Dr. Ariza equips mainstream teachers with the background, understanding, and methods needed to teach effectively in culturally diverse classrooms. She explores several cultural groups in-depth, giving mainstream teachers an understanding of how students' cultural values are expressed in beliefs and behaviors. Understanding why students behave the way they do - and how our American cultural lens may cause misperceptions - helps teachers to respond appropriately and promotes congruity between teacher and student interaction. Building on this foundation of understanding, the author describes effective instructional practices that mainstream teachers may use to address a range of classroom scenarios, including detailed examples of how to modify curriculum for English learners with various levels of language proficiency.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published September 29, 2005

Reviews

[Nyssa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual Score: 2.5

While there is undoubtedly quite a bit of information provided, there wasn't anything that couldn't be found in just about every other general education textbook.

It felt as though the book was only written because there was a class.

[Dean Jorgensen · Rating 1 out of 5]

As Gary said, "A complete waste of paper". I have only read chapter 7 'Asian Americans / Indians', but that is enough for anyone looking for a lesson in what NOT to do in a classroom. Do not bother reading this book unless you are looking for a lesson in sentence by sentence essentialization. I honestly thought it was a joke when I started reading, it literally reads like DDT promotional material from back in the day.

[Gary · Rating 1 out of 5]

waste of paper

[NICOLE · Rating 3 out of 5]

This text is a great resource for all teachers. It is a great tool to help teachers have an "insight" into the lives of students who come from diverse backgrounds. It can help teachers plan for instruction to include all students from ethnically diverse backgrounds. It is a great tool to reference if you are "stuck" about how you could include different ethnic backgrounds into your own classroom instruction.