Supporting the Literacy Development of English Learners: Increasing Success in All Classrooms

by Terrell A. Young (Editor)

English learners are the fastest growing student population in the United States. Many of these students are placed in classrooms with teachers who lack the preparation to help culturally and linguistically diverse children excel. This book helps bridge the gap between students' needs and teachers' preparation, offering an overview of English learners and practitioner-focused strategies for -curriculum and planning, -reading instruction, and -oral-language and writing development. You'll discover ways to help English learners develop the language and literacy skills necessary for success in today's standards-based classrooms. The International Reading Association is the world's premier organization of literacy professionals. Our titles promote reading by providing professional development to continuously advance the quality of literacy instruction and research. Research-based, classroom-tested, and peer-reviewed, IRA titles are among the highest quality tools that help literacy professionals do their jobs better. Some of the many areas we publish in -Comprehension
-Response To Intervention/Struggling Readers
-Early Literacy
-Adolescent Literacy
-Assessment
-Literacy Coaching
-Research And Policy

240 pages, Paperback

First published November 29, 2005

About the author

Terrell received a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University and began his career by teaching elementary school in Wyoming. He then taught for two years in Venezuela. He received a master’s degree from Utah State University and an EdD from Brigham Young University. After that, he taught at the University of Texas-Arlington for a short time. He then taught Literacy at Washington State University for 21 years.

Terrell is currently a professor of Children's Literature at Brigham Young University's David O. McKay School of Education.