Esl Literacy Instruction: A Guidebook to Theory and Practice

by Lee Gunderson

This comprehensive research-based text provides both ESL and mainstream teachers with the background and expertise necessary to plan and implement reading programs that match the particular needs and abilities of their students. ESL (ELL) Literacy A Guidebook for Theory and Practice, Second applies current ESL and reading research and theory to practice is designed for use by pre-service and in-service teachers at all levels from kindergarten to adult learners explains different models of literacy instruction from systematic phonics to whole language instruction and includes specific teaching methods within each model encourages teacher choice in instructional decisions and provides a systematic rationale and approach for teachers to design their own teaching programs within their own models of literacy addresses multicultural issues

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990