Not for ESOL Teachers: What Every Classroom Teacher Needs to Know About the Linguistically, Culturally, and Ethnically Diverse Student

by Eileen N. Whelan Ariza

This accessible and practical text offers mainstream classroom teachers a comprehensive resource on educating English language learners (ELLs) successfully. The Second Edition of Not for ESOL Teachers identifies key issues and challenges concerning the teaching of language and content to English language learners. It also offers teachers a variety of research-proven strategies in order to address those students’ multiple learning needs.

Genres: Nonfiction

216 pages, 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.