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Direct linkMelo-Niño, Lina Viviana; Cañada, Florentina; Mellado, Vicente – Research in Science Education, 2017
We explore the initial characterization of the pedagogical content knowledge of four, in-service, Colombian pre-university secondary education physics teachers on the concept of electric field. Two of them teach the content in English as a second language. The aim of the study was to obtain an image of the participants' teaching of electric field…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science, High Schools
DeLuca, Eileen – Science Teacher, 2010
How can we teach science to English language learners (ELLs) when even our native English speakers have trouble reading the textbook? To help science teachers meet this challenge, this article presents six text-comprehension strategies used by English for Speakers of other Languages (ESOL) teachers: metalinguistic awareness development,…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Metalinguistics, Semantics, Second Language Learning
Download full textHakuta, Kenji – Council of the Great City Schools, 2011
In developing a tool to help address academic language development, the author and his team began by identifying the challenges of presenting science text to English Language Learners and students who struggle with reading. The goal was to balance the practical and logistical challenges of identifying, teaching, and learning academic and content…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Vocabulary, Science Teachers, Second Language Learning
