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Publication Date: 2004-Feb
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Opening the Science Doorway: Strategies and Suggestions for Incorporating English Language Learners in the Science Classroom
Watson, Sandy
Science Teacher, v71 n2 p32-35 Feb 2004
Due to unavailable effective methods for teaching science to language-minority students, science teachers attempting to teach bilingual students experience frustration and become disheartened and discouraged. Often, science teachers only learn successful minority-language teaching strategies through trial and error or through networking and brain-storming with other teachers of English language learner (ELL) students. In this article, the author, who has conducted two workshops (one at the elementary level and one at the middle and high school level) for teachers interested in learning new methods to teach science to ELL students, shares successful instructional strategies compiled described by teachers at the seminars; strategies the author has used as a science teacher in the high school setting, and references to other suggestions found in literature. (Contains 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Science Teachers, English (Second Language), Bilingual Students, Limited English Speaking, Language Minorities, Science Instruction, Workshops, Classroom Techniques, Vocabulary Development, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship, Small Group Instruction, Parent Participation
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Language: English
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