The Content-based Classroom

Perspectives on Integrating Language and Content

• Author(s): Marguerite Ann Snow, Donna Brinton,
• Publisher: Longman
• Pages: 431
• ISBN_10: 0201695138
  ISBN_13: 9780201695137
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Curricula , Education / Language Experience Approach , Education / Teaching / General , Education / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts , Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language , Language Arts & Disciplines / Study & Teaching ,

Description:... The Content-Based Classroom: Persepctives on Integrating Language and Content, edited by Marguerite Ann Snow and Donna M. Briton, gives teachers a solid understanding of how to apply the tenets of a content-based approach to language teaching with learners of different ages and proficiency levels. It offers insight into teacher preparation, classroom strategies, alternative models, research and assessment, and the relationship between content-based instruction and other instructional approaches. The Content-Based Classroom offers: * selections written by a cross-section of authors who have expertise in a wide range of settings and with a variety of student populations * discussion questions and activities that give students an opportunity to apply concepts to actual or hypothetical situations