Table of Contents:
  • Orientation
  • The process of English language learning and what to expect
  • Deciding on the best ESOL program
  • Not all ELLs are the same
  • Culturally responsive pedagogy
  • Not all parents are the same: home-school communication
  • English language learners with special needs
  • What we know from research
  • Principles of science teaching and learning
  • Science-focuses ESOL research
  • Supporting communication in content instruction for ELLs
  • Stages of second language acquisition
  • Adapting direct instruction, inquiry-based learning, and assessment
  • Supporting ELLs' academic language development in science
  • Teaching science
  • Teaching science to ELLs at secondary grade levels
  • Pre-K-12 English language proficiency standards for science
  • Culturally and linguistically congruent instruction and assessment
  • Science and culturally relevant teaching
  • Classroom-based science assessment at the secondary level
  • Life science
  • Physical science
  • Earth and space science
  • Science as inquiry
  • History and nature of science
  • Personal and social perspectives in science
  • Science and technology
  • Unifying concepts and processes
  • Resources
  • Internet resources for teachers
  • Literature for teachers
  • Materials for teachers
  • Resources for students.