Oct 17, 2007 · There are numerous examples of complete lessons that reflect current thought about how best to help students enlarge their academic vocabulary. Examples such as “Using Word Storms to …

Academic English is the language necessary for success in school. It is related to a standards-based curriculum, including the content areas of math, science, social studies, and English language arts.

Academic English is the language of the classroom, of academic disciplines (science, history, literary analysis) of texts and literature, and of extended, reasoned discourse.

In turn, this vocabulary was couched in language that was generalized and abstract, which is characteristic of academic scientific language. Fluency with this language — the ability to flexibly …

A word wall is a visible display in a classroom that features a collection of words students are studying. Word walls can focus on high-frequency words, word study examples, academic language, and …

Language Standard 6: Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career …

Introduce and reinforce academic language What to do Preview the text or topic and identify vocabulary Knowledge of the meaning and pronunciation of words. or sentence structures that might be new for …

In this webcast, Robin Scarcella provides an overview of academic language instruction for English language learners, as well as teaching strategies, activity ideas, and recommended resources.

In the quest to maximize students’ academic growth, one of the best tools available to educators is explicit instruction , a structured, systematic, and effective methodology for teaching academic skills. …

Rather than introducing a new word in isolation, teachers should introduce students to a rich variety of words that share the same root. This approach should help diverse learners including English …