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Schools are not able tprovide specialized classrooms for all English learners, especially when several languages besides English are spoken by ELLs While the ELL population continues tgrow, most teachers are monolingual and have little or ntraining on how tteach these students This book uses a model that was designed around the five CREDE (Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence) standards for effective pedagogy: (1) joint productive activity; (2) language learning; (3) contextualization; (4) rigorous curriculum; and (5) instruction conversations These five standards correspond tthe authors first five principles The sixth principle --engaging families of english language learners --has alsbeen found thave a positive impact on students academic success The book includes an array of powerful examples taken from a diverse range of K - 12 settings The examples provide clear illustrations of teaching strategies that support the authors principles K - 12 teachers will discover that while these principles are particularly effective when applied tEnglish Learners, they will ultimately be of benefit tall learners
