Content-Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners

*Detail research-based steps for designing lessons that spark student talk;
*Share real-life classroom scenarios and dialogues that bring theory to life;
*Describe easy-to-use assessments for all grade levels;
*Provide rubrics, worksheets, sentence frames, and other imaginative tools that encourage academic communication; and
*Offer guiding questions to help teachers plan instruction.

Teachers at any grade level, in any content area, will find a wide variety of strategies in this book to help students simultaneously learn English and learn in English. Drawing both on decades of research data and on the authors' real-life experiences as teachers of English language learners, this book is replete with ideas for fostering real academic discourse in your classroom.