Unlocking the Power of Academic Vocabulary with Secondary English Language Learners

Transform academic vocabulary instruction from rote word memorization into an engaging, skill-building mix that carries over into students' conversation, reading, writing, and thinking in all subject areas. ELL researcher Dr. Yu Ren Dong describes and illustrates strategies that help secondary teachers expand their instructional repertoires for teaching academic and disciplinary-specific vocabulary to ELs. The book provides strategies and easy-to-integrate activities for every secondary subject-matter teacher. Appendices suggest subject-matter vocabulary lists for student mastery.