Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan, a nationally renowned expert in literacy and language development, has crisscrossed the country to work closely with classroom teachers, serving as a trainer, mentor, and coach. In this multimedia presentation, she explains what reading teachers should know about working with English Learners. With a focus on students whose home language is Spanish, Dr. Cárdenas-Hagan discusses cross-language connections and demonstrates how to integrate language development into early-reading lessons. She describes how to build on what students already know to help them learn new words and improve their reading comprehension. With graphics and clips of a student tutoring session interspersed, this timely talk is a powerful professional-development tool for any educator looking to better serve the English Learners in their classroom.
Chapters
1.Milestones of Oral Language 00:53
2. Second Language Acquisition 03:35
3. Mapping the Connections Between Languages 06:02
4. How Spanish and English Are Related 07:12
5. Developing Phonological Awareness 14:05
6. Matching Sounds with Print 19:39
7. Phonics for English Learners 22:47
8. Developing Reading Fluency 34:50
9. Using Cognates to Teach Vocabulary 39:11
10. Using Morphology to Build Comprehension 43:34
11. Reading Comprehension 46:31
12. Language, Literacy, and Equity 52:25
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