Content Area Literacy Strategies

Many second language learners encounter challenges
involved with acquiring the level of proficiency
required to use the language as the medium of
learning. The case studies in this volume
explore the processes by which some English Language
Learners (ELLs) at the university level develop
literacy skills, and the strategies they use to
comprehend subject matter in the mainstream
curriculum. The two cases discussed are a Korean
graduate student and a Panamanian undergraduate
student at a southeastern university of the U.S.A.
Strategies that the students use to succeed include:
motivation, academic peer coaching,
multi-media, and metacognitive behaviors such as
self-solving, asking questions, and spending more
time on task.

Autorentext

Elizabeth Bifuh-Ambe, currently assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, has taught in many parts of the world for over 20 years. While a UNICEF consultant in Niger, she became aware of the low literacy rate of girls. She is passionate about improving literacy for at-risk students.

Klappentext

Many second language learners encounter challenges involved with acquiring the level of proficiency required to use the language as the medium of learning. The case studies in this volume explore the processes by which some English Language Learners (ELLs) at the university level develop literacy skills, and the strategies they use to comprehend subject matter in the mainstream curriculum. The two cases discussed are a Korean graduate student and a Panamanian undergraduate student at a southeastern university of the U.S.A. Strategies that the students use to succeed include: motivation, academic peer coaching, multi-media, and metacognitive behaviors such as self-solving, asking questions, and spending more time on task.