The following is a curated compilation of academic vocabulary word lists. Several of these lists contain both discipline-specific and general academic vocabulary terms. These terms can be integrated into pedagogical practices, used in course materials and resources, and downloaded by students and used as a reference. Continue reading
Books: Calderon, M. (2007) Teaching reading to English language learners, Grades 6-12. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Gibbons, P. (2009). English learners academic literacy and thinking: learning in the challenge zone. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Zwiers, J. (2014). Building academic language: Meeting Common Core Standards Across Disciplines. (2nd Edition) San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons, … Continue reading
NOTES: Add annotations Kate Kinsella http://pubs.cde.ca.gov/tcsii/prolearningtoolkit/kinsellaindex.aspx Jeff Zwiers’ website:http://jeffzwiers.org/ Colorín Colorado: http://www.colorincolorado.org/ Understanding Language http://ell.stanford.edu/ Word Generation project http://wg.serpmedia.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu-6V3N5RHI Jim Cummins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfN1vxXR6oU Jeff Zwiers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duMs4Dye2IE Jeff Zwiers Featured image courtesy of Pixabay. Continue reading
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