Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is classroom instruction that works? -- The stages of second language acquisition -- Setting objectives and providing feedback -- Nonlinguistic representations -- Cues, questions, and advance organizers -- Cooperative learning -- Summarizing and note taking -- Homework and practice -- Reinforcing effort and providing recognition - - Generating and testing hypotheses -- Identifying similarities and differences -- Involving parents and the community.

The strategies discussed in the book include homework and practice, summarization and note taking, and use of nonlinguistic representations, among many others. For each strategy, the authors provide a summary of the research, detailed examples of how to modify the strategy for use with ELLs in mainstream classrooms, and teacher accounts of implementation. Because ELLs face cultural hurdles as well as linguistic ones, this book also shows teachers how to glean insight into students' backgrounds and address the cultural biases inherent in many classroom practices.--From publisher's description.