Reluctant Middle School ELLs: Creating Conditions for Quality Schoolwork

Autor/in	Montgomery, Joel R.
Titel	Reluctant Middle School ELLs: Creating Conditions for Quality Schoolwork
Quelle	(2009), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Second Language Instruction; Second Languages; Middle School Students; Negative Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Web Sites; Classroom Environment; Classroom Techniques + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Second language; Zweitsprache; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Negative Fixierung; Schülerverhalten; Web-Design; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Klassenführung
Abstract	The purpose of this article is to provide middle level educators with an orientation to an intervention designed to facilitate reluctant middle school English language learners (ELLs) engagement in quality schoolwork. The article introduces a new investigation of English language learning through the lens of Glasser's Quality School and Choice Theory concepts (1998a, 1998b). The following topics are addressed: (a) identification of reluctant middle school ELLs, (b) focused examination of the importance of listening and speaking in the context of acquiring academic English language proficiency, (c) brief review of Glasser's conditions for quality schoolwork, (d) summary of an intervention applying these concepts in a middle school ELL classroom during school year 2008-2009, and (e) a synopsis of ongoing challenges based on classroom practice. References include a series of websites designed to assist students, parents, teachers, and administrators in the process of engaging in quality schoolwork. (Contains 1 table and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10