Exploring PACT Academic Language Instruction Across Disciplines语言教学的跨学科的学术探索协定.ppt

Implications of The Multiple Subject Case Academic language can be a part of the central focus of a mathematics lesson Complex mathematical thinking can be facilitated by focusing on the language demands of the discipline There is value in discussing and extolling misconceptions * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Many of the “white” population are Russian/Ukrainian immigrants * * * * * * * * * Exploring PACT Academic Language Instruction Across Disciplines A Look at Two Cases: Teaching English Math. P. Holmes, A. Mendle B. Merino University of California, Davis. Research Questions: How do exemplary beginning teachers (EBTs) identify the language demands of “tasks” in the PACT lesson cycle? How do EBTs “scaffold” the language demands they identify? How can these cases expand our understanding of teacher development Academic Language Instruction? Description of the Problem Academic Language is a complex, dynamic and evolving construct that taps multiple traditions (Valdez, 2004). Increasingly linguistically diverse CA population of school children need teachers who can provide instruction of AL. (Rumberger, Gandara Merino, 2006) Theoretical Frameworks On teacher development: “An embodied understanding of practice rather than attributes, forms the basis for professional skill development”. (Dall’Alba Sandberg, 2006, p.30) AL: Key sample definitions – The language knowledge together with the associated knowledge of the world and metacognitive strategies necessary to function effectively in the discourse domain of the schools ( Cummins, 2000, p. 67) –The dense and abstract language characteristic of the texts of advanced literacy construes the specialized and abstract knowledge that students are expected to develop as they move into secondary school and higher education? (Schleppegrell, 2004, p. 163). AL - A constructivist view. The body of knowledge, strategies and skills necessary to accomplish the academic tasks or genres of a specific discip