Adapting Content to Empower English-language-learning Students (ACEES): Professional Development for Content Area Instructors

The ACEES book has many specific features that are not found in other related materials. The goal of the text is to provide practical teaching tools and transformative perspectives, to empower English-language-learners of secondary content area instructors. This book provides insight into the legal foundation, cross-cultural issues, second language acquisition, adolescent literacy, instructional technology, and testing and assessment of English-language-learners. There are activities for teachers to explore aspects of instructing ELL students that concentrate on academic language and presenting comprehensible instruction. There are many strategies, techniques, and tools included which teachers can use in daily classroom practice. ACEES was created for teachers and facilitators to utilize in Teaching English Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Training for secondary 6-12 grade instructors of content areas, such as math, science, and social studies. The text is designed to provide a guideline for professional development to assist secondary teachers in effective instruction of ELL students and in meeting achievement standards emanating from the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The text can be a guide for training courses to meet endorsement requirements for state certification.Keefe, Margaret Rohan is the author of 'Adapting Content to Empower English-language-learning Students (ACEES): Professional Development for Content Area Instructors', published 2007 under ISBN 9780595421077 and ISBN 0595421075.