Learning to Learn in a Second Language

Children from language backgrounds other than English represent a quarter of all our school population. Learning to Learn in a Second Language has been written specifically for all teachers of children for whom English is a second language, although it will be equally helpful to teachers of English speaking children.

The book is based on the assumption that the classroom program is a major resource for language development, and that a responsive program takes into account the fact that children are not only learning a new language, but that they are learning in that language as well. It exemplifies current theories of second language development through a wide range of strategies and practical suggestions for the classroom teacher.

Pauline Gibbons has published extensively in the area of English language education and is the author of three books with Heinemann: English Learners, Academic Literacy, and Thinking; Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning; and Learning to Learn in a Second Language. Her language teaching experience includes work in Hong Kong, Iran, Germany, Laos, Thailand, Singapore, South Africa, Marshall Islands, UK, USA, Sweden, and Australia, among other locations. She is currently a professor at the University of Technology , Sydney, Australia, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the education of English learners.