Overview
Written with an engaging writing style and packed with practical information, Carole Cox's fifth edition of Teaching Language Arts brings content to life for students!Teaching Language Arts, Fifth Edition, continues to emphasize a student- and response-centered approach to literature-based teaching in today's culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. With lesson plans, teaching ideas, and online video case studies that accompany each chapter this practical text reinforces what you teach in class.
The Fifth Edition is an eloquent and well-researched text that students and teachers will find empowering!
Take a Peek Inside...
- Strong Focus on Assessment:
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- New! Chapter 2, "Assessing Language Arts"
- New "Supporting boxes" present guidelines and activities for working with English language learners, students with disabilities, and struggling readers and writers
- Heavy emphasis on second language learners throughout the text including:
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- Snapshots of classrooms with second language learners—some illustrated with video online
- A full chapter on "First and Second Language Development"
- A full chapter on "Emergent Literacy and Biliteracy"
- New CW Icons refer students to the Companion Website to select Online Video Case Studies
Here's What They're Saying:
"The style with which this book is written distinguishes it from others in the field. In addition, the resources it offers make it more practicaland less theoretical than other texts in the field."
Alicia Mendoza, Florida International University
"As I read through Cox's text, I found it to be readable and quite comprehensive. It is clear that the author really knows what she is talking about. Excellent examples are given throughout the book, with actual excerpts of student work given as well. I believe that these are of the utmost value as they help pre-service teachers to visualize student work before going into the classroom."
Cecile Arquette, San Diego State University
Meet the Author:
Carole Cox teaches field-based language arts methods courses at California State University, Long Beach, where she won the Outstanding Professor Award in 2001. Other textbooks include: Crossroads: Literature and Language in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms, with Paul Boyd-Batstone (Merrill, 1997) and Teaching Reading with Children's Literature, with James Zarillo (Merrill 1993).