Great teaching is about facilitating intrinsic motivation and self-directed learning. It's about giving students the opportunity to learn by doing and encouraging them to take risks and learn from their mistakes. These same methods and skills apply equally to the huge number of English language learners (ELLs) now in American classrooms.<BR><BR>Written by an award-winning practitioner, English Language Learners: Teaching Strategies that Work offers educators a five-step method for teaching this burgeoning population. Rather than viewing these students through the typical lens of the "deficits" they might have, the process helps educators recognize and use the assets ELLs bring to the classroom.<BR><BR>The five principles around which the process revolves are: building relationships, accessing prior knowledge through student stories, developing student leadership, learning by doing, and reflection. The book shows how these ideas can be used in all subject areas to help ELLs master both content and language using "high-order" thinking skills. In addition to providing detailed lessons, the book shares a framework teachers can use to create their own lessons, and it shows how to take advantage of technology and games as teaching tools. References to extensive research studies are included to provide evidence of effectiveness, and each lesson is linked to state standards in English language development.