A strong research base, engaging style, and numerous specific ideas combine to offer the ideal source for teaching oral language, reading, writing, and the content areas in English to K-12 English learners. In an approach unlike most other books in the field, Reading, Writing, and Learning in ESL looks at contemporary language acquisition theory as it relates to instruction and provides detailed suggestions and methods for motivating, involving, and teaching English language learners. Praised for its strong research base, engaging style, and inclusion of specific teaching strategies, the book offers thorough coverage of oral language, reading, writing, and academic content area instruction in English for K-12 English learners. Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eTextThe Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features: Embedded videos. Students get opportunities to see into real classrooms and see examples of the concepts and ideas in action through the digitally integrated video clips supporting and illustrating key chapter ideas and concepts. Every chapter includes five to six of these new videos. End of Chapter Self-Check assessments. Multiple-choice format Chapter Quizzes with objective feedback help students gauge their understanding of the fundamental concepts covered in the chapter.