Whether you are a student teacher just beginning to explore English language teaching, an ESL teacher, or a seasoned classroom teacher integrating second language learners into a mainstream K-12 program, Adding English: A Guide to Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms is a comprehensive source of ideas of advice for enhancing the learning of all students in all subject areas and at all grade levels.

In Adding English, Elizabeth Coelho sets out exemplary practices and practical strategies to help you

·   ensure that newcomers feel welcome and supported in your multilingual school and classroom

·   understand the challenges faced by those who are adding English to their repertoire of languages

·   develop your knowledge of the basics of English so that you can support language learners more effectively

·   provide content-based language instruction geared to the needs of English language learners

·   organize a program and plan lessons that meet the needs of all students

·   Plan assessment and evaluation activities that take into account the needs of second language learners

Presented in a clear, understandable, and highly readable style, the teaching solutions offered in Adding English make it an essential and welcome resource, one that has quickly established itself as a core text in many courses for ESL teachers.

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This book responds brilliantly to one of the most urgent educational challenges of the 21st century. As a result of unprecedented population mobility, cultural and linguistic diversity is the norm in an increasing number of school systems across North America. Teachers are consequently faced with the need to present a standard curriculum to a highly diverse student body. For teachers and administrators attempting to help ESL students catch up academically and attain grade-level standards, Elizabeth Coelho has provided a comprehensive, yet extremely lucid guide to effective practice. The chapters of this book are, without exception, insightful, thought-provoking, practical, and above all respectful of the intelligence and commitment of both educators and students.
-- Jim Cummins, OISE/UT 

"Adding English is a comprehensive resource which would benefit both new and seasoned teachers of English as a second language. It reflects her three decades of experience as a leader in the field of education. It is refreshing to find references to best principles and practices practiced within the multilingual classrooms of Ontario.

Although it is geared to the professional teacher, the in-depth coverage of topics such as phonology, grammar, and vocabulary development within the inclusive classroom make for fascinating reading. Clear and detailed charts are very transferable to the teaching of adult learners. Her stress on developing a nurturing and supportive language learning environment has culminated in a veritable plethora of excellent practical suggestions for lesson development, classroom management, and organization.

The book is divided into four sections:

A Welcoming Environment

Two chapters on how to foster the inclusive model of learning, and integrate a priori knowledge

How English Works

Five chapters on the historical development of language, phonology, grammar, vocabulary, communicative competence, and the development of reading and writing skills

The Language Learning environment

Three chapters about understanding second language acquisition, organizing language instruction, the supportive language environment, and supporting language learners, with an emphasis on beginning learners

Language Learning Across the Curriculum

This section consists of two final chapters. Together they integrate the knowledge shared in the other three sections and apply it to planning effective lessons.

Each chapter is followed by an ample supply of articles and books for further learning. I recommend this book, and rate it a 4 out of 5. When I shared it with a group of Adult ESL learners, it was pleasant to see their appreciation of the ample supply of charts. Its 276 pages contain many ideas for engaging learners in the communicative process."
--Crystal Greg in TESL Ottawa Newsletter (September 2008)

"This book is perhaps one of the best ESL books I've come across recenlty. It is easy to read and understand. It is practical and it gives lots of great suggestions without sounding pompous or preachy. The book would make a suitable textbook for those studying to be an ESL teacher, or a good reference for those who are already an ESL teacher. The book is divided into clear chapters, giving the reader some practical hints on how to welcome a newcomer into the class, and how to create an inclusive classroom. The book then goes into how English works, often citing and detailing the famous experts of language acquisition like Krashen, Cummins, Mohan and Swain just to name a few. Coelho also gives the reader ideas on how to integrate languge and content instruction, and finally, she goes into assessment options. The book is full of pictures and cartoons, with sidebar hints and cautions, as well as an annotated reference section at the end of each chapter. A very practical and useful book."
 -- D.L. Turner (Langley, B.C.) reviewing  for Amazon.com

"Adding English fills a much needed void in education, supplies educators with comprehensive information on the nuances of the English language, language acquisition, and instructional strategies. Coelho adeptly illustrates the diversity and complexity that surrounds ELL students. Adding English provides a vivid and descriptive account of the social, educational, and psychological factors that surround learners and educators of multilingual classrooms. Coelho brings a sensitive and detailed perspective to a multidimensional issue that is often relegated to a one-dimensional status with language being the sole focus. This text provides educators with what they have been desperately in need of - strategies that can be implemented in almost any classroom situation."
-- Ranya Khan, Coordinator, Continuing Education Division, University of Manitoba