"A Squirrel Came and Pushed Earth": Popular Cultural and Scientific Ways of Thinking for ELLs

This article reports on a study of how third‐grade bilingual students drew from everyday resources, particularly popular culture, in science classes and how the use of these resources shaped how they made sense of academic texts. Six months of data collection in an urban Midwestern school demonstrat...

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Published in:	The Reading teacher Vol. 62; no. 7; pp. 558 - 568
Main Author:	Ciechanowski, Kathryn M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2009 International Reading Association
Subjects:	Academic Language Academic learning Bilingual Students childhood Children & youth Childrens Literature Childrens picture books Cognitive Processes Communication Skills Community Content Analysis content literacy Continental glaciers Cultural instruction Difficulty Level digital Direct Instruction Earthquakes Elementary school students Elementary School Teachers ELL English (Second Language) English as a second language learning English Instruction English language English Language Learners Foreign language learning Glacial ages Glaciers Grade 3 Grammar Grammar instruction Instructional Effectiveness Interpersonal communication Language language learners Language Usage Linguistics Literacy Mass Media Motion pictures popular Popular Culture Schools Science activities Science education Science Instruction Science learning Second language instruction Second Language Learning Second language writing second reading strategies Students Studies Teaching Television text Textbooks Urban Schools Words New York United States > US
ISSN:	0034-0561, 1936-2714
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