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 The SIOP Model for Administrators
Now available!
Allyn and Bacon (2008)
Find out more about this new publication designed for administrators interested in learning more about the education of English language learners and how to use the SIOP Model to improve the academic achievement of these students.
 An Insider's Guide to SIOP Coaching
by Arieh (Ari) Sherris, Thomas A. Bauder, and Lindsey Hillyard (2007)
Written for teacher educators, staff developers, and others who know the SIOP Model and are helping teachers implement it in their lessons, this guide offers practical suggestions for establishing productive coaching relationships, helping teachers with effective SIOP lesson planning, conducting observations and providing feedback, and sustaining SIOP implementation over time.
 What's Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English?
Dorothy Kauffman (2007)
What's Different about Teaching Reading to Students Learning English? provides teacher trainers with a curriculum to guide the professional development of classroom and ESL teachers who teach reading in classes where some or all of the students are English language learners.
Learn more about CAL's professional development services based on What's Different? or download a sample of the materials.
 SOPA Online Training
New Moderated and Rating courses starting in May and June 2009!
Teachers, paraprofessionals, and language instructors interested in assessing oral proficiency of k-8 second language learners are invited to check out our online course offerings.
 Developing Reading and Writing in Second-Language Learners
Diane August and Timothy Shanahan (Eds.) (2007)
This book was created as a summary of the full volume, Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners, reporting the findings of the National Literacy Panel on language-minority children and youth.
In this more accessible version, chapters adapted from the full report concisely review the state of knowledge on the development of literacy in language-minority children and youth in relation to five specific themes.
 Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language Learners
Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (2007)
This toolkit provides a variety of materials to help language and literacy instructors who are new to serving adults and families learning English. These materials include a first-day orientation guide, lesson plans, and research-to-practice papers on English language and literacy learning.
 Enhanced Refugee Backgrounder: Refugees from Iraq
New!
Center for Applied Linguistics, Cultural Orientation Resource Center(2008)
Enhanced Backgrounder Series
This publication provides in-depth information about refugee groups from Iraq, describing the various ethnic and religious communities of Iraqi Arabs (both Sunni and Shi’a), Iraqi Christians, and others.
 Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Educaiton
Tara Williams Fortune and Diane J. Tedick (2008)
This volume explores how language immersion offers learners the opportunity to acquire language skills via “pathways” through the systems that lead to multilingualism, including foreign language (“one-way”), “two-way,” and indigenous immersion programs.
 Two-Way Immersion
(TWI) Package
Center for Applied Linguistics (2007)
CAL has assembled this package to help teachers and administrators understand the essential components of dual-language education and how to implement high-quality, effective programs. This package can also be useful for practitioners looking for ways to evaluate and improve their current two-way programs.
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