Date: 11/18/2011
Time: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: RAWL 1071
What’s the Problem? The Language Demands of Mathematical Word Problems for English Language Learners
Presenter:
Prof. Luciana de Oliveira
This presentation identifies some potential language demands of mathematical discourse for English Language Learners (ELLs). Using a word problem as example, the presenter offers a framework for analyzing word problems at the elementary level to help teachers draw ELLs’ attention to language.
The goals of this presentation are 1. To identify potential language demands of athematical discourse for ELLs; 2. To provide participants with a framework for analyzing word problems at the elementary level to help teachers draw ELLs’ attention to language; Participants learn to use a framework for identifying the language demands of word problems for ELLs.
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