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Empowering English Language Learners: Successful Strategies of Christian Educators

Jeanne C. Defazio

Empowering English Language Learners showcases strategies of those who teach English as a second language in pre-schools, graduate schools, secular public schools, and private Christian schools. What makes this book unique is the way each teacher evaluates teaching strategy through personal experience. This book explains what works and what doesn't. With additional contributions from: Dean Borgman Julia Davis Jean Dimock Cherry Gorton Seong Park Olga Soler Virginia D. Ward Gemma Wenger

Book Details

  • Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
  • Publish Date: Jun 13rd, 2018
  • Pages: 188
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 0.38in - 0.93lb
  • EAN: 9781532640025
  • Categories: English as a Second LanguageEducationLanguage Experience Approach

About the Author

Spencer, William David: - William David Spencer (ThD, Boston University School of Theology) is Ranked Adjunct Professor of Theology and the Arts at the Boston Campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of Mysterium and Mystery: The Clerical Crime Novel, Dread Jesus, Name in the Papers: An Urban Adventure Novel, and coeditor of Chanting Down Babylon: The Rastafari Reader.
Defazio, Jeanne C.: - Jeanne DeFazio is the author of Keeping the Dream Alive: A Reflection on the Art of Harriet Lorence Nesbit; coauthor of How to Have an Attitude of Gratitude on the Night Shift with Teresa Flowers and Letting Go; and editor of Berkeley Street Theatre: How Improvisation and Street Theater Emerged as a Christian Outreach to the Culture of the Time. She also edited Specialist Fourth Class John Joseph DeFazio: Advocating for Disabled American Veterans, The Commission, Finding a Better Way, Otto & The White Dove, and was the coeditor of Creative Ways to Build Christian Community, Redeeming the Screens, Empowering English Language Learners, and An Artistic Tribute to Harriet Tubman. She is a contributing author to Christian Egalitarian Leadership and to Jesus Among the Homeless.

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Creamer, Jennifer Marie: - Jennifer Marie Creamer is adjunct professor of New Testament at the Boston campus of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She has also taught biblical studies with the University of the Nations at various international campuses.
Spencer, Aída Besançon: - Aida Besancon Spencer (PhD, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY; ThM, MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary) is Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA, and Extraordinary Researcher for North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. She is the author or coauthor of thirteen books, including 2 Corinthians (Bible Study Commentary), Beyond the Curse: Women Called to Ministry, and Paul's Literary Style.

Praise for this book

"Like the neighbor in the parable of the Good Samaritan, what if the help needed in the story is the learning of English? Would you give? Empowering English Language Learners is a book that takes you to experience what happens when the Christian value of being a 'neighbor' is embraced in teaching English to the non-English speakers in different settings. Lively and practical!"

--Seong Hyun Park, Dean of Boston Campus and Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary



"Empowering ELLs is a very important topic for all teachers. Many strategies for successfully empowering ELLs have been made by experienced and effective teachers and administrators in secular and Christian settings to students of all age levels. I highly recommend this book as an indispensable resource for all."

--Aída Besançon Spencer, Senior Professor of New Testament, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary