{"product_id":"building-a-language-toolkit-for-teachers-a-functional-approach-9781032778389","title":"Building a Language Toolkit for Teachers: A Functional Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sally Humphrey | Ruslana Westerlund | Olga Malin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Bilingual Education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is designed for pre-service teachers and K-8 educators seeking to develop their knowledge of how language works. Grounded in Systemic Functional Linguistics, it serves as a practical language toolkit, offering supportive task cycles with exercises that help teachers identify, analyze, and apply language features to support student learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is essential for those looking to develop their pedagogical language knowledge (PLK) to support multilingual students. Through accessible, targeted, task-based resources for pre-service teachers, this guide supports teachers to apply a functional approach for disciplinary purposes of narrating, informing, explaining, and arguing in elementary and middle grade level instruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough this book focuses on unpacking the WIDA English Language Development Standards, it is well suited to support teachers' development of language in any context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47567765307543,"sku":"9781032778389","price":13149.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032778389.webp?v=1774863348","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/building-a-language-toolkit-for-teachers-a-functional-approach-9781032778389","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}