"This book engages teachers in active reflection on the nature of academic language and how it is used in different content areas across the curriculum. It highlights the need for instruction to connect to students' lives, stimulate their intellectual curiosity and cognitive growth, and expand their power to use multiple forms of language in creative and powerful ways. It represents an extremely useful tool for school communities to promote academic learning for all students."

Jim Cummins, Professor of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning

OISE/University of Toronto

"Mastering Academic Language provides a practical look at the sociocultural foundations of academic language, relevant classroom and student examples, and a helpful framework for organizing and enacting the complex processes of developing language across a variety of contexts."

Jeff Zwiers, Researcher

Stanford University, CERAS 527

"This book is a must read for teachers and administrators. It provides a comprehensive approach to helping EL students learn academic language, key to success in the content areas. This book provides an excellent opportunity for leaders as a book study with its guidance and reflections throughout the chapters."

Maria Gillentine, Title III Program Specialist

Gwinnett County Public Schools, Suwanee, GA

"Educators of all levels and expertise will enjoy this easy read which connects every aspect of student achievement from vocabulary acquisition to assessment to individualizing instruction."

Michael Clyne, 5th Grade Teacher

Kanoheda Elementary School, Lawrenceville, GA

"Mastering Academic Language artfully weaves together vignettes with high-quality research while providing a new lens with which to see schooling and the achievement gap."

Christine Landwehrle, Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction

Rumson School District, Nashua, NH