Making Language Visible in Social Studies: A Guide to Disciplinary Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom - Paperback

by Sharon Besser (Author), Ruslana Westerlund (Author)

Making Language Visible in Social Studies provides clear guidance on how language is used in the discipline and provide practical tools to empower teachers to teach language in the service of social studies disciplinary genres.

Author Biography

Sharon Besser is a teacher educator, curriculum writer, and researcher who looks at problems in education through the lens of Systemic Functional Linguistics. She has over 25 years of experience locally and internationally in support of Multilingual learners.

Ruslana Westerlund is an educational consultant, author, keynote speaker, and researcher of disciplinary literacy through Systemic Functional Linguistics with more than 25 years of experience in the field of Multilingual learner education.