Luciana C. de Oliveira is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies in the School of Education and a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.

Meet the Author List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements 1. A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction (LACI) for Multilingual Learners 2. LACI's Six Cs of Support for Scaffolding and the Teaching and Learning Cycle 3. Teaching English Language Arts to Multilingual Learners 4. Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners 5. Teaching Mathematics to Multilingual Learners 6. Teaching Science to Multilingual Learners 7. Implementing LACI in the Classroom Appendix: CCSS Text Type, WIDA Key Language Uses, Genre Families, Genres, Purposes, Stages, and Language Features References Index

A practical and comprehensive resource, Supporting Multilingual Learners' Academic Language Development: A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction introduces an accessible language-based approach to teaching academic language to multilingual learners across the content areas.