ENDORSEMENTS
"This book is a conduit for students, teachers, and teacher
educators -- a carefully guided path to making language learning
not only possible, but meaningful and fun " --Marjorie Hall Haley,
PhD, Board of Directors of the American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages (ACTFL), Director of Foreign Language Teacher
Licensure, George Mason University
"Professor Konyndyk has developed a foreign-language pedagogy
that makes students' deserts bloom. Foreign-language instructors
and special educators will find themselves grateful to her for this
contribution. --Lynn E. Snyder, PhD, CCC-SLP, Professor Emerita and
Former Director of the Center for Language and Learning, University
of Colorado at Boulder
"Though I was told for such a long time 'No, you can't, ' you
constantly were a voice saying 'Yes, you can and you will.' You not
only helped show me that the world of language is one that is
possible for me, but you also showed me the way that we . . . can
have such a positive impact on the lives of others." --a personal
note from one of Irene's own at-risk students
ABOUT "FOREIGN LANGUAGES FOR EVERYONE"
"This book is about how I learned to teach a second language to
those who either have failed before or were not really given a
chance to succeed. I wrote it to help others to be smart,
productive teachers of foreign languages to students with learning
disabilities. The book called me. My life journey prepared and
inspired me to write it." --Irene Brouwer Konyndyk, from her
preface
"Foreign Languages for Everyone" is based on Professor Irene
Brouwer Konyndyk's careful study and classroom experience teaching
foreign languages effectively to students with learning
disabilities. The goal of serving at-risk students became highly
personal for Irene when she realized that her own daughter had a
learning disability but could succeed academically with the right
combination of multisensory learning experiences.
This is a wonderfully practical and inspiring book loaded with
practical tips and pedagogical insights for successfully teaching
foreign languages to children, young people, high school and
college students, and older adults who have difficulty learning a
second language.
ABOUT IRENE AND HER FREE ONLINE RESOURCES
Irene Brouwer Konyndyk has taught languages at all levels --
from elementary through college. She received the Calvin College
Innovative Teaching Award for her groundbreaking work developing a
successful curriculum for at-risk second-language learners. She
leads workshops across North America. Her free website, FOREIGN
LANGUAGES FOR EVERYONE, provides: (1) downloadable copies of
book-related appendixes, forms, and lesson plans, (2) illustrative
video and audio clips, (3) news about important developments at the
intersections of special education, learning disabilities, and
foreign-language instruction, and (4) a community for
second-language instructors to share best practices.
TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL)
This book is ideal for educators and volunteers who teach
English as a second language (ESL).
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