Book Information

Book ID Asin: 0132855208
Book Title: The Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development Handbook: A Complete K-12 Reference Guide (5th Edition)
Book Author: Lynne T. Díaz-Rico
Book Format and Price:
Book Format Name: Paperback
Book Format Price: $11.67-$121.99
Book Price: $121.99
Book Category: Books, Education & Teaching, Schools & Teaching and unknown
Book Rating: 80 ratings

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• Customer Reviews:
  4.3 out of 5 stars 80 ratings

Book Review

Name: Oneota
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Not a comprehensive handbook
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 21, 2017
Review: 2 1/2 stars. Considering the name ("handbook") and the price, I was expecting something more comprehensive and with more hands-on ideas. This is a textbook, not a handbook. And it is certainly not what the subtitle claims, "a complete k-12 reference guide." A lot of what is in here is the author's "Strategies for Teaching English Learners." Yes, there are some good ideas, though many of them are presented in a cursory way, meaning that they are only hints rather than guides. The book is clearly U.S.-focused, so people teaching in the Canada, the U.K. etc. and especially people speaking in countries where English is a foreign language will simply skip over some material and find nothing about various issues of importance to them. Thus, there is no discussion the non-US but widely used CEFR nor Pearson's related Global Scale of/for English. Checking the index now, I do not see any reference to internationally used standardized tests such as TOEIC, TOEFL and IELTS.

TPRS is at best a bit misrepresented in a one-sentence aside. I could not find any discussion of CLIL per se, though some similar approaches (especially SDAIE) are discussed. The limited discussion on vocabulary building does not relate to material on learning theory or neuroscience. Corpora and collocation studies are slighted. Nor does it consider popular methods and tools such as spaced repetition and Anki or Quizlet. Mnemonics and magnetic memory palaces are ignored. There is no acknowledgment, either to recommend or debunk, of the myriad language-learning gurus or charlatans on the Internet. It is as if academic SLL and approaches such as Berlitz's, Rob Previn's and Genki English's lived in two unrelated universes. 'Transferring Literacy from First to Second Languages" is discussed in three short paragraphs and a table, with no practical suggestions or warnings.
On the positive side, the book does have a synthetic discussion of SLT theories and fairly extensive consideration of the family's role in language learning. In addition I have book-marked isolated suggestions, that will be of use.

This is way overpriced. The ~$120 plus ~$60 shipping for a used book (and not in pristine condition) that is currently in print takes a huge bite (about 20% of my monthly salary) out of my income.

Name: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Read this book and you will probably pass the CTEL test.
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 4, 2020
Review: The book is far from an exciting read, but it will definitely do the job of helping you pass the CTEL test. My approach was to read and take Cornell Notes on every page of the book. I then studied the notes a few days before the test and looked through the materials on the CTEL website. This process helped me pass the test with flying colors. The book gives you the familiarity and terminology with the concepts that you need to pass. I don’t think you need any other resources or practice tests, but you know yourself better than I do. Quizlet and the practice tests include excess information, so I recommend you prioritize reading this book over anything else.

Name: Veganman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Text book for CLAD
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 17, 2021
Review: I bought this book new but found it to be quite old and dated so some of the book's material is irrelevant. All of the book's pages are yellowed at the edges which is to be expected for a book of this age. Highly detailed reading but will offer me some knowledge into the subject that I am looking to study.

Name: Season 3
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very Helpful for CTEL
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 21, 2016
Review: I promised myself I would post a review after receiving my CTEL exam scores. After being out of teaching for almost 20 years, I passed all three sections! Not easy. I studied and stressed quite a bit, but this book was a huge part of my results. For Module 1 study chapters 1-3, for Module 2 chapters 4-7 (Part 1 chapters 4-5, Part 2 chapters 6-7), for Module 3 chapters 8-10. Flash cards from Quizlet and videos from various places were also helpful. Taking all three tests on the same day would have been a bad idea. If you can, space them out over three days.The book is expensive, but I didn't need to purchase anything else. Unless you are already familiar with all of the terminology and best practices, don't wait to get started studying. Good luck!

Name: kittyheaven
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for CTEL Prep
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 9, 2017
Review: I used this and the 

Name: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good overall information for the exam
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 23, 2017
Review: Good overall information for the exam. Could have used a few more specifics in the Language section with examples. Also would have liked to have had access to the media kit. It did not seem to be available on Amazon.

Name: Amazon Customer
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The book is actually quite good and very informative
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 28, 2016
Review: The book is actually quite good and very informative. My complaint is that, evidently, if one purchases this book from Amazon, one is not able to access the online videos that the book recommends as support at myeducationlab.com. The publisher, Pearson, is terribly unhelpful.

Name: George W Chapman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: good
Date: Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 10, 2020
Review: good

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