Bridge to the Classroom
ESL Cases for Teacher Exploration
Based on actual classroom experiences, the Bridge to the Classroom cases address a variety of learning and teaching situations. They can be used in any order and adapted to a range of teaching practices and course goals, including professional development. Each case volume in the series includes an up-to-date list of resources to help teacher educators and learners situate the cases within the field's larger theoretical framework.
Each case volume also has a teacher's guide. The guide helps teacher educators foster teacher learners' creativity, critical thinking, resourcefulness, and independence as they prepare to enter the field. It also enables them to help experienced teachers reflect on their classroom practices and develop new ones based on current teaching and learning theory.
Volume 1: Elementary School, by Joy Egbert
Product No. 190, 210 pp., ISBN 1931185190 (2005)
Volume 2: Secondary School, by Joy Egbert
Product No. 204, 211 pp., ISBN 1931185204 (2005)
Volume 3: Adult Contexts, by Joy Egbert and Gina Mikel Petrie
Product No. 212, 210 pp., ISBN 1931185212 (2005)
Teacher's Guide for Volumes 1-2, by Joy Egbert
Product No. 220, 66 pp., ISBN 1931185220 (2005)
Teacher's Guide for Volume 3, by Joy Egbert and Gina Mikel Petrie
Product No. 239, 64 pp., ISBN 1931185239 (2005)
Sample Table of Contents from Volume 1: Elementary
Introduction
Case 1. First Line of Defense
Case 2. Listen to Me
Case 3. Exchanges
Case 4. Culture Clash
Case 5. Who Am I?
Case 6. A Doll of a Student
Case 7. Restructuring Ideas
Case 8. Standards of English
Case 9. Reading Between the Lines
Case 10. The Subject of Language
Case 11. Solving a Mystery
Case 12. A Process of Evaluation
Case 13. Homework
Case 14. So-Called Expert
Case 15. Create Your Own Case
Case Resources