Understanding Academic Language is a learning strategy that can help
students better comprehend content area textbooks. This strategy is
needed because the writers of academic textbooks often use complex
language structures that are very different from the everyday speech
patterns with which students are familiar. Thus, many learners find
academic text extremely difficult to understand. Built around the
four-step TEXT Strategy, this manual provides a framework that teachers
can use to convey this information. The six lessons outline the
procedures for conducting the pretest and posttest, and the procedures
and materials for teaching the TEXT Strategy.
