Teaching Language Arts

Carole Cox, Ph.D., teaches at California State University, Long Beach, where she was named the Outstanding Professor in 2001. She received her B.A. from UCLA with a double major in French and Political Science, and an elementary teaching credential. She has taught elementary school in Los Angeles, California, and Madison, Wisconsin, and received her Ph.D. in Education at the University of Minnesota. At Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and California State University, Long Beach, Carole has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in language arts, reading, and children’s literature, and published articles, book chapters, and other books with Pearson including Engaging English Learners: Exploring Literature, Developing Literacy, and Differentiating Instruction (Cox & Boyd-Batstone, 2009). Professor Cox’s research has focused on children’s stance toward film and literature from a reader-response perspective, specifically Louise Rosenblatt’s transactional model of the reading process.

"Dr. Cox is to be commended for writing such a practical, useful, informative and interesting textbook." - Nancy L. Gibney, University of Detroit Mercy "Theoretically sound, current research, and very understandable-- the students like this text and call it a 'keeper.'" - Deborah Hamm, California State University, Long Beach

• Special FeaturesPreface Language Arts: Learning and Teaching Language Arts: Assessing and Differentiating Instruction Integrated Teaching with Literature Language Development and Emergent Literacy Engaging English Learners Reading Writing Speaking and Listening Viewing and Visually Representing Spelling Grammar, Punctuation, and Handwriting Reading and Writing Literary Texts Reading and  Writing Informational Texts ReferencesSubject IndexAppendix: A Month-by-Month Guide to Integrated Teaching with Literature