Catherine E. Snow Summary

Most students in todays world lack the ability to understand the common academic language used in science or math or social studies courses. It may even prevent some students from succeeding in their courses. In Catherine E. Snow’ article “Academic language and the challenge of learning about science” effectively explains why it is students struggle and how we can incorporate different methods of learning to help these students.
In this article, Snow wants to expose the widespread problem most students experience in learning academic language to other students and teachers. She begins by explaining what academic language is and it is something commonly overlooked. She explains academic language as having no real definition. She continues to