Author: Anita K. Barry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313013616
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Language issues are intrinsically part of every classroom setting. Therefore, there is a need to present the linguistic perspective to all teachers and teachers-in-training. This perspective assumes that a complex system is learned by children at an early age with little conscious instruction. It recognizes that languages change over time and that variation, based on region, ethnic identity, gender, social class, and social context, is inherent to language. Focusing more on the practical than the theoretical, Barry aims to engage teachers and education students in discussion of the relevance of linguistics to teaching and to encourage them to bring their own expertise to the discussion. Based on the research of scholars in linguistics and related disciplines, Barry's volume helps teachers synthesize some of the foundations of classic linguistic study with important, current findings. She starts by acquainting the reader with fundamentals of linguistics, then she moves on to discussions of teaching grammar and the history of English orthography. An entire chapter is devoted to the process of child language acquisition and another to the obstacles that some people face when attempting to learn a language. The work concludes with pieces on language policies and language literacy. Group exercises and suggested projects are included to facilitate the exchange between linguistics and education. The book is a must for those interested in the fundamental role of language in education.
Author: Len Unsworth
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826478719
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Researching Language in Schools and Communities is designed for those who intend to carry out and / or study research in children's language development, teaching English as a second language, children's literature, casual conversation, social class and language variation, classroom discourse, reading processes, teaching writing, literacy and curriculum area learning, critical literacies and related areas. The contributors are among the foremost researchers in these fields. In this book they introduce approaches to help investigate such areas in applied langauge research using systemic functional linguistics (SFL). A key purpose of this text is to facilitate the further engagement of language researchers with SFL perspectives, encouraging more collaborative transdisciplinary work across different fields of study and theoretical approaches in projects of mutual concern. The first two chapters outline the key aspects of SFL descriptions of the relationships between language and social context and the inter-related descriptions of text structures and grammatical systems. This provides sufficient background to enable those coming new to SFL to make productive, critical use of the research reviewed, studies described and advice on project design provided in the following chapters. Nevertheless, the book is an introductory resource and particular attention has been paid throughout to the extensive provision of clear references to more elaborated accounts of the important issues discussed.
Author: Salmon, Angela K.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1668450232
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 533
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The teacher’s role is to create opportunities that intrinsically motivate children to externalize their thoughts. Human beings have multiple means of expression: this is powerful when children have the opportunity to have a real voice. The realities of children’s experiences in their local communities are powerful resources for the language curriculum and help to create an understanding of the value the languages and cultures of children and teachers bring from a multicultural perspective. Thus, teachers can help children develop their cultural and linguistic identities to promote multiculturalism, multilingualism, and translingualism so they can thrive in a complex and changing world. The Handbook of Research on Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives on Language and Literacy Development approaches language and literacy development from a socio-cultural and linguistic perspective. This book offers global perspectives on language and literacy from international experts working with both children and educators. It offers readers a diversity of voices and experiences of professionals in the field that can inform their teaching and research. Covering topics such as critical literacy, emotional engagement, and multilingual resources, this major reference work is an indispensable resource for administrators and educators of both K-12 and higher education, pre-service teachers, teacher educators, biblio-therapists, librarians, researchers, and academicians.
Author: Hanc?-Azizoglu, Eda Ba?ak
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 179986510X
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 353
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The aptitude to write well is increasingly becoming a vital element that students need to succeed in college and their future careers. Students must be equipped with competent writing skills as colleges and jobs base the acceptance of students and workers on the quality of their writing. This situation captures the complexity of the fact that writing represents higher intellectual skills and leads to a higher rate of selection. Therefore, it is imperative that best strategies for teaching writing speakers of other languages is imparted to provide insights to teachers who can better prepare their students for future accomplishments. Futuristic and Linguistic Perspectives on Teaching Writing to Second Language Students examines the theoretical and practical implications that should be put in place for second language writers and offers critical futuristic and linguistic perspectives on teaching writing to speakers of other languages. Highlighting such topics as EFL, ESL, composition, digital storytelling, and forming identity, this book is ideal for second language teachers and writing instructors, as well as academicians, professionals, researchers, and students working in the field of language and linguistics.
Author: JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351610007
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Presenting research on language policy and planning, with a special focus on educational contexts in which English plays a role, this book brings readers up-to-date on the latest developments in research, theory, and practice in a rapidly changing field. The diversity of authors, research settings, and related topics offers a sample of empirical studies across multiple language teaching and university contexts. The fifth volume in the Global Research on Teaching and Learning English series, it features access to both new and previously unpublished research in chapters written by TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant awardees and invited chapters by respected scholars in the field.
Author: Mary J. Schleppegrell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113562092X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 203
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This book builds on current sociolinguistic and discourse-analytic studies of language in school, but adds a new dimension--the framework of functional linguistic analysis. It will enable researchers and students of language in education to rec
Author: Mark Shiu-kee Shum
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131721000X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 319
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The culmination of more than a decade of research, this compelling volume offers a fresh approach for applying functional linguistics to assess student performance, to inform the teaching and learning of Chinese and to design curriculum and teaching materials. Documenting authentic systemic functional linguistics (SFL) studies in researching and teaching Chinese as a first or second language, this research is set in the multilingual settings of Hong Kong and Australia. The experiences of SFL and genre teaching in English have been well demonstrated as valid, viable and practical in different contexts; however this volume covers the relatively new domain of research into the applications of SFL to the teaching of Chinese. Using SFL as the research framework, the authors cover three major areas in Chinese language education: effective pedagogies, curriculum and material design, and text analysis. Covering major local curriculum reforms and the rapid growth of International Baccalaureate programmes worldwide, this book will be of interest to linguists, language teachers and teacher educators and those involved in the teaching and learning of Chinese around the world.
Author: Łukasz Pakuła
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030640302
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 444
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This book brings together leading academics and practitioners working in the area of language, gender, sexuality and education, consolidating recent developments and moving the field forward in a contemporary context. This unique and timely volume captures current themes, debates, theories and methods in the field, and will be of interest to scholars and practitioners working around the world in the areas of Applied Linguistics, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Education, Sociology and Discourse Studies.
Author: Didem Ikizoglu
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 1626164223
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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Chronotopic identities : on the timespace organization of who we are / Jan Blommaert and Anna De Fina -- "Whose story?" : narratives of persecution, flight and survival told by the children of Austrian holocaust survivors / Ruth Wodak and Markus Rheindorf -- Linguistic landscape : interpreting and expanding language diversities / Elana Shohamy -- A competence for negotiating diversity and unpredictability in global contact zones / Suresh Canagarajah -- The strategic use of address terms in multilingual interactions during family mealtimes / Fatma Said and Zhu Hua -- Everyday encounters in the market place : translanguaging in the superdiverse city / Adrian Blackledge, Angela Creese, and Rachel Hu -- (In)convenient fictions : ideologies of multi-lingual competence as resource for recognizability / Elizabeth R. Miller -- Constructed dialogue, stance, and ideological diversity in metalinguistic discourse / Anastasia Nylund -- Citizen sociolinguistics : a new media methodology for understanding language and social life / Betsy Rymes, Geeta Aneja, Andrea Leone-Pizzighella, Mark Lewis, Robert Moore -- Recasting diversity in language education in postcolonial, late-capitalist societies / Luisa Martøn Rojo, Christine Anthonissen, Inmaculada Garcia-Sánchez and Virginia Unamuno -- Diversity in school : monolingual ideologies versus multilingual practices / Anna de Fina
Author: BethAnne Paulsrud
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1783097833
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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This edited collection explores the immense potential of translanguaging in educational settings and highlights teachers and students negotiating language ideologies in their everyday communicative practices. It makes a significant contribution to scholarship on translanguaging and considers the need for pedagogy to reflect and embrace diversity. The chapters provide rich empirical research and document translanguaging in varied educational contexts, with studies from pre-school to adult education in different, mainly European, countries, where English is not the dominant language. Together they expand our understanding of translanguaging and how it can be applied to a variety of settings. This book will be of interest to students and researchers, especially in education, language education and applied linguistics, as well as to professionals and policymakers.
