Language and Literacy Learning in Schools

Language and Literacy Learning in Schools

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  • Author: Elaine R. Silliman
  • Publisher: Guilford Press
  • ISBN: 1593854692
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 386

Accessible and user-friendly, this volume presents evidence-based practices for integrating language and literacy knowledge to enhance children's learning in today's standards-based classrooms. While grounded in theory and research, the book focuses on day-to-day concerns in instruction and intervention, identifying models for effective collaboration among speech-language pathologists, general and special educators, and reading specialists. Chapters cover a range of approaches for targeting core areas of literacy--word recognition, reading comprehension, writing, and spelling--with particular attention to working with students with language learning difficulties.


Language, Literacy, and Learning in Educational Practice

Language, Literacy, and Learning in Educational Practice

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  • Author: Barry Stierer
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 9781853592171
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 340

"Language and literacy are highly contested areas of the curriculum. Questions of what should be taught, how it should be taught, and who should control such decisions, are increasingly subjected to public scrutiny, debate and challenge in a manner which is often more reflection of competing social and political values than of theory and research evidence." "In recent years there has been a rapid development of new conceptual frameworks for understanding language literacy and learning, from such diverse fields as anthropology, cultural studies, social psychology, and critical linguistics. The papers in this collection have been chosen because they will help readers to consider ways in which these new developments in theory and research may be applied to everyday practice."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved


Varied Voices

Varied Voices

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  • Author: Linda Lonon Blanton
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136504427
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 194

"I can say with certainty that this book will add a compelling sense of depth and texture to the existing body of research in first and second language literacy." --Patricia Richard-Amato, California State University at Los Angeles Varied Voices is an ethnographic study of language and literacy learning in a culturally and linguistically diverse Moroccan school. There, children and teachers turn classrooms into social spaces as they work to build learning communities. Suitable for MATESOL courses and in-service training, Varied Voices is a must-read for all instructors working with language minority students at the elementary and secondary school levels.


Language and Literacy Learning in the Early Years

Language and Literacy Learning in the Early Years

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  • Author: Susan B. Neuman
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 354

This text presents an account of how young children's spoken and written language develops before formal schooling. It emphasizes the integration of speaking, listening, writing and reading: and illustrates how children learn and use these processes to connect with others, understand their world and express themselves.


The Language of Literacy Education

The Language of Literacy Education

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  • Publisher: BRILL
  • ISBN: 9004503390
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 108

This volume is an encyclopaedic reference of prominent literacy terms. Key terms with frequent misconceptions are debunked to provide a critical perspective. Citation of relevant theorists and research findings enables readers to further explore these topics.


Language Education in the Primary Years

Language Education in the Primary Years

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  • Author: Frances Christie
  • Publisher: UNSW Press
  • ISBN: 9780868405834
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 266

This book is intended as a textbook for teacher education in the primary years. Drawing on much recent research into language and literacy, especially Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, it provides basic principles for understanding the teaching of the English language.


Literacy Instruction in Multilingual Classrooms

Literacy Instruction in Multilingual Classrooms

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  • Author: Lori Helman
  • Publisher: Teachers College Press
  • ISBN: 080775336X
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 145

This hands-on guide shows elementary school teachers how to create multilingual classroom communities that support every learner's success in reading, writing, and general literacy development. The author provides a practical overview of key ideas and techniques and describes specific literacy activities that lead to vocabulary and oral English proficiency. Instructional chapters will help teachers create a language-rich classroom environment, scaffold reading and writing tasks to match students' needs, and use students' language backgrounds as a bridge to literacy learning in English. As with all titles in The Practitioner's Bookshelf Series, this resource includes many user-friendly features such as bulleted summaries and checklists as well as photographs of linguistically diverse classrooms modeling the types of instructional interactions described in the book.


Early Years Second Language Education

Early Years Second Language Education

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  • Author: Sandie MourĂ£o
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1134507801
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 250

The age for early language learning has dropped dramatically in the past decade to include children under 6 years old, yet very little published research exists to support the implementation of such programmes. Drawing on a synthesis of theory, research and practice, this edited volume makes an innovative contribution to literature concerning language education for very young children. It explores language learning in a wide range of geographical contexts with reference to second and foreign language learning, bilingualism and plurilingualism with children under the age of 6 years old. Chapters present discussion around teacher education, policy-making, international case studies, school and home-based projects, code switching and language use, and methodologies and approaches. Early Years Second Language Education: International perspectives on theory and practice will be essential reading for researchers, academics, teacher trainers, and post-graduate students in the fields of early years education, foreign and second language education, language didactics and teacher education.


Primary English Teaching

Primary English Teaching

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  • Author: Robyn Cox
  • Publisher: SAGE
  • ISBN: 1446210103
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 176

This comprehensive introduction to language, literacy and learning in the primary school explores the theoretical issues that underpin pedagogical practice in the primary English language classroom in a straightforward manner, enabling readers to understand the resulting practice and curriculum offerings in English primary schools today. The contributors explore new initiatives in primary language teaching, putting these into their theoretical context, and offer practical ideas, helping students to make the bridge from studying to be a teacher, through to the beginnings of their teaching career. Diversity and aspects of special educational needs are also considered in each section of the book. This book will be essential reading both for undergraduate students of education, as well as for PGCE students. Visit the UKLA's website : here


Language, Literacy and Learning in Primary Schools

Language, Literacy and Learning in Primary Schools

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  • Author: Olatunde A. Adekola
  • Publisher: World Bank Publications
  • ISBN: 0821370499
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 78

Language, Literacy, and Learning in Primary Schools is a synthesis of the findings arising from four years of policy research and development in Nigeria's primary schools that focused on the gap between what teachers should know and be able to do, and the realities of teaching and learning in classrooms. It begins by critically examining the outcomes of primary schooling as measured by learning achievement results from national assessments, and by identifying some core learning problems for Nigerian primary school children. It reviews the findings from recent research reports that studied teaching and learning processes in primary school classrooms, and it identifies the pedagogical issues in primary classrooms that contribute to poor learning achievements. This report describes a research and development program that set out to improve teaching and learning in core learning skill areas of the curriculum. This study identifies priority areas for teachers' professional development. It suggests a policy framework for the continuing professional development of primary school teachers, including the initial preparation of teachers and their induction into teaching. It proposes medium and long-term strategies to bring about the desired changes in teaching and learning through school-based approaches to teacher development.