Language Learning in New English Contexts

Language Learning in New English Contexts

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  • Author: Rita Elaine Silver
  • Publisher: A&C Black
  • ISBN: 1441126821
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 327

This edited volume is dedicated to the exploration of English language acquisition and development outside of the largely monolingual environments of North America, the United Kingdom and Australia. Specifically, the studies investigate different facets of English language learning in Singapore, and uses this experience to forge connections with other New English contexts. Using empirical data drawn from a range of language classrooms, the contributors emphasise the place of education within a global framework of English language learning. In so doing they examine economic, social and political factors influencing language education, and present a refreshingly global perspective on English language acquisition. This comprehensive examination of language learning in New English contexts will be of interest to researchers in applied linguistics and world Englishes.


Context and Culture in Language Teaching and Learning

Context and Culture in Language Teaching and Learning

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  • Author: Michael Byram
  • Publisher: Multilingual Matters
  • ISBN: 9781853596575
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 116

The chapters in this book all address the significance of the relationship between the aims and methods of language teaching and the contexts in which it takes place. Some consider the implications for the ways in which we research language teaching; others present the results of research and development work.


Context in Language Learning and Language Understanding

Context in Language Learning and Language Understanding

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  • Author: Kirsten Malmkjær
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521633550
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 212

The papers in this volume represent varied views on the role of context in language learning.


TEACHING ENGLISH IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS: Language, Learners and Learning

TEACHING ENGLISH IN GLOBAL CONTEXTS: Language, Learners and Learning

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  • Author: Valentina Canese
  • Publisher: ISL-FIL-UNA
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 686


Teaching English to Second Language Learners in Academic Contexts

Teaching English to Second Language Learners in Academic Contexts

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  • Author: Jonathan M. Newton
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317236548
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 295

Teaching English to Second Language Learners in Academic Contexts: Reading, Writing, Listening, and Speaking provides the fundamental knowledge that ESL and EFL teachers need to teach the four language skills. This foundational text, written by internationally renowned experts in the field, explains why skills-based teaching is at the heart of effective instruction in English for academic purposes (EAP) contexts. Each of the four main sections of the book helps readers understand how each skill—reading, writing, listening, and speaking—works and explains what research has to say about successful skill performance. Pedagogically focused chapters apply this information to principles for EAP curriculum design and to instructional activities and tasks adaptable in a wide range of language-learning contexts. Options for assessment and the role of digital technologies are considered for each skill, and essential information on integrated-skill instruction is provided. Moving from theory to practice, this teacher-friendly text is an essential resource for courses in TESOL programs, for in-service teacher-training seminars, and for practicing EAP teachers who want to upgrade their teaching abilities and knowledge bases.


Early Language Learning Policy in the 21st Century

Early Language Learning Policy in the 21st Century

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  • Author: Subhan Zein
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3030762513
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 317

This volume analyses the policymaking, expectations, implementation, progress, and outcomes of early language learning in various education policy contexts worldwide. The contributors to the volume are international researchers specialising in language policy and early language learning and their contributions aim to advance scholarship on early language learning policies and inform policymaking at the global level. The languages considered include learning English as a second language in primary schools in Japan, Mexico, Serbia, Argentina, and Tanzania; Spanish language education in the US and Australia; Arabic as a second language in Israel and Bangladesh; Chinese in South America and Oceania; and finally, early German teaching and learning in France and the UK.


Research on Teaching and Learning English in Under-Resourced Contexts

Research on Teaching and Learning English in Under-Resourced Contexts

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  • Author: Kathleen M. Bailey
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1000364097
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 195

This book is the eighth volume in the Global Research on Teaching and Learning English series, co-published with The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF). It brings together the latest developments in research on teaching English in under-resourced contexts across the world, offering a window into the complex challenges that these communities face. Recommendations from research and experience in well-resourced contexts are frequently not relevant or feasible in different circumstances. Contributors explore local and regional assets and challenges to provide a deeper understanding of the difficult issues that language learners and teachers must confront, and they provide insights to meet those challenges. With chapters written by TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant awardees, the volume addresses the crucial and growing need for research-based conversations on the contexts, environments, and challenges of teaching English in areas of the world with limited resources, literacy levels, or other constraints. The volume includes sections on policy connections, teacher preparation, and practice insights. It is a useful resource for graduate students and teacher educators in language education, ESL/EFL education, and international education, and an enlightening reference for all readers with an interest in language education around the world.


Teaching Young Second Language Learners

Teaching Young Second Language Learners

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  • Author: Rhonda Oliver
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1351369385
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 146

Adopting a learner-centred approach that places an emphasis on hands-on child SL methodology, this book illustrates the practices used to teach young second language learners in different classroom contexts: (1) English-as-an-Additional-Language-or-Dialect (EAL/D) – both intensive EAL/D and EAL/D in the mainstream (2) Language-Other-Than-English (LOTE) (3) Content-and-Language-Integrated-Learning (CLIL), (4) Indigenous (5) Foreign-Language (FL). It will be particularly useful to undergraduate teachers to build upon the literacy unit they undertake in the first years of their course to explore factors that constitute an effective child SL classroom and, in practical terms, how to develop such a classroom. The pedagogical strategies for teaching young language learners in the six chapters are firmly guided by research-based findings, enabling not only pre-service teachers but also experienced teachers to make informed choices of how to effectively facilitate the development of the target language, empowering them to assume an active and effective role of classroom practitioners.


Englishes in Multilingual Contexts

Englishes in Multilingual Contexts

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  • Author: Ahmar Mahboob
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 9401788693
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 238

The chapters in this volume allow readers to develop a broad understanding of the issues around language variation and to recognise pedagogical implications of this work in multilingual contexts. The authors explore how variations in Englishes around the world relate to issues in English language teaching and learning. The English language has always existed alongside other languages. However, the last 200 years have shown a dramatic increase in the range, extent and context of contact between English and other languages. As a result of this contact, we find marked variations in Englishes around the world. The first part includes chapters of importance in studying English language variation in the context of education. The second part builds on an understanding of variation and identifies pedagogical possibilities that respect language variation and yet empower English language learners in diverse contexts.


Appropriate Methodology and Social Context

Appropriate Methodology and Social Context

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  • Author: Adrian Holliday
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521437455
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 252

An ethnographic framework to describe the varying cultures of classrooms, teacher communities and student groups in different countries and educational contexts.