Bilingual Education category: 1602 books
by Beverley Bryan
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Between Two Grammars: Research and Practice for Language Learning and Teaching in a Creole-speaking Environment builds on earlier works in the field of language learning and teaching and brings new ideas about language teaching in a Creole-speaking environment. Using Jamaica as the example, the history...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Different regions of the world are making increasing demands for educational reform, especially when institutions are dissatisfied with the level of proficiency of their graduates. Since the realization of how important English education is to global success, reform to English education is becoming...
The International Student's Guide to UK Education
Unlocking University Life and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Are you thinking of studying at university in Britain? Do you feel confused about which course is best for you, which university to choose, and how to apply? Are you wondering about what kinds of challenges you will be faced with, how best to approach them and how to overcome them? If so, this guidebook...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Empower black boys to dream, believe, achieve
Schools that routinely fail Black boys are not extraordinary. In fact, they are all-too ordinary. If we are to succeed in positively shifting outcomes for Black boys and young men, we must first change the way school is “done.” That’s where...
Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Education
Language, Literacy and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
In recent decades, the linguistic and cultural diversity of school populations in the United States and other industrialized countries has rapidly increased along with globalization processes. At the same time, schooling as it is currently constituted continues to be ineffective for large numbers...
Adult Biliteracy
Sociocultural and Programmatic Responses
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
Offering an in-depth view of adult literacy/biliteracy by merging two fields—adult literacy and English as a Second Language—this volume brings to the forefront linguistic, demographic, sociocultural, workforce, familial, academic, and other issues surrounding the development of bilingualism and...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
Questions about what to teach and how best to teach it are what drive professional practice in the English language classroom. Innovation and change in English language education addresses these key questions so that teachers are able to understand and manage change to organise teaching and learning...
General Education and Language Teaching Methodology
The Gdańsk School of ELT
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
This book presents a selection of papers on teaching English as a foreign language and the role of language education in human development. As thinking skills rely on language, language education should exceed utilitarian and everyday communicative needs and should be the basis for developing other...
Desiring TESOL and International Education
Market Abuse and Exploitation
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
This book addresses how Western universities have constructed themselves as global providers of education, and are driven to be globally competitive. It examines how the term 'international' has been exploited by the market in the form of government educational policies and agencies, host institutions,...
The Foreign Language Educator in Society
Toward A Critical Pedagogy
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2001
This text brings together two significant domains of educational practice: foreign language education and critical pedagogy--linking them in a way that can help foreign language educators develop a critical awareness of the nature, purposes, and challenges facing foreign language pedagogy. Unique...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Technology has become an integral part of our everyday lives. As today’s teachers prepare to instruct a new generation of students, the question is no longer whether technology should be integrated into the classroom, but “how?” The Handbook of Research on Integrating Technology Into Contemporary...
Re-Designing Teacher Education for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
A Critical-Ecological Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Through a critical-ecological lens, this book examines how to prepare preservice teachers to be resourceful and responsive practitioners in addressing the intellectual needs of children often labeled as "culturally and linguistically diverse." It explores a comprehensive re-design of a teacher...
Mi Padre
Mexican Immigrant Fathers and Their Children's Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Mi Padre centers on the promise of parent involvement practices that build upon the range of linguistic and sociocultural resources that Latin immigrant students and their families bring to school. Through the experiences of Mexican immigrant fathers and their children, this book illustrates the need...
Educating Emergent Bilinguals
Policies, Programs, and Practices for English Learners
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Now available in a revised and expanded edition, this accessible guide introduces readers to the issues and controversies surrounding the education of language minority students in the United States. What makes this book a perennial favorite are the succinct descriptions of alternative practices for...