Language Experience Approach category: 922 books

Cover of Learning Portuguese as a Second Language
by Sandra Figueiredo
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2017

This volume examines the specific effects that schools have on the performance of immigrant students and linguistic minority groups. Especially in the European context this study fills a gap in examining the effects that schools have on these students’ performance and performance differentiation,...
Cover of Social Networking for Language Education
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Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013

Social networking is now one of the ways in which anyone can set out to learn or improve their language skills. This collection brings together different sets of learning experiences and shows that success depends on the wider environment of the learner, the kind of activity the learner engages in and the type of learning priorities he or she has.
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Creativity and Writing

Developing Voice and Verve in the Classroom

by Teresa Grainger, Kathy Goouch, Andrew Lambirth
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2005

This clear yet authoritative book affirms the vital role of creativity in writing and considers and encourages flexible, innovative practices in teaching. Importantly, the book reflects upon teachers' imaginative and artistic involvement in the writing process as role models, collaborators, artists,...
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The Fluency Construct

Curriculum-Based Measurement Concepts and Applications

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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2015

This book provides a comprehensive overview of fluency as a construct and its assessment in the context of curriculum-based measurement (CBM). Comparing perspectives from language acquisition, reading, and mathematics, the book parses the vagueness and complexities surrounding fluency concepts and...
Cover of Children Learning Second Languages
by Annamaria Pinter
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011

This comprehensive guide to research and debate centres around language learning in childhood, the age factor and the different contexts where language learning happens, including home and school contexts. The scope is wide, capturing examples of studies with different age groups, different methodological approaches and different languages.
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Resistance to the Known

Counter-Conduct in Language Education

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Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014

This volume stands as a demonstration of resistance to 'the known' (i.e. the tyranny of the expected) through individual and collective counter-conduct within the domain of language education. Supported by data drawn from various local and national contexts, the book challenges the pedagogies, practices, and policies of 'the institution'.
Cover of New Perspectives on Individual Differences in Language Learning and Teaching
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Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2012

The volume constitutes an attempt to capture the intricate relationship between individual learner differences and other variables which are of interest to theorists, researchers and practitioners representing such diverse branches of applied linguistics as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics...
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Second Language Writing in Elementary Classrooms

Instructional Issues, Content-area Writing and Teacher Education

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Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016

Second Language Writing in Elementary Classrooms focuses on L2 writing in elementary classrooms. It features chapters that highlight research in elementary classrooms focused on the writing development of multilingual children, and research in teacher education to prepare elementary teachers to teach L2 writing and address L2 writers' needs.
Cover of Resisting Trump: Teaching English Language Arts in the Age of the Demagogue
by Laurence Peters, Mike Peters
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017

This ground breaking work treats the Trump presidency as a "teachable moment." It is designed to help English Language Arts teachers engage with their students concerning the 45th president of the United States' multiple strategies for winning and holding power. The book provides many lesson...
Cover of Handbook of Research on Pedagogies and Cultural Considerations for Young English Language Learners
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017

In the schools of today, English learners are the fastest-growing segment of the student population. As such, it is increasingly imperative to educate these students properly, while still practicing inclusion for overall student success. The Handbook of Research on Pedagogies and Cultural Considerations...
Cover of International Perspectives on English Language Teacher Education
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Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015

The chapters in this volume outline and discuss examples of teacher educators in diverse global contexts who have provided successful self-initiated innovations for their teacher learners. The collection suggests that a way forward for second language teacher preparation programs is through 'reflective practice as innovation'.
Cover of Contacts and Contrasts in Educational Contexts and Translation
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Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2019

This volume covers descriptions and interpretations of social and cognitive phenomena and processes which emerge at the interface of languages and cultures in educational and translation contexts. It contains eleven papers, divided into two parts, which focus respectively on the issues of language...
Cover of Assessment and Autonomy in Language Learning
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Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015

This book examines this contested relationship between assessment and autonomy from a number of perspectives in a variety of Higher Education language-learning contexts in Europe and the Far East. The contributors to the book describe research into assessment both for and as autonomy, as well as approaches to the assessment of autonomy itself.
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Teaching Shakespeare to ESL Students

The Study of Language Arts in Four Major Plays

by Leung Che Miriam Lau, Wing Bo Anna Tso
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016

This is a teacher’s resource book tailor-made for EFL teachers who want to bring Shakespeare into their classes. It includes forty innovative lesson plans with ready-to-use worksheets, hands-on games and student-oriented activities that help EFL learners achieve higher levels of English proficiency...
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