University Of Michigan Press Elt imprint: 20 books
Incidents in an Educational Life
A Memoir (of Sorts)
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Incidents in an Educational Life chronicles the educational journey of John M. Swales. A leading scholar in the field of Applied Linguistics and its subfield of English for Specific Purposes, Swales has taught across the globe in places such as Italy, Sweden, Libya, the United Kingdom, and the University...
Before the Dissertation
A Textual Mentor for Doctoral Students at Early Stages of a Research Project
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
“This very readable book is what every graduate student needs as they start a program. I wish my own MA and PhD students, during my 40 years of supervising, could have been demystified by having Casanave's ‘textual mentor' as a companion."
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by Ken Hyland
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Second language students not only need strategies for drafting and revising to write effectively, but also a clear understanding of genre so that they can appropriately structure their writing for various contexts. Over that last decade, increasing attention has been paid to the notion of genre and...
One on One with Second Language Writers
A Guide for Writing Tutors, Teachers, and Consultants
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
One-on-one encounters with writers often contribute more to the development of student writing abilities than any classroom activity because they are personalized and responsive to individual needs. For the encounters to be successful, the writing tutor, teacher, or consultant must be prepared, must...
Narrating Their Lives
Examining English Language Teachers' Professional Identities within the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
“…a groundbreaking book that will…engage, inform, and connect with present and future teachers and teacher educators.”
---Stephanie Vandrick, Foreword to Narrating Their Lives
The field of TESOL has called attention to the ways that the issues...
by David Schoem, Shelly Kovacs
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
This book was written to support the academic success of student athletes—whether at a large or small university or college, whether team or individual sport, whether women or men, whether on scholarship or not.
While all college students must learn to negotiate the complex transition...
Teaching U.S.-Educated Multilingual Writers
Pedagogical Practices from and for the Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This volume was born to address the lack of classroom-oriented scholarship regarding U.S.-educated multilingual writers. Unlike prior volumes about U.S.-educated multilinguals, this book focuses solely on pedagogy--from classroom activities and writing assignments to course curricula and pedagogical...
Listening Myths
Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for teachers of ESL listening courses in the way that Vocabulary Myths by Keith S. Folse (and Writing Myths by Joy Reid) is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. It was written to help ensure that teachers of listening are not perpetuating...
How Myths about Language Affect Education
What Every Teacher Should Know
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
How Myths about Language Affect Education: What Every Teacher Should Know clarifies some of the most common misconceptions about language, particularly those that affect teachers and the decisions they make when they teach English language learners. The chapters in this book address myths about language...
Assessment Myths
Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for assessment in the way that Vocabulary Myths by Keith S. Folse is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. Like others in the Myths series, this book combines research with good pedagogical practices.
The book opens with an introduction...
by David Schoem, Lynn Dunlap
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2013
Most students arrive at college not fully aware of just how different the college experience is from other prior experiences. The intellectual and social expectations, as well as the rules and regulations, are different, and not just different from high school.
While all college students...
A Life Teaching Languages
A Memoir from Mississippi to the Bronx
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Everyone faces crossroads. While not everyone meets at the same crossroads, we all juggle multiple identities. It is these roles--sometimes conflicting and other times fitting together seamlessly--that Linda Watkins-Goffman explores in A Life Teaching Languages: A Memoir from Mississippi to the Bronx....
Interrogating Privilege
Reflections of a Second Language Educator
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Interrogating Privilege is a welcome combination of personal essays and academic research, blending theory, analysis, and narrative to explore the function and consequences of privilege in second language education.
While teachers’ focus on the learning process and class goals are quite important,...
Vocabulary Myths
Applying Second Language Research to Classroom Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
In Vocabulary Myths, Keith S. Folse breaks down the teaching of second language vocabulary into eight commonly held myths. In debunking each myth, he introduces the myth with a story based on his 25 years of teaching experience (in the United States and abroad), continues with a presentation of what...
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