Language Experience Approach category: 922 books
by Daniel McDikkoh
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2016
Hiamnda, the language of the Jaba people located in the central part of the Middle Belt area of Nigeria. It is spoken by a myriad of Jaba people groups who, by and large, may speak the main hiam Ham language, but may have vernacular variations of the language. Less than a decade ago, Hiamnda was on the...
Italian Short Stories for Beginners - English Italian
50 New Dialogues with bilingual reading and 50 New amazing Penguins images to Learn Italian for Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2019
Finally, I am at home, and I feel very happy.
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Finalmente, sono a casa e mi sento molto felice.
Do you understand these first Italian words? Yes, you do!
How?
Because you read it using a new technique: bilingual reading (parallel text).
How it works?
It's simple: bilingual...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
This volume presents evidence about how we understand communication in changing times, and proposes that such understandings may contribute to the development of pedagogy for teaching and learning. It expands current debates on multilingualism, asking which signs are in use and in action, and what...
Communicating through Vague Language
A Comparative Study of L1 and L2 Speakers
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
This book is a comparative study of vague language based on naturally occurring data of L1 and L2 speakers in academic settings. It explores how L2 learners have diverse and culturally specific needs for vague language compared with L1s, and are generally vaguer.
by Cecelia Cutler
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
This book examines language and identity among White American middle and upper-middle class youth who affiliate with Hip Hop culture. Hip Hop youth engage in practices that range from the consumption of rap music and fashion to practices like MC-ing (writing and performing raps or "rhymes"),...
Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Societies
The Case of Black Academic Underachievement
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
In postindustrial economies such as the United States and Great Britain, the black/white achievement gap is perpetuated by an emphasis on language and language skills, with which black American and black British-Caribbean youths often struggle. This work analyzes the nature of educational pedagogy...
Minority Languages and Multilingual Education
Bridging the Local and the Global
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2013
This book presents research on the situation minority language schoolchildren face when they need to learn languages of international communication, in particular English. The book takes minority languages as a starting point and it bridges local and global perspectives in the analysis of multilingual...
Investigations in Teaching and Learning Languages
Studies in Honour of Hanna Komorowska
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
The book presents most recent investigations into foreign language teaching and learning discussed by prominent scholars in the field. A wide variety of topics ranges from theoretical approaches to foreign language instruction to a discussion of findings of empirical research in language learning...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
This book investigates the three pivotal points of text for foreign language acquisition: reception, construction and deconstruction. In Part One, the focus is on various aspects of text reception, such as developing literacy, text interest, and perceptions of the academic register or the assessment...
Playing With Stories
Story crafting for storytellers, writers, teachers and other imaginative thinkers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
It has not been easy to value play. Mainstream culture urges us to rush and finish what we are working on to quickly advance to the next task at hand. Too often we must punch our time clock forward without much consideration. As the minutes and hours move, we indirectly communicate both to ourselves...
Errors and Intelligence in Computer-Assisted Language Learning
Parsers and Pedagogues
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
This book provides the first comprehensive overview of theoretical issues, historical developments and current trends in ICALL (Intelligent Computer-Assisted Language Learning). It assumes a basic familiarity with Second Language Acquisition (SLA) theory and teaching, CALL and linguistics. It is of...
Systemization in Foreign Language Teaching
Monitoring Content Progression
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2011
Foreign language learning is a progressive endeavor. Whatever the method, the learner should advance from one point to another, constantly improving. Growing proficiency entails growing language content. Content is complex, displaying many dimensions. Syllabus designers, textbook authors, and teachers...
by Elizabeth Goodacre
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
This is a study of the nature of the process whereby children go about the business of learning to read. The author relates her own practical teaching experience closely to studies in developmental psychology, and also considers the special needs of individual children. In all, the book provides an...
by Marcella Menegale
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
The aim of this volume is to expand knowledge on research and action-research on language learner autonomy, conceivably inspiring further investigation into how students can be helped to be more actively involved in their own learning. The volume explores concepts such as ‘motivation’, ‘self-efficacy’,...