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Sociocultural Theory in Second Language Education
An Introduction through Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2015
In this accessible introduction to Vygotskian sociocultural theory, narratives illuminate key concepts of the theory. These key concepts include mediation; Zone of Proximal Development; collaborative dialogue and private speech; everyday and scientific concepts; the interrelatedness of cognition...
by Rémi A. van Compernolle
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2014
Winner of the AAAL First Book Award 2017!
This book outlines a framework for teaching second language pragmatics grounded in Vygotskian sociocultural psychology. The framework focuses on the appropriation of sociopragmatic concepts as psychological tools that mediate pragmalinguistic choices....
Advancing Methodology and Practice
The IRIS Repository of Instruments for Research into Second Languages
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Instruments for Research into Second Languages is an accessible introduction to understanding and evaluating existing and emerging methodologies in L2 research. The book provides an introduction to the data collection materials available in the IRIS database. IRIS is an open access, searchable repository...
by Huber Gray Buehler
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
The art of using one's native tongue correctly and forcibly is acquired for the most part through imitation and practice, and is not so much a matter of knowledge as of habit. As regards English, then, the first duty of our schools is to set before pupils excellent models, and, in all departments...
At the Table: Food and Family around the World
Food and Family around the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2016
Almost universally, "dinner" is a key meal in most countries around the world, whether it be a simple dish of rice and beans, a slice of pizza on the go, or a multi-course formal meal. What do the specifics of how a meal is eaten—by hand instead of with utensils, for example—say about...
Authentic School Science
Knowing and Learning in Open-Inquiry Science Laboratories
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
According to John Dewey, Seymour Papert, Donald Schon, and Allan Collins, school activities, to be authentic, need to share key features with those worlds about which they teach. This book documents learning and teaching in open-inquiry learning environments, designed with the precepts of these educational...
A World of Poetry
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2017
Inspire students to enjoy poetry while helping them to prepare effectively for the CSEC® examination; ensure coverage of all prescribed poems for the revised CSEC® English A and English B syllabuses with an anthology that has been compiled with the approval of the Caribbean Examinations Council...
Informatics in Schools: Improvement of Informatics Knowledge and Perception
9th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2016, Münster, Germany, October 13-15, 2016, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2016
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2016, held in Münster, Germany, in October 2015.
The 17 full papers presented together with 1 invited talk were carefully reviewed and...
Odyssey - Dynamic Learning System: An Innovative Approach to Inspirational Learning Experiences
An innovative approach to inspirational learning experiences
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Imagine you’re in a room, looking at a colourful grid of many different shapes spread out on a wall. There’s something intriguing about it—something almost magical. There are triangles, circles, squares, stars. Each has something on it—a word or diagram. There’s one shape of each colour …...
Nationalism and History Education
Curricula and Textbooks in the United States and France
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2016
History education, by nature, transmits an ‘official’ version of national identity. National identity is not a fixed entity, and controversy over history teaching is an essential part of the process of redefining and regenerating the nation. France and the United States have in particular experienced...
by Garland E. Allen, Jeffrey J.W. Baker
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
This book complements fact-drive textbooks in introductory biology courses, or courses in biology and society, by focusing on several important points: (1) Biology as a process of doing science, emphasizing how we know what we know. (2) It stresses the role of science as a social as well as intellectual...
by Manik Joshi
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2014
What are “Capitonyms”?CAPITONYMS ----[Capital- capital letter; -Onym: Name]Capitonym is a word that changes its meaning (and sometimes pronunciation) based on whether or not it is capitalized.Capitonym [singular] | Capitonyms [plural]Capitonyms may be nouns, pronouns, verbs, or adjectives.Characteristics...
by Jerome Hanratty
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
A structured course in creative writing providing opportunity for users to work through exercises individually.This book is based on the belief that the best writing comes not out of the blue but from a context in which the writer can feel involved, and that writing needs as much practical...
Language is the Key
The Canadian Language Benchmarks Model
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
The CLB/NCLC success was dependent on many factors—outstanding work by leading Canadian scholars; steady commitment of the government and non-governmental stakeholders at the federal, provincial, and local level; and, last but not least, unconditional commitment and caring on the part of an invested...