Teaching Reading and Writing Beyond High-Stakes Testing: A Case Study of a High School Teacher in China

ISBN-13: 9781032439303 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 160 str.

Rongrong Dong

Opis

This book tells about an exemplary high school Chinese language arts teacher’s effort in nurturing life-long readers and writers under the test-driven culture in China’s society.

Spis treści

List of Figures

List of Tables

1. Introduction 

2. Literature Review 

3. Overview of Research Design 

4. Teaching Context, CLA Class, and the Criteria for Exemplary Teachers 

5. Engaging Students in Meaningful Reading and Writing 

6. Creating A School-Wide Literate Life 

7. Conclusion

Appendix A: Original In-Class Fieldnotes Sample

Appendix B: Typed Bilingual Fieldnotes Sample

Appendix C: Original Interview Transcription Sample

Appendix D: Translated Interview Transcription Sample

Appendix E: Semi-Structured Sample Interview Questions

Appendix F: Research Memo for Data Analysis Sampl

Index

O autorze

Rongrong Dong currently works as an English lecturer at Southern University of Science and Technology, China. Her research interest includes adolescent literacy study, teaching writing, and translanguaging in language learning. She recently published a journal article about her own translanguaging experience in writing doctoral dissertation as a bilinguage researcher. She also works with elementary and secondary literacy teachers in both U.S and China and conducts multiple case studies related to their teaching beliefs and practices.