The Colorful World of a Barrio Kindergarten
ISBN: 9780595273515 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Like many of the students in her New York City kindergarten, Liza Tilson's first language was Spanish. Born in Columbia in 1919, of a Russian-Jewish father and a Spanish-Catholic mother, She immigrated to the U.S. in 1924. But unlike the children she taught more than forty years later, when "she, herself" entered kindergarten in 1925, she was "the only" non-English-speaking child in the whole school, and bilingual programs had not yet been heard of. In her late forties, feeling considerable doubt and trepidation, she was recruited into the initial group of teachers in New York City's... Like many of the students in her New York City kindergarten, Liza Tilson's first language was Spanish. Born in Columbia in 1919, of a Russian-Jewis... |
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Bilingualism
ISBN: 9780631195399 / Angielski / Miękka / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since it was first published in 1989, Suzanne Romaine's book has been recognized as the most authoritative introduction to the sociolinguistics of bilingualism. The new edition has been completely revised to incorporate recent work in this fast developing field.
Throughout the book, bilingualism is seen as both a societal and cognitive phenomenon. Professor Romaine explores various aspects of bilingual behavior, such as code switching and language mixing, in terms of neurolinguistic organization in the individual speaker. The author also assesses the positive and negative claims... Since it was first published in 1989, Suzanne Romaine's book has been recognized as the most authoritative introduction to the sociolinguistics of bil...
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215,12 zł |
Myth or Reality?: Adaptive Strategies of Asian Americans in California
ISBN: 9780750700726 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Myth or Reality presents in simple language the case of Asian Americans in California. Case studies and episodes are presented in a theoretical context of language minority students' adjustment to mainstream cultures. The high levels of expectation and the achievement motivation of many Asian Americans has added to the myth of success of all Asian populations in the United States. The authors use data that calibrates the differential success of various Asian populations, and the need to assist those who are less successful. Asian minorities at risk, the role of teachers in preventing...
Myth or Reality presents in simple language the case of Asian Americans in California. Case studies and episodes are presented in a theoretical contex...
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760,80 zł |
Teaching, Learning and Researching in an ESL Context
ISBN: 9780761827184 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Teaching, Learning and Researching in an ESL Context first discusses the theoretical concept of communicative competence and its impact on teaching approaches. The second part of the book puts the theory into practice with an example of recent teacher-research conducted in an International School in Thailand.
Teaching, Learning and Researching in an ESL Context first discusses the theoretical concept of communicative competence and its impact on teaching ap...
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354,81 zł |
Clipping Their Own Wings: The Incompatibility Between Latino Culture and American Education
ISBN: 9780761835363 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clipping Their Own Wings: The Incompatibility Between Latino Culture and American Education addresses one of the most urgent problems in the United States' educational system: Latino underachievement. While most educators believe that the problem lies in the present school system and in budgetary constraints, this book takes a bold stand, arguing that in fact Hispanic culture is incompatible with educational success in the United States. Clipping Their Own Wings outlines a unique solution to this growing problem: Selective Cultural Adoption (SCA). SCA is a method by which Latinos can retain...
Clipping Their Own Wings: The Incompatibility Between Latino Culture and American Education addresses one of the most urgent problems in the United St...
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275,31 zł |
The Other Side of the Asian American Success Story
ISBN: 9780787901226 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reveals the bitter contrast between the educational experiences of new Asian immigrant groups and the Asian American success myth and describes the well-intentioned but harmful practices that provide immigrants with a separate and unequal education.
Reveals the bitter contrast between the educational experiences of new Asian immigrant groups and the Asian American success myth and describes the we...
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209,82 zł |
Over the Ivy Walls: The Educational Mobility of Low-Income Chicanos
ISBN: 9780791426104 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unique among literature on minority and Chicano academic achievement, Over the Ivy Walls focuses on factors that create academic successes rather than examining school failure. It weaves existing research on academic achievement into an analysis of the lives of 50 low-income Chicanos for whom schooling "worked" and became an important vehicle for social mobility. Gandara examines their early home lives, school experiences, and peer relations in search of clues to what "went right."
Unique among literature on minority and Chicano academic achievement, Over the Ivy Walls focuses on factors that create academic successes rather than...
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136,86 zł |
Bilingual Education: A Dialogue with the Bakhtin Circle
ISBN: 9780791430224 / Angielski / Miękka / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bilingual Education: A Dialogue with the Bakhtin Circle is the first book to make a connection between bilingual education and the theories of the Bakhtin circle. The analysis is focused on language as a social entity from the perspective of Bakhtinian dialogic existence. The author includes a discussion of critical/radical pedagogy connected to Paulo Freire's dialogic pedagogy. Also addressed are the major laws and policies of bilingual education in the U. S. and the current debate involving English-only versus English-plus instruction.
Bilingual Education: A Dialogue with the Bakhtin Circle is the first book to make a connection between bilingual education and the theories of the Bak...
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Bilingualism, Multiculturalism, and Second Language Learning : The Mcgill Conference in Honour of Wallace E. Lambert
ISBN: 9780805806946 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection pays tribute to Professor Wallace E. Lambert and his contributions to the fields of language and linguistics. Each chapter, written by an internationally renowned theorist or researcher, traces the currents of theory and research within the topic area to the present day, provides a state-of-the-art review of the topic, and offers an outline for future research directions. The book concludes with an overview from Professor Lambert that critically examines the impact of the ideas in each individual chapter. This volume is organized around the three areas where Professor...
This collection pays tribute to Professor Wallace E. Lambert and his contributions to the fields of language and linguistics. Each chapter, written by...
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188,83 zł |
A Facilitator's Guide To Diversity in the Classroom : A Casebook for Teachers and Teacher Educators
ISBN: 9780805814309 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A companion volume to Diversity in the Classroom, this guide presents 13 cases designed to help individuals and groups reflect on teaching. Specifically, it offers the information needed to use these cases in structured professional development experiences.
A companion volume to Diversity in the Classroom, this guide presents 13 cases designed to help individuals and groups reflect on teaching. Specifical...
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188,83 zł |
The Teaching of Reading in Spanish to the Bilingual Student: La Enseanza De La Lectura En Espaol Para El Estudiante Biling e
ISBN: 9780805824629 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents a dual-language text in the theory and methodology of teaching reading in Spanish to Hispanic youngsters. Each chapter of the text is written in only one language at the preference of its author. Thus, to be successful with the book, the reader must be bilingual.
Presents a dual-language text in the theory and methodology of teaching reading in Spanish to Hispanic youngsters. Each chapter of the text is written...
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209,82 zł |
Foreign Language Learning: Psycholinguistic Studies on Training and Retention
ISBN: 9780805827545 / Angielski / Twarda / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on a research project funded by the Army Research Institute, Foreign Language Learning reports original empirical and theoretical research on foreign language acquisition and makes recommendations about applications to foreign language instruction. The ultimate goal of this project was to identify a set of psychological principles that can provide the foundation for--or at least, argumentation for--a foreign language training course. This book reviews the various studies of which the project is comprised. It begins with an overview chapter outlining the scope of the project and...
Based on a research project funded by the Army Research Institute, Foreign Language Learning reports original empirical and theoretical researc...
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708,33 zł |
Language and Politics in the United States and Canada: Myths and Realities
ISBN: 9780805828382 / Angielski / Twarda / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Analyzes and explains the goals, processes, and effects of language policies in the US and Canada from historical and contemporary perspectives. This book explores parallel and divergent developments in language policy and language rights in the countries, as a basis for reflection on what can be learned from one country's experience by the other.
Analyzes and explains the goals, processes, and effects of language policies in the US and Canada from historical and contemporary perspectives. This ...
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472,16 zł |
Language and Politics in the United States and Canada : Myths and Realities
ISBN: 9780805828399 / Angielski / Miękka / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume critically analyzes and explains the goals, processes, and effects of language policies in the United States and Canada from historical and contemporary perspectives. The focus of this book is to explore parallel and divergent developments in language policy and language rights in the two countries, especially in the past four decades, as a basis for reflection on what can be learned from one country's experience by the other. Effects of language policies and practices on majority and minority individuals and groups are evaluated. Differences in national and regional language...
This volume critically analyzes and explains the goals, processes, and effects of language policies in the United States and Canada from historical an...
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167,84 zł |
Learner-Directed Assessment in ESL
ISBN: 9780805830682 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text integrates the theory and practice of learner-based assessment. Written in response to two recent movements in language teaching--learner-centered teaching and a renewed interest in authenticity in language testing--it examines the relationship between the language learner and language assessment processes, and promotes approaches to assessment that involve the learner in the testing process. Particular attention is given to issues of reliability and validity. Grounded in current pedagogical applications of authentic assessment measures, this volume is intended for and eminently...
This text integrates the theory and practice of learner-based assessment. Written in response to two recent movements in language teaching--learner-ce...
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194,08 zł |
Genre in the Classroom: Multiple Perspectives
ISBN: 9780805830736 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the first time, the major theoretical and pedagogical approaches to genre and related issues of social construction are presented in a single volume, providing an overview of the state of the art for practitioners in applied linguistics, ESL/EFL pedagogies, rhetoric, and composition studies around the world. Unlike volumes that present one theoretical stance, this book attempts to give equal time to all theoretical and pedagogical camps. Included are chapters by authors from the Sydney School, the New Rhetoric, and English for Specific Purposes, as well as contributions from other...
For the first time, the major theoretical and pedagogical approaches to genre and related issues of social construction are presented in a single volu...
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708,33 zł |
Effective Programs for Latino Students
ISBN: 9780805834130 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latino (or Hispanic) children are one of the fastest-growing groups in U.S. schools today. On average, these students perform worse than Anglo students on measures of academic achievement and other measures of academic success, and their drop-out rate is high. There are schools of excellence among those serving Latino children, but the majority of these children are placed "at risk" by schools and community institutions unable to build on the cultural, personal, and linguistic strengths these children are likely to bring with them to school. Schools serving Latino students need programs based...
Latino (or Hispanic) children are one of the fastest-growing groups in U.S. schools today. On average, these students perform worse than Anglo student...
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131,12 zł |
Language Diversity and Education
ISBN: 9780805834499 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This introductory text for students of linguistics, language, and education provides background and up-to-date information and resources that beginning researchers need for studying language diversity and education.
Three framing chapters offer an update on the philosophy of social research, revealing how important language is for all the processes of learning in which humans engage, whether it is learning about the world through education, or learning about the nature of social life through research in the human sciences. These chapters also review the links between language, power, and... This introductory text for students of linguistics, language, and education provides background and up-to-date information and resources that beginnin...
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246,55 zł |
Ultimate Attainment in Second Language Acquisition: A Case Study
ISBN: 9780805834567 / Angielski / Twarda / 279 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The first book-length treatment of its type, Ultimate Attainment in Second Language Acquisition is a case study with a solid theoretical grounding that examines the language of an immigrant learner of English, and thereby presents a much needed understanding of the linguistic competence of second language speakers. Based on longitudinal data collected over a period of 16 years, this clear and accessible presentation is well-grounded in linguistic theory and in second language acquisition research issues. Author Donna Lardiere presents the narrative of Patty, an adult Chinese...
The first book-length treatment of its type, Ultimate Attainment in Second Language Acquisition is a case study with a solid theoretical ground...
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708,33 zł |
Language as Cultural Practice: Mexicanos En El Norte
ISBN: 9780805835342 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Language as Cultural Practice: Mexicanos en el Norte offers a vivid ethnographic account of language socialization practices within Mexican-background families residing in California and Texas. This account illustrates a variety of cases where language is used by speakers to choose between alternative self-definitions and where language interacts differentially with other defining categories, such as ethnicity, gender, and class. It shows that language socialization--instantiated in language choices and patterns of use in sociocultural and sociohistorical contexts characterized...
Language as Cultural Practice: Mexicanos en el Norte offers a vivid ethnographic account of language socialization practices within Mex...
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209,82 zł |