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by Jay Burnett
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
French Proverbs and Sayings - a people's condensed wisdom, in English and the original version
A selection of over 300 French proverbs and sayings newly translated into English. The translations were kept as literal as possible, so as not to lose the authentic French flavour.
A small...
Culture, Learning, and Technology
Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Culture, Learning, and Technology: Research and Practice provides readers with an overview of the research on culture, learning, and technology (CLT) and introduces the concept of culture-related theoretical frameworks. In 13 chapters, the book explores the theoretical and philosophical views of...
Advocating for English Learners
A Guide for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Embrace the future by ensuring English Learners have a voice in school.
English Learners (ELs) are the fastest-growing segment of the K–12 population. Therefore, educators must provide a voice for their needs. This book demystifies the techniques of advocacy for ELs, including:
A...
Culturally Contested Literacies
America's "Rainbow Underclass" and Urban Schools
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2010
Culturally Contested Literacies is a vivid ethnographic account of the everyday cross-cultural living and schooling experiences of six culturally-diverse families in urban America. Documenting the ways in which these families learn about literacies and their meanings in relation to schools, inner...
Illegal Alphabets and Adult Biliteracy
Latino Migrants Crossing the Linguistic Border, Expanded Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
How do "illegal aliens" chart the speech sounds of colloquial English? This book is timeless in offering an unusually direct entry into how a group of Mexican fruit pickers analyze their first encounter with local American speech in a tiny rural Midwestern community in the United States....
Amazon Dash Buttons
Reorder your favorite Amazon items with Amazon Dash Buttons
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Do you spend a lot of time and energy shopping for your daily needs at Walmart etc.? Or you use a lot of online shopping?
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by Rusul Alrubail
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2017
Digital Writing for English Language learners looks at practical ways educators can implement the use of technology in their English and Language Arts classroom for English Language Learners. The book provides a variety of classroom activities and assignments that can be completed with English Language...
Conversations of the Mind
The Uses of Journal Writing for Second-Language Learners
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Asking students to write journals that reflect on their learning has become a widespread pedagogical practice in recent years. However, the scholarly literature does not address certain key questions about how journal writing aids learning:
* Is there something inherent in journal writing that encourages...
Handbook of Heritage, Community, and Native American Languages in the United States
Research, Policy, and Educational Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
Co-published by the Center for Applied Linguistics
Timely and comprehensive, this state-of-the-art overview of major issues related to heritage, community, and Native American languages in the United States, based on the work of noted authorities, draws from a variety of perspectives—the...
Transforming Schools for English Learners
A Comprehensive Framework for School Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Position your school to successfully teach English learners
Could your school be more effective at instructing its English learners? Whether you are just beginning to work with an emergent population or need to improve your program, this book provides a comprehensive framework for...
Language and Politics in the United States and Canada
Myths and Realities
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1998
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...
Building Communities of Learners
A Collaboration Among Teachers, Students, Families, and Community
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This popular text shows how teachers can create partnerships with parents and students that facilitate participation in the schools while also validating home culture and family concerns and aspirations. It reflects current research and theory in several areas related to literacy development, including...
by Nancy Agray Vargas, Carlos García Tobón, Sindy Moya Chaves
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Los caminos que se recorren en esta obra son diversos, pero siempre convergen en conceptos centrales de la experiencia universitaria en un país que se ha reconocido como multicultural y plurilingüe. Los núcleos conceptuales de las reflexiones aquí incluidas tienen que ver con la interculturalidad...
Mehrsprachigkeit im Alltag von Schule und Unterricht in Deutschland
Eine empirische Studie
Language: German
Release Date: January 22, 2016
Die Autoren erhoben im Zeitraum von August 2014 bis Ende März 2015 mittels einer Online-Befragung deutschlandweit Daten von Lehrkräften aller Schulformen zur Mehrsprachigkeit im Alltag von Schule und Unterricht. Die Studie dient als Momentaufnahme der Mehrsprachigkeit an deutschen Schulen. Sie ermöglicht...