Channel View Publications: 585 books
Managing Diversity in Education
Languages, Policies, Pedagogies
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Diversity - social, cultural, linguistic and ethnic - poses a challenge to all educational systems. Some authorities, schools and teachers look upon it as a problem, an obstacle to the achievement of national educational goals, while for others it offers new opportunities. Successive PISA reports...
Implementing Educational Language Policy in Arizona
Legal, Historical and Current Practices in SEI
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012
This volume is a unique contribution to the study of language policy and education for English Learners because it focuses on the decade long implementation of “English Only” in Arizona. How this policy influences teacher preparation and classroom practice is the central topic of this volume....
Language-in-education Policies
The Discursive Construction of Intercultural Relations
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
This book examines the ideological underpinnings of language-in-education policies that explicitly focus on adding a new language to the learners' existing repertoire. It examines policies for foreign languages, immigrant languages, indigenous languages and external language spread. Each of these...
Integrating Multilingual Students into College Classrooms
Practical Advice for Faculty
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Today more and more ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse students enroll in our college and university courses. These diverse, multilingual students enrich our campuses and at the same time present challenges. Who are these students? What skills do these diverse students need to be successful...
by Richard S. Pinner
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
This book examines the concept of authentic English in today’s world, where cultures are in constant interaction and the English language works as a binding agent for many cross-cultural exchanges. It offers a comprehensive review of decades of debate around authenticity in language teaching and...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Rising enrollments of students for whom English is not a first language mean that every teacher – whether teaching kindergarten or high school algebra – is a language teacher. This book explains what teachers need to know about language in order to be more effective in the classroom, and it shows...
Second Language Socialization and Learner Agency
Adoptive Family Talk
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
This book examines how Russian-speaking adoptees in three US families actively shape opportunities for language learning and identity construction in everyday interactions. By focusing on a different practice in each family (i.e. narrative talk about the day, metalinguistic discourse or languaging,...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2001
It is now widely recognised that learning a language should not just involve linguistic competence but also intercultural competence. It is also clear that intercultural competence can be developed through related subjects such as geography, history, mother tongue teaching. This book takes this as...
Rethinking Language and Culture in Japanese Education
Beyond the Standard
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
How does language or culture come to be standardized to the degree that it is considered 'homogeneous'? How does teaching language relate to such standardization processes? How can teaching be mindful of the standardization processes that potentially involve power relations? Focusing on the case of...
by Dr. John Bitchener, Dr. Neomy Storch
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Written corrective feedback (CF) is a written response to a linguistic error that has been made in the writing of a text by a second language (L2) learner. This book aims to further our understanding of whether or not written CF has the potential to facilitate L2 development over time. Chapters draw...
Creativity and Innovations in ELT Materials Development
Looking Beyond the Current Design
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
This book brings together renowned scholars and new voices to challenge current practices in ELT materials design in order to work towards optimal learning conditions. It proposes ideas and principles to improve second language task design through novel resources such as drama, poetry, literature...
Approaches to Inclusive English Classrooms
A Teachers Handbook for Content-Based Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
This book provides educators with an accessible guide to best practices concerning content-based instruction (CBI) models and their use in English learner inclusive classrooms. The author effectively bridges the gap between theory and practice with a critical analysis of practical examples and diverse...
Language Policies in Finland and Sweden
Interdisciplinary and Multi-sited Comparisons
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
In this volume, authors from four disciplines join forces to develop an analysis of political discourse on a comparative and multidisciplinary basis. Language policy is often based on the political use of history, where the remembrance of past experiences by communities, individuals and historical...
Teaching English as an International Language
Identity, Resistance and Negotiation
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2008
Building on both Western and Asian theoretical resources, the book examines how EIL teachers see themselves as professional and individual in relation to their work practices. It reveals the tensions, compromises, negotiations and resistance in their enactment of different roles and selves, especially...