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Teacher Preparation for Linguistically Diverse Classrooms

by Tamara Lucas

At the forefront in focusing on the preparation of mainstream classroom teachers to work with K-12 students in the U.S. who speak native languages other than English, this book both contributes to the research...

Handbook of Orthography and Literacy

by R. Malatesha Joshi & P.G. Aaron

Until about two decades ago, the study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modeled after studies of English language learners. This situation is now changing....

Problematizing Identity: Everyday Struggles in Language, Culture, and Education

by Angel M. Y. Lin

This book argues that identity as a term needs to be problematized, not taken for granted - for both the risks and the potential that the concept offers to educators for understanding issues of social inequality...

Understanding Language in Diverse Classrooms: A Primer for All Teachers

by Marilyn Shatz & Louise C. Wilkinson

With the increasing linguistic and cultural diversity of students in U. S. schools, all teachers, regardless of the content area or grade they teach, need research-based strategies for assisting all students...

Literacy in Latin America

by Judy Kalman & Brian V. Street

Latin American Literacy and Numeracy Studies (LAL^NS) are fairly unknown in other parts of the world. This book charts new directions in LAL^NS and explores the relationship between these studies and international...

Children's Ways with Science and Literacy: Integrated Multimodal Enactments in Urban Elementary Classrooms

by Maria Varelas & Christine C. Pappas

Science is often a forgotten subject in early elementary grades as various mandates require teachers to focus on teaching young students to achieve specific reading and mathematical competencies. This book offers...

Teaching Academic Vocabulary K-8: Effective Practices Across the Curriculum

by Camille Blachowicz, Donna Ogle & Peter Fisher

This book showcases effective ways to build the vocabulary knowledge K-8 learners need to engage meaningfully in reading, writing, and discussion on academic subjects. The distinguished authors draw on decades...

Interpreting Texts

by Kim Ballard

Routledge A Level English Guides equip AS and A2 Level students with the skills they need to explore, evaluate and enjoy English. Books in the series are built around the various skills specified in the assessment...

Framing Languages and Literacies: Socially Situated Views and Perspectives

by Margaret R. Hawkins

In this seminal volume leading language and literacy scholars clearly articulate and explicate major social perspectives and approaches in the fields of language and literacy studies. Each approach draws on...

Using Literacy to Develop Thinking Skills with Children Aged 5 -7

by Paula Iley

These creative off-the-shelf activities will spark children's thinking skills through speaking, listening, reading and writing. Busy teachers wanting to shake up their lessons will find them indispensable. Includes:...

Handbook of Effective Literacy Instruction: Research-Based Practice K-8

by Barbara M. Taylor & Nell K. Duke

This highly readable handbook synthesizes the best research on K-8 literacy instruction and distills key implications for classroom practice. Noted contributors provide clear recommendations for creating effective,...

Critical ELT in Action: Foundations, Promises, Praxis

by Graham V. Crookes

Uniquely bridging theory and practice, this text introduces and overviews the various domains associated with the term critical pedagogy in the field of TESOL/ELT. Critical pedagogy addresses concepts, values,...

Writing as Translingual Practice in Academic Contexts

by Suresh Canagarajah

The term translingual highlights the reality that people always shuttle across languages, communicate in hybrid languages and, thus, enjoy multilingual competence. In the context of migration, transnational...

Negotiating Critical Literacies with Teachers: Theoretical Foundations and Pedagogical Resources for Pre-Service and In-Service Contexts

by Vivian Maria Vasquez, Stacie L. Tate & Jerome C. Harste

How can teacher educators engage pre-service and in-service teachers in learning about and framing their teaching from a critical literacy perspective? What does this mean? Why is it important? To address these...

Bringing Words to Life, Second Edition: Robust Vocabulary Instruction

by Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown & Linda Kucan

Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K-12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words. Grounded in research,...

Hostage

by Emlyn Rees

The latest thriller from Sunday Times best-selling author

Grand Slam Man

by Dan Lydiate

The autobiographyof the rising star of Welsh rugby

Building Students' Historical Literacies

by Jeffery Nokes

How can teachers incorporate the richness of historical resources into classrooms in ways that are true to the discipline of history and are pedagogically sound? This book explores the notion of historical literacy,...

Don T Call It Literacy!: What Every Teacher Needs to Know about Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing

by Geoff Barton

"Every teacher in English is a teacher of English," said George Sampson, one of the early school inspectors, back in 1921. It's never been truer, or more relevant.

Literacy has a major impact on young people's...

Literacy in the New Media Age

by Gunther Kress

In this 'new media age' the screen has replaced the book as the dominant medium of communication. This dramatic change has made image, rather than writing, the centre of communication.

In this groundbreaking...