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Direct linkGarcia, Eugene E., Ed.; Frede, Ellen C., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2010
It is well known that the number of non-English speakers is on the rise in the United States. What is less well known is that the largest proportion of this population is children under the age of 5. These young English language learners (ELLs) often demonstrate achievement gaps in basic math and reading skills when they start school. How best to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Second Language Learning, Family Relationship, Reading Skills
Guzzetti, Barbara J., Ed. – Praeger, 2007
Living in an age of communication, literacy is an extremely integral part of our society. We are impacted by literature during our infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. "Literacy for the New Millennium" includes information from specialists in the field who discuss the influence of popular culture, media, and technology on…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Literacy Education, Workplace Literacy, Popular Culture
Kinsella, Valerie, Ed. – 1982
Eight articles on the state of the art in language teaching are presented as part of a series on language teaching. The articles, by V. J. Cook, M. Swain and J. Cummins, C. S. Butler, N. E. Enkvist, A. Tosi, P. Meara, and A. Davies, cover the following topics: (1) how languages are actually learned, (2) the cognitive aspects of bilingualism, (3)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Language Tests
Winitz, Harris, Ed. – 1981
The comprehension approach to second language education emphasizes acquisition of listening comprehension prior to and as a vehicle for acquisition of other language skills. The following articles on this approach are collected here: (1) "Nonlinear Learning and Language Teaching" (Winitz); (2) "Aital cal aprene las lengas…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Language Research, Learning Processes, Listening Comprehension
Phillipson, Robert, Ed.; Jakobsen, Karen Sonne, Ed. – 1988
The purpose of this report is to present work done in the language module projects of the English and German degrees at Roskilde University Center (Denmark). Project work is the essential structuring ingredient of foreign language degrees at the Center. The collection of papers included in this issue attempts to provide information on what has…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, College Second Language Programs, Degrees (Academic)
Meloni, Christine, Ed.; Haack, Ellen, Ed. – 1986
This document contains six papers relating to the teaching of English as a foreign language. The titles and authors are as follows: "The Fail-Safe Micro Research Paper" (Mary Anne Saunders); "Is Role Playing an Effective EFL Teaching Technique?" (Frances L. Smith); "Research on the Cloze Procedure of Reading Comprehension and Its Use in the EFL…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Techniques, Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language)
Huckin, Thomas, Ed.; And Others – 1995
This book contains 14 essays on reading and vocabulary learning in second language acquisition. Chapters include: "Research on ESL/EFL Vocabulary Acquisition: Putting It in Context" (James Coady); "Implications for L2 Vocabulary Acquisition and Instruction From L1 Vocabulary Research" (Fredricka Stoller and William Grabe); "Patterns and Perils of…
Descriptors: Chinese, Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), English (Second Language)
Meek, Margaret, Ed. – 1996
A selection of papers by Josie Levine addresses aspects of the teaching and learning of English as a second/additional language among linguistic minorities. An introductory section provides background information about Levine and the context in which she worked and wrote. The first two chapters tell the stories of limited-English-proficient (LEP)…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Strategies
Freedle, Roy O., Ed. – 1979
Two theoretical orientations-schema theory and cultural norms for the use of language unify this multidisciplinary collection of papers examining discourse. Chapters by Adams and Collins; Warren; Nicholas and Trabasso; Stein and Glenn; and Freedle and Hale highlight the application of schema theory to the study of story recall, reading, and the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
Download full textValencia, Richard R., Ed. – 1993
This book examines the school failure and success of Chicano students from a wide variety of perspectives. It attempts to promote further understanding of what constitutes, maintains, and helps shape school failure among Chicano students, and to present research and policy agendas that may help to realize Chicano school success. Five sections…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Bilingual Education, Culture Conflict
Garcia, Eugene E., Ed. – 1983
The nine articles are divided into three general topics: language, cognition, and social development. Eduardo Hernandez-Chavez discusses strategies in early second language acquisition and their implications for bilingual instruction. Eugene E. Garcia, Lento Maez, and Gustavo Gonzales examine the incidence of language switching in Spanish/English…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Code Switching (Language)
Garcia, Eugene E., Ed.; Padilla, Raymond V., Ed. – 1985
Papers on theory, technology, and public policy in bilingualism and bilingual education are collected in this volume designed to fill the need for systematic, high quality research related to bilingual populations in the United States. Part 1, "Language and Culture," contains five papers that discuss first and second language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Pluralism
