Celebrating Diversity Through Language Study

Author : Jen McCreight
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Education
ISBN : 0325077894

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Celebrating Diversity Through Language Study by Jen McCreight Pdf

What is language study? Jen McCreight introduces us to a new approach to grammar study, a subject area all too often taught without students and their unique backgrounds in mind. In today's linguistically diverse classrooms, she argues that a more personal approach to grammar is necessary if we want to reach every learner. "By linking language study to children's' backgrounds," she writes, "and by empowering teachers, students, and families to become actively engaged in this work, the disconnect so many children feel from school will begin to shrink." Language study is a student-centered approach to grammar study, with two primary components: - teaching students how to negotiate the language they use based on context - building on background knowledge to make the study of words relevant for all children. Used either exclusively or embedded into an existing grammar curriculum, Jen's step-by-step language study plan brings children's home and school language together for more authentic grammar lessons that help students begin to view their own unique backgrounds as important and connected to the study of words. With examples from 1st and 3rd grade classrooms, activities, tools, and project ideas that bring grammar to life, Celebrating Diversity Through Language Study promises a more culturally sensitive approach to grammar that will help all children thrive.

Author : Geneva Smitherman,Victor Villanueva
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780809325320

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Language Diversity in the Classroom by Geneva Smitherman,Victor Villanueva Pdf

It’s no secret that, in most American classrooms, students are expected to master standardized American English and the conventions of Edited American English if they wish to succeed. Language Diversity in the Classroom: From Intention to Practice works to realign these conceptions through a series of provocative yet evenhanded essays that explore the ways we have enacted and continue to enact our beliefs in the integrity of the many languages and Englishes that arise both in the classroom and in professional communities. Edited by Geneva Smitherman and Victor Villanueva, the collection was motivated by a survey project on language awareness commissioned by the National Council of Teachers of English and the Conference on College Composition and Communication. All actively involved in supporting diversity in education, the contributors address the major issues inherent in linguistically diverse classrooms: language and racism, language and nationalism, and the challenges in teaching writing while respecting and celebrating students’ own languages. Offering historical and pedagogical perspectives on language awareness and language diversity, the essays reveal the nationalism implicit in the concept of a “standard English,” advocate alternative training and teaching practices for instructors at all levels, and promote the respect and importance of the country’s diverse dialects, languages, and literatures. Contributors include Geneva Smitherman, Victor Villanueva, Elaine Richardson, Victoria Cliett, Arnetha F. Ball, Rashidah Jammi` Muhammad, Kim Brian Lovejoy, Gail Y. Okawa, Jan Swearingen, and Dave Pruett. The volume also includes a foreword by Suresh Canagarajah and a substantial bibliography of resources about bilingualism and language diversity.

Author : Keengwe, Jared,Onchwari, Grace
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522593492

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Handbook of Research on Assessment Practices and Pedagogical Models for Immigrant Students by Keengwe, Jared,Onchwari, Grace Pdf

Standardized tests have been selected as a key assessment factor in expanding the academic achievement of the national student population. However, these tests position immigrant students at the risk of academic failure, leading education experts to search for new strategies and teaching models. The Handbook of Research on Assessment Practices and Pedagogical Models for Immigrant Students is a critical research publication that focuses on research-based pedagogical practices for teaching immigrant students. Edited by a prominent IGI Global editor, this book examines the latest professional development models and assessment practices of English learners (ELs). Covering essential topics such as second language acquisition (SLA), classroom management, teacher education, refugee resettlement programs, and more, this publication is a valuable resource for academicians, professionals, researchers, administrators, faculty, and classroom teachers as the social and academic needs of English language learners continue to present a challenge for many schools and teachers.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1656 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781668436912

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Research Anthology on Bilingual and Multilingual Education by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

Given the boost in global immigration and migration, as well as the emphasis on creating inclusive classrooms, research is turning to the challenges that teachers face with the increasing need for bilingual and multilingual education. The benefits of bilingual education are widespread, allowing students to develop important cognitive skills such as critical thinking and problem solving as well as opening further career opportunities later in life. However, very few resources are available for the successful practice and implementation of this education into the curriculum, with an even greater lack of appropriate cultural representation in the classroom. Thus, it is essential for educators to remain knowledgeable on the emerging strategies and procedures available for making bilingual and multilingual education successful. The Research Anthology on Bilingual and Multilingual Education is a comprehensive reference source on bilingual and multilingual education that offers the latest insights on education strategy and considerations on the language learners themselves. This research anthology features a diverse collection of authors, offering valuable global perspectives on multilingual education. Covering topics such as gamification, learning processes, and teaching models, this anthology serves as an essential resource for professors, teachers, pre-service teachers, faculty of K-12 and higher education, government officials, policymakers, researchers, and academicians with an interest in key strategy and understanding of bilingual and multilingual education.

Author : David Little,Constant Leung,Piet Van Avermaet
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783090808

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Managing Diversity in Education by David Little,Constant Leung,Piet Van Avermaet Pdf

Diversity - social, cultural, linguistic and ethnic - poses a challenge to all educational systems. This book aims to address these issues by examining current policy and its implications, pedagogical practice and responses to the challenge of diversity that go beyond the language of schooling. This volume will appeal to anyone involved in the educational integration of immigrant children and adolescents.

Author : Aleidine Kramer Moeller,Kathryn A. Corl,Rita Ricaurte,Jayne Abrate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0844204285

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Celebrating Diversity in the Language Classroom by Aleidine Kramer Moeller,Kathryn A. Corl,Rita Ricaurte,Jayne Abrate Pdf

Author : Jennifer Miller,Alexander Kostogriz,Margaret Gearon
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781847692160

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Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms by Jennifer Miller,Alexander Kostogriz,Margaret Gearon Pdf

The growing cultural, racial and linguistic diversity in schools has changed the face of language teaching in many countries. This book presents theory and research by a group of internationally recognised scholars who address the issues and challenges for teachers and their students in increasingly plurilingual and multicultural classrooms.

Author : Virginia Gonzalez
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412968140

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Young Learners, Diverse Children by Virginia Gonzalez Pdf

This field-tested teaching model merges cognition, language, and culture and demonstrates how integrating children's backgrounds with instruction can boost learning for diverse and low SES students.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : CUB:U183034913772

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Shola Oz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Cultural pluralism
ISBN : 183834330X

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I Am Whole by Shola Oz Pdf

"I Am Whole is a delightful picture book to celebrate children of mixed backgrounds and cultures. Written with love to embrace the differences that come with being multi-racial, including language, family and cultural traditions. This book encourages children to embrace their diversity and recognise that such differences make us whole. A fun rhythmic read aimed at children aged 0-7."--Amazon.com

Author : Carlton Munson,B Harold Chetkow-Yanoov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317790495

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Celebrating Diversity by Carlton Munson,B Harold Chetkow-Yanoov Pdf

Celebrating Diversity: Coexisting in a Multicultural Society, offers pragmatic ways to replace conflictive behaviors between diverse peoples with coexistence alternatives. Coexistence-partnership values and skills help us to outgrow ways of the past--competition, suspicion, manipulation, isolation, victimization. These skills enhance our own lives as well as those of future generations. In Celebrating Diversity, author Benyamin Chetkow-Yanoov asserts that the increasing religious-ethnic-linguistic pluralisms of the twentieth century requires that we cease lumping people different from ourselves into an “other” category. He identifies classical elements of a coexistence model and suggests various strategies and tactics for implementing coexistence in modern societies. Among the many insights you will find are: the definition of coexistence an analysis of past patterns of majority-minority group relations, such as segregation, tolerance, and integration models of majority-minority relations, participation, and coexistence appropriate for the twenty-first century illustrations of the coexistence model through examples of places where it is flourishing action steps for leaders and citizens to put the idea of coexistence into practice a range of research findings that help us determine what is effective in promoting coexistence In the pages of Celebrating Diversity, you can learn social skills for preventing conflict escalation, for finding areas of common interest, and for working cooperatively. As more of us become informed about alternatives to violence, hopefully we can find ways to bring peace to areas of unrest, such as Algeria, Ireland, Israel, Nigeria, Rwanda, Serbia, or the former Soviet Union.

Author : Pep Talk Radio
Publisher : Pep Talk Radio
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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LinguaVerse: A Journey through Language Realms by Pep Talk Radio Pdf

Embark on a captivating linguistic journey with "LinguaVerse," an immersive language learning book filled with adventure and cultural exploration. "LinguaVerse: A Journey through Language Realms" is an innovative language learning book that offers an exciting blend of entertainment and education, enabling readers to embark on a thrilling linguistic expedition while acquiring practical language skills. Key Features: Multilingual Experience: Explore a variety of languages, including both real-world languages and constructed languages, fostering a deeper appreciation for linguistic diversity. Interactive Learning: Engage readers with interactive exercises, pronunciation guides, and fun language games within the narrative. Cultural Immersion: Discover the customs, traditions, and folklore of different civilizations, shedding light on the interconnectedness of language and culture. Memorable Techniques: Employ mnemonics, visual aids, and storytelling to enhance language retention and make learning enjoyable. Progressive Difficulty: Start with simpler dialogues and gradually advance to more complex language structures, catering to learners of different proficiency levels.

Author : Uju Anya
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317402701

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Racialized Identities in Second Language Learning by Uju Anya Pdf

*Winner of the 2019 AAAL First Book Award* Racialized Identities in Second Language Learning: Speaking Blackness in Brazil provides a critical overview and original sociolinguistic analysis of the African American experience in second language learning. More broadly, this book introduces the idea of second language learning as "transformative socialization": how learners, instructors, and their communities shape new communicative selves as they collaboratively construct and negotiate race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and social class identities. Uju Anya’s study follows African American college students learning Portuguese in Afro-Brazilian communities, and their journeys in learning to do and speak blackness in Brazil. Video-recorded interactions, student journals, interviews, and writing assignments show how multiple intersecting identities are enacted and challenged in second language learning. Thematic, critical, and conversation analyses describe ways black Americans learn to speak their material, ideological, and symbolic selves in Portuguese and how linguistic action reproduces or resists power and inequity. The book addresses key questions on how learners can authentically and effectively participate in classrooms and target language communities to show that black students' racialized identities and investments in these communities greatly influence their success in second language learning and how successful others perceive them to be.

Author : Mary P. Sheridan,Megan J. Bardolph,Megan Faver Hartline,Drew Holladay
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781498565578

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Writing for Engagement by Mary P. Sheridan,Megan J. Bardolph,Megan Faver Hartline,Drew Holladay Pdf

Engagement is trendy. Although paired most often with community, diverse invocations of engagement have gained cache, capturing longstanding shifts toward new practices of knowledge making that both reflect and facilitate multiple ways of being an academic. Engagement functions as a gloss for these shifts—addressing more expansive understandings of where, how, and with whom we research, teach, and partner. This book examines these shifts, locating them within socio-economic trends within and beyond the higher educational landscape, with particular focus on how they have been enacted within the diverse subfields of writing studies. In so doing, this book provides concrete models for enacting these new responsive practices, thereby encouraging scholars to examine how they can facilitate writing for social action through taking positions, building relationships, and crossing boundaries.

Author : Edna Murphy
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847693464

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Welcoming Linguistic Diversity in Early Childhood Classrooms by Edna Murphy Pdf

In schools where young English language learners speak a variety of home languages, welcoming them into the classroom can be very challenging for the teacher and her English-speaking pupils. This long awaited book, written by teachers well experienced in addressing the needs of this young and vulnerable group, will come as a boon to new teachers presented with a multilingual classroom for the first time.