Observing The Language Learner

Author : IRA/NCTE Committee on the Impact of Child Language Development Research on Curriculum and Instruction
Publisher : Newark, Del. : International Reading Association ; URBANA, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015006193679

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Observing the Language Learner by IRA/NCTE Committee on the Impact of Child Language Development Research on Curriculum and Instruction Pdf

Intended for teachers and others having responsibility for shaping language policy in the schools, this collection of invited, original articles is based on the belief that a teacher's task is not to "teach" children language but, rather, to create an environment that will allow language learning to occur naturally. The book is divided into four interrelated parts. The two chapters in the first part provide the rationale for observing children's language and establish the central theme. Parts two and three comprise the heart of the book and deal with the different, but overlapping, facets of language development described by M. A. K. Halliday. Chapters in both parts contain sections on observing oral language and written language. Specifically, chapters in part two concentrate on what children learn as they construct the symbol system, the strategies they use, and how their behavior reveals their developing awareness of language. Chapters in part three focus on school age children by looking at ways in which they use language. Chapters in part four highlight the importance of continually monitoring the effect of curriculum and instruction on children's language use and learning. (HOD)

Author : IRA/NCTE Committee on the Impact of Child Language Development Research on Curriculum and Instruction
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Children
ISBN : 0783745907

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Observing the Language Learner by IRA/NCTE Committee on the Impact of Child Language Development Research on Curriculum and Instruction Pdf

Author : Neil Naiman
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853593133

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The Good Language Learner by Neil Naiman Pdf

This book is one of the most influential research studies on Second Language Learning ever undertaken. The Good Language Learner addresses key problems for teachers about the strategies that successful learners use, the attitudes they show to the language they are learning, the nature of their most successful experiences and similar issues. It is based on the direct experience of a wide range of learners. It enables us to recognise the combined roles of fluency activity and natural communication on the one hand, and accuracy activity with formal understanding of the language system and the mistakes that one is liable to make as a learner, on the other hand. Few works of empirical analysis in language teaching have had so much influence, and this edition should be an essential component of any teacher's library in local authority centres, schools, teacher education institutions, and the home library of language teachers.

Author : Dick Allwright
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317869276

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Observation in the Language Classroom by Dick Allwright Pdf

This book provides an account of classroom observation in a historical and educational perspective. Drawing on extracts from classic studies in this field, Dick Allwright reviews the development of research and experiment since the 1970's. The book thus not only provides a background to recent research, but also identifies areas for future development. Stress is laid on the link to be made between practice and research and it is argued that policy-making. either at classroom or institutional level, is heavily dependent on descriptive accounts of classroom reality.

Author : Paul Seedhouse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350085046

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Video Enhanced Observation for Language Teaching by Paul Seedhouse Pdf

Discussing digital technology in teaching and learning settings, Video Enhanced Observation for Language Teaching explains how it can be used to tag, analyze and evaluate talk and use it as the basis for reflection and professional development. Guiding readers through these processes, this book focusses on the Video Enhanced Observation (VEO) system. Beginning with a discussion of how it was designed and built by language teaching professionals, contributors use VEO to illustrate the advantages and opportunities of digital observation technologies for teachers, explaining its use and how it can be adapted it to their own professional practice. With detailed case studies tracing how teachers in many different settings have used this system for recording, evaluating and reflecting on lessons, this book provides clear research evidence of the development of many education professionals from around the world. Written by experts in applied linguistics, education and educational technology, Video Enhanced Observation for Language Teaching explains the principles and procedures involved with using digital observation technologies in teaching, enabling other professionals to integrate these technologies into their own environment and practice.

Author : Meghan Dombrink-Green,Holly Bohart
Publisher : Spotlight on Young Children
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Bilingualism in children
ISBN : 1938113136

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Spotlight on Young Children by Meghan Dombrink-Green,Holly Bohart Pdf

Offers practical ways to support young dual language learners and their families. Addresses communicating, using technology, pairing children, and more.

Author : David Nunan,Jack C. Richards
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134675739

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Language Learning Beyond the Classroom by David Nunan,Jack C. Richards Pdf

This volume presents case studies of language learning beyond the classroom. The studies draw on a wide range of contexts, from North and South America to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. Each provides principled links between theory, research and practice. While out-of-class learning will not replace the classroom, ultimately all successful learners take control of their own learning. This book shows how teachers can help learners bridge the gap between formal instruction and autonomous language learning. Although English is the primary focus of most chapters, there are studies on a range of other languages including Spanish and Japanese.

Author : Ruth Wajnryb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521407229

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Classroom Observation Tasks by Ruth Wajnryb Pdf

Classroom Observation Tasks shows how to use observation to learn about language teaching. It does this by providing a range of tasks which guide the user through the process of observing, analysing and reflecting, and which develop the skills of observation. The book contains a bank of 35 structured tasks which are grouped into seven areas of focus: the learner, the language, the learning process, the lesson, teaching skills and strategies, classroom management, and materials and resources. Each task looks at one aspect of a particular area; for example, the language a teacher uses to ask questions, or how the teacher monitors learning, or how people interact in a lesson. Each task provides guidance in how to record observations, and questions to help users interpret the data and relate the experience to their own teaching circumstances and practice. [This book]: a- is addressed mainly to teachers, but also caters for trainee teachers, teacher trainers and others involved in school-based teacher support, teacher development and trainer training; b- has a comprehensive introduction to the tasks and a rationale covering the theoretical issues involved; and c- places the responsibility for professional growth in the hands of the teacher. -- Back cover.

Author : Mary Cappellini
Publisher : Stenhouse Publishers
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : English language
ISBN : 9781571103673

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Balancing Reading & Language Learning by Mary Cappellini Pdf

"Combining the best classroom practices and research on teaching reading and language acquisition, Mary Cappellini integrates effective reading instruction with effective language instruction. Through the framework of a balanced reading program, she emphasizes the importance of constantly listening for and assessing children's language and reading strategies during read-aloud, shared reading, guided reading, and independent reading, including literature circles."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Publisher : Crown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307420657

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Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Pdf

A memoir in bite-size chunks from the author of the viral Modern Love column “You May Want to Marry My Husband.” “[Rosenthal] shines her generous light of humanity on the seemingly humdrum moments of life and shows how delightfully precious they actually are.” —The Chicago Sun-Times How do you conjure a life? Give the truest account of what you saw, felt, learned, loved, strived for? For Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the surprising answer came in the form of an encyclopedia. In Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life she has ingeniously adapted this centuries-old format for conveying knowledge into a poignant, wise, often funny, fully realized memoir. Using mostly short entries organized from A to Z, many of which are cross-referenced, Rosenthal captures in wonderful and episodic detail the moments, observations, and emotions that comprise a contemporary life. Start anywhere—preferably at the beginning—and see how one young woman’s alphabetized existence can open up and define the world in new and unexpected ways. An ordinary life, perhaps, but an extraordinary book.

Author : Jennifer E. Lawson
Publisher : Portage & Main Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-04
Category : English language
ISBN : 9781553791966

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Hands-On English Language Learning - Early Years by Jennifer E. Lawson Pdf

The Hands-On English Language Learning program is a resource for classroom teachers, specialist teachers working with English-language learners, and other educational professionals who support these students. To assist your students in developing language skills, this resource includes: specific curricular connections for each lesson to identify links to subject-area themes in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, health, physical education, and the arts integrated class activities to promote learning in context for all students in the classroom suggested activities focus on curricular topics in all subject areas, while supporting English language learners relevant topics such as the classroom and school, clothing, food, hobbies and interests, plants and animals of Canada, the world, and the environment age-appropriate, high-interest learning activities that foster the development of essential English language vocabulary and skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and representing activities (in keeping with the philosophy of all Portage & Main Press Hands-On programs) that are student-centred and focus on real-life, hands-on experiences Please note: All blackline masters are included on a CD.

Author : Dick Allwright,Judith Hanks
Publisher : Springer
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780230233690

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The Developing Language Learner by Dick Allwright,Judith Hanks Pdf

This book-length treatment of Exploratory Practice introduces five propositions about learners as practitioners of learning who are capable of developing their expertise through conducting research in and on their own classroom learning lives.

Author : Paul Seedhouse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350085053

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Video Enhanced Observation for Language Teaching by Paul Seedhouse Pdf

Discussing digital technology in teaching and learning settings, Video Enhanced Observation for Language Teaching explains how it can be used to tag, analyze and evaluate talk and use it as the basis for reflection and professional development. Guiding readers through these processes, this book focusses on the Video Enhanced Observation (VEO) system. Beginning with a discussion of how it was designed and built by language teaching professionals, contributors use VEO to illustrate the advantages and opportunities of digital observation technologies for teachers, explaining its use and how it can be adapted it to their own professional practice. With detailed case studies tracing how teachers in many different settings have used this system for recording, evaluating and reflecting on lessons, this book provides clear research evidence of the development of many education professionals from around the world. Written by experts in applied linguistics, education and educational technology, Video Enhanced Observation for Language Teaching explains the principles and procedures involved with using digital observation technologies in teaching, enabling other professionals to integrate these technologies into their own environment and practice.

Author : Rebecca L. Oxford,Carmen M. Amerstorfer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350005068

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Language Learning Strategies and Individual Learner Characteristics by Rebecca L. Oxford,Carmen M. Amerstorfer Pdf

This innovative book focuses on the relationships among self-regulated language learning strategies, students' individual characteristics, and the diverse contexts in which learning occurs. It presents state-of-the-art, lively, readable chapters by well-known experts and new, promising scholars, who analyze learning strategy theory, research, assessment, and use. Written by a team of international contributors from Austria, Canada, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Turkey, the UK and the USA, this volume provides theoretical insights on how strategic learning interacts with complex environments. It explores strategy choice and the fluidity and flexibility of learning strategies. Research-based but practical themes in the book include strategy-related teacher preparation; differentiated strategy instruction to meet the needs of diverse learners of different ages, cultures, and learning styles; and creative, visualization-based development of strategy awareness. Examining methodologies for strategy research and assessment, the volume explores narrative, decision-tree, scenario-based, and questionnaire-based research, as well as mixed-methods research and new assessment tools for young learners' strategies. It presents research on strategies used for foreign/second language pronunciation, pragmatics, listening, reading, speaking, writing, and test-taking. By providing a wide range of examples of strategies in research and action in a number of countries, cultures, and educational settings, and by offering incisive section overviews and a detailed synthesis at the end, this book enables readers to develop a holistic understanding of language learning strategies. With additional online strategy materials available for downloading, Language Learning Strategies and Individual Learner Characteristics is invaluable to all those interested in helping language students learn more effectively.

Author : Bogum Yoon,Hoe Kyeung Kim
Publisher : IAP
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781617358494

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Teachers' Roles in Second Language Learning by Bogum Yoon,Hoe Kyeung Kim Pdf

This book is designed to provide practical applications of sociocultural theory with regard to teachers’ roles in second language education. By providing specific examples of teachers’ roles in the classroom, the book aims to help researchers, teacher educators, and classroom teachers make clear connections between practice and theory in second language learning. All the studies in this edited book are conducted in the PreK-16 classroom setting. Each chapter presents rigorous research analysis within the framework of sociocultural theory and provides rich descriptions of teachers’ roles. The book is intended to be used in teacher education courses. The primary audience of the book is in-service teachers who work with second language learners (SLLs) in their classrooms including ESL/Bilingual classrooms or regular classrooms. Since many SLLs receive instructions both in the ESL/Bilingual classrooms and in the regular classrooms, it is important to discuss teachers’ roles in both settings. The secondary audience of the book is teacher educators and researchers who work with pre-service and in-service teachers in teacher education. This book will be an excellent resource for book study groups and practitioners working with professional learning communities.