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Author : Vera John-Steiner,Carolyn P. Panofsky,Larry W. Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1994-08-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521373018
This book deals with a major crisis in education - the achievement of literacy skills.
Author : Aria Razfar,Joseph C. Rumenapp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136212055
Making linguistics accessible and relevant to all teachers, this text looks at language issues in the classroom through an applied sociocultural perspective focused on how language functions in society and in schools—how it is used, for what purposes, and how teachers can understand their students’ language practices. While touching on the key structural aspects of language (phonetics, phonology, morphology, and syntax), it does not simply give an overview, but rather provides a way to study and talk about language. Each chapter includes practical steps and suggests tools for applying different kinds of linguistic knowledge in classrooms. The activities and exercises are adaptable to elementary or high school settings. Many examples focus on the intersection of math, science, and language. Teacher case studies show how real teachers have used these concepts to inform teaching practices. Given the increasing use of multimedia resources in today’s schools, multiple mediums are integrated to engage educators in learning about language. The Companion Website provides a multitude of relevant resources that illustrate the diversity of language functions and debates about language in society.
Author : Bernardo M. Ferdman,Rose-Marie Weber,Arnulfo G. Ramirez
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0791418154
This book examines the linkage between literacy and linguistic diversity, embedding them in their social and cultural contexts. It illustrates that a more complete understanding of literacy among diverse populations and in multicultural societies requires attention to issues of literacy per se as well as to improving an educational process that has relevance beyond members of majority cultures and linguistic groups. The focus of the book is on the social and cultural contexts in which literacy develops and is enacted, with an emphasis on the North American situation. Educators and researchers are discovering that cognitive approaches, while very valuable, are insufficient by themselves to answer important questions about literacy in heterogeneous societies. By considering the implications of family, school, culture, society, and nation for literary processes, the book answers the following questions. In a multi-ethnic context, what does it mean to be literate? What are the processes involved in becoming and being literate in a second language? In what ways is literacy in a second language similar and in what ways is it different from mother-tongue literacy? What factors must be understood to better describe and facilitate literacy acquisition among members of ethnic and linguistic minorities? What are some current approaches that are being used to accomplish this? These are vital questions for researchers and educators in a world that has a large number of immigrants, a variety of multi-ethnic and multi-lingual societies, and an increasing degree of multinational activity. Beyond addressing applied concerns, attending to these questions can provide new insights into basic aspects of literacy.
Author : James Gee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317525196
In its first edition, Social Linguistics and Literacies was a major contribution to the emerging interdisciplinary field of sociocultural approaches to language and literacy, and was one of the founding texts of the ‘New Literacy Studies’. This book serves as a classic introduction to the study of language, learning and literacy in their social, cultural and political contexts. It shows how contemporary sociocultural approaches to language and literacy emerged and: Engages with topics such as orality and literacy, the history of literacy, the nature of discourse analysis and social theories of mind and meaning Explores how language functions in a society Surveys the notion of ‘discourse’ with specific reference to cross-cultural issues in communities and schools. This fifth edition offers an overview of the sociocultural approaches to language and literacy that coalesced into the New Literacy Studies. It also introduces readers to a particular style of analyzing language-in-use-in-society and develops a distinctive specific perspective on language and literacy centered on the notion of "Discourses". It will be of interest to researchers, lecturers and students in education, linguistics, or any field that deals with language, especially in social or cultural terms.
Author : Bernardo M. Ferdman,Rose-Marie Weber,Arnulfo G. Ramirez
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994-03-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 0791418162
This book examines the linkage between literacy and linguistic diversity, embedding them in their social and cultural contexts. It illustrates that a more complete understanding of literacy among diverse populations and in multicultural societies requires attention to issues of literacy per se as well as to improving an educational process that has relevance beyond members of majority cultures and linguistic groups. The focus of the book is on the social and cultural contexts in which literacy develops and is enacted, with an emphasis on the North American situation. Educators and researchers are discovering that cognitive approaches, while very valuable, are insufficient by themselves to answer important questions about literacy in heterogeneous societies. By considering the implications of family, school, culture, society, and nation for literary processes, the book answers the following questions. In a multi-ethnic context, what does it mean to be literate? What are the processes involved in becoming and being literate in a second language? In what ways is literacy in a second language similar and in what ways is it different from mother-tongue literacy? What factors must be understood to better describe and facilitate literacy acquisition among members of ethnic and linguistic minorities? What are some current approaches that are being used to accomplish this? These are vital questions for researchers and educators in a world that has a large number of immigrants, a variety of multi-ethnic and multi-lingual societies, and an increasing degree of multinational activity. Beyond addressing applied concerns, attending to these questions can provide new insights into basic aspects of literacy.
Author : Brian V. Street
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317894414
Social Literacies develops new and critical approaches to the understanding of literacy in an international perspective. It represents part of the current trend towards a broader consideration of literacy as social practices, and as its title suggests, it focuses on the social nature of reading and writing and the multiple character of literacy practices.
Author : Bertha Pérez
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 0805822569
Sociocultural Contexts of Language and Literacy engages prospective and in-service teachers in acquiring knowledge and understanding of linguistically and culturally diverse students, their experiences, and their sociocultural backgrounds - and, in using this knowledge, to enrich literacy learning in classrooms and communities. The text is grounded in a sociocultural perspective and a constructivist approach, which are used to provide a framework for making school literacy accessible to diverse students. Activities and Suggested Readings at the end of each chapter encourage readers to "make meaning," observe, reflect, and construct application processes based on new understandings gained from this text. The focus in this book on English literacy development does not imply advocacy for "English only" or even English-as-a-second-language as the primary mode of instruction. Rather, the position taken is that learners need to develop literacy in their native language, and that the concepts and skills thus learned create a foundation of strength for developing English-language literacy.
Author : Teresa L. McCarty,Lucille J. Watahomigie,Bertha Perez,To thi Dien,Mar¡a E. Torres-Guzman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-05-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135630164
Nine American academics, educational consultants, and bilingual/bicultural program development specialists contribute 12 chapters in a research- and theory-based text about learning and teaching in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms. The second edition features updated research on multilingual and second-language literacy, and the int.
Author : Margaret R. Hawkins
Publisher : Bilingual Education & Bilingua
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : UCSC:32106017742146
Describes, theorizes and analyses language teacher education practices from a sociocultural perspective. Links teacher education practices with language teacher practices.
Author : James Gee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317525189
In its first edition, Social Linguistics and Literacies was a major contribution to the emerging interdisciplinary field of sociocultural approaches to language and literacy, and was one of the founding texts of the ‘New Literacy Studies’. This book serves as a classic introduction to the study of language, learning and literacy in their social, cultural and political contexts. It shows how contemporary sociocultural approaches to language and literacy emerged and: Engages with topics such as orality and literacy, the history of literacy, the nature of discourse analysis and social theories of mind and meaning Explores how language functions in a society Surveys the notion of ‘discourse’ with specific reference to cross-cultural issues in communities and schools. This fifth edition offers an overview of the sociocultural approaches to language and literacy that coalesced into the New Literacy Studies. It also introduces readers to a particular style of analyzing language-in-use-in-society and develops a distinctive specific perspective on language and literacy centered on the notion of "Discourses". It will be of interest to researchers, lecturers and students in education, linguistics, or any field that deals with language, especially in social or cultural terms.
Author : Sarah W. Beck,Leslie Nabors Olah,Leslie Nabors Oláh
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110832487
The essays in this book evaluate linguistics, literacy education, and English-as-a-second-language practices in the U.S. They provide a background for educators and administrators interested in the challenges of learning languages.
Author : Kimberly Buescher Urbanski
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800417625
This book provides a detailed and comprehensive design of a new second language literacy pedagogy and the results of implementing this pedagogy in different contexts in order to demonstrate that it is possible to address some long-standing second language (L2) curriculum and literacy development challenges. The author clearly explains the theory behind Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory of Mind and Systemic Functional Linguistics and how they can inform literacy pedagogy in the form of Concept-Based Language Instruction and a Division-of-Labor Pedagogy. By presenting detailed qualitative and quantitative analyses and results of multiple forms of data, the author demonstrates the effectiveness of the pedagogy. In conjunction with background on the intricate and interdependent nature of the concepts needed for second language literacy development, and in contrast with a cognitivist approach to reading pedagogy and research, the author provides all the details necessary for teachers and researchers to appreciate both the theory and how it can be applied to their practice.
Author : Irving B. Weiner,William M. Reynolds,Gloria E. Miller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780470647776
Psychology is of interest to academics from many fields, as well as to the thousands of academic and clinical psychologists and general public who can't help but be interested in learning more about why humans think and behave as they do. This award-winning twelve-volume reference covers every aspect of the ever-fascinating discipline of psychology and represents the most current knowledge in the field. This ten-year revision now covers discoveries based in neuroscience, clinical psychology's new interest in evidence-based practice and mindfulness, and new findings in social, developmental, and forensic psychology.
Author : Gordon Wells
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781847699275
The Meaning Makers is about children’s language and literacy development at home and at school. Based on the Bristol Study, “Language at Home and at School,” which the author directed, it follows the development of a representative sample of children from their first words to the end of their primary schooling. It contains many examples of their experience of language in use, both spoken and written, recorded in naturally occurring settings in their homes and classrooms, and shows the active role that children play in their own development as they both make sense of the world around them and master the linguistic means for communicating about it. Additionally, this second edition also sets the findings of the original study in the context of recent research in the sociocultural tradition inspired by Vygotsky’s work and includes examples of effective teaching drawn from the author’s recent collaborative research with teachers.
Author : James P. Lantolf,Matthew E. Poehner,Merrill Swain
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317229896
The Routledge Handbook of Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Development is the first comprehensive overview of the field of sociocultural second language acquisition (SLA). In 35 chapters, each written by an expert in the area, this book offers perspectives on both the theoretical and practical sides of the field. This Handbook covers a broad range of topics, divided into several major sections, including: concepts and principles as related to second language development; concept-based instruction; dynamic assessment and other assessment based on sociocultural theory (SCT); literacy and content-based language teaching; bilingual/multilingual education; SCT and technology; and teacher education. This is the ideal resource for graduate students and researchers working in the areas of SLA and second language development.