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  • Teacher Training and Professional Development of Chinese English Language Teachers

    Changing From Fish to Dragon

    by Faridah Pawan, Wenfang Fan, Pei Miao ...
    Series series ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
    This up-close look at Chinese ESL teachers documents undertakings at formal and informal levels to support and sustain their expertise in ways that balance collaborative and competitive efforts, situated and standards-based programs, ethnically responsive and government-based efforts, and traditional and 21st-century teaching visions. English is a mandated subject for approximately 400 million ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

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  • Language Learning Beyond the Classroom

    Edited by David Nunan, Jack C. Richards ...
    Series series ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
    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 ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Contested Policy

    The Rise and Fall of Federal Bilingual Education in the United States, 1960-2001

    by Guadalupe San Miguel Jr. ...
    Series series Al Filo, Mexican American Studies Series
    Bilingual education is one of the most contentious and misunderstood educational programs in the country. It raises significant questions about this countrys national identity, the nature of federalism, power, ethnicity, and pedagogy. In Contested Policy , Guadalupe San Miguel, Jr., studies the origins, evolution, and consequences of federal bilingual education policy from 1960 to 2001, with ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Reading Instruction for Diverse Classrooms

    Research-Based, Culturally Responsive Practice

    by Ellen McIntyre, EdD, Nancy Hulan, MEd, Vicky Layne, MEd ...
    Series series Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy
    This practical, teacher-friendly book provides indispensable guidance for implementing research-based reading instruction that is responsive to students' diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Structured around the “big five” core topics of an effective reading program—phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension—the book explains tried-and-true teaching strategies for ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • The Education of English Language Learners

    Research to Practice

    Edited by Marilyn Shatz, PhD, Louise C. Wilkinson ...
    Series series Challenges in Language and Literacy
    This comprehensive volume describes evidence-based strategies for supporting English language learners (ELLs) by promoting meaningful communication and language use across the curriculum. Leading experts explain how and why learning is different for ELLs and pinpoint specific best practices for the classroom, illustrated with vivid examples. Particular attention is given to ways in which learning ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • Becoming Biliterate

    Identity, Ideology, and Learning to Read and Write in Two Languages

    by Bobbie Kabuto ...
    Through the real-life context of one child learning to be bilingual and biliterate, this book raises questions and provides a context for pre-service and practicing teachers to understand and reflect on how children learn to read and write in multiple languages. Highlighting the social and cognitive advantages of biliteracy, its purpose is to help teachers better understand the complexity by which ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Best Practices in ELL Instruction

    Edited by Guofang Li, PhD, Patricia A. Edwards, PhD ...
    Series series Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy
    In this indispensable work, prominent authorities review the latest research on all aspects of ELL instruction (K–12) and identify what works for today's students and schools. Provided are best-practice guidelines for targeting reading, writing, oral language, vocabulary, content-domain literacies, and other core skill areas; assessing culturally and linguistically diverse students; and building ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • The ELL Writer

    Moving Beyond Basics in the Secondary Classroom

    by Christina Ortmeier-Hooper ...
    Series series Language & Literacy
    “By respecting the intelligence of multilingual writers, this book helps teachers capitalize on the resources those students bring into the classroom. District secondary curriculum coordinators should make sure every teacher in every discipline has this book, and every university course about secondary teaching should require it.”—Randy Bomer, University of Texas at AustinThis resource for ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Corrective Feedback in Second Language Teaching and Learning

    Research, Theory, Applications, Implications

    Edited by Hossein Nassaji, Eva Kartchava ...
    Series series ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series
    Bringing together current research, analysis, and discussion of the role of corrective feedback in second language teaching and learning, this volume bridges the gap between research and pedagogy by identifying principles of effective feedback strategies and how to use them successfully in classroom instruction. By synthesizing recent works on a range of related themes and topics in this area and ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • Language, Culture, and Teaching

    Critical Perspectives

    by Sonia Nieto ...
    Series series Language, Culture, and Teaching Series
    Distinguished multiculturalist Sonia Nieto speaks directly to current and future teachers in this thoughtful integration of a selection of her key writings with creative pedagogical features. Offering information, insights, and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds, examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that ... Read more

    $122.99 CAD

  • Teaching and Learning English in the Arabic-Speaking World

    Edited by Kathleen M. Bailey, Ryan M. Damerow ...
    Series series Global Research on Teaching and Learning English
    Co-published with The International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF)An important contribution to the emerging body of research-based knowledge about teaching English to native speakers of Arabic, this volume presents empirical studies carried out in Egypt, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)—a region which has gained notable attention ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Linguistically Appropriate Practice

    A Guide for Working with Young Immigrant Children

    by Roma Chumak-Horbatsch ...
    This path-breaking book provides a convincing argument for the importance of children's home languages and the benefits of dual- and multi-language learning. A new classroom practice known as Linguistically Appropriate Practice (LAP) offers guidance for those working with young children who arrive in childcare centres and schools with little or no proficiency in the classroom language. ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD