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  • Reading in Asian Languages

    Making Sense of Written Texts in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

    Reading in Asian Languages is rich with information about how literacy works in the non-alphabetic writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) used by hundreds of millions of people and refutes the common Western belief that such systems are hard to learn or to use. The contributors share a comprehensive view of reading as construction of meaning which they show is fully applicable to character ... Read more

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  • Critical Issues in Early Literacy

    Research and Pedagogy

    Edited by Yetta Goodman, Prisca Martens ...
    This volume adds in important ways to understanding the power and complexity of the forces in the lives of children that impact their literacy learning. The critical issues presented emerge from interpretivist research and thinking practices that are constructivist in nature. The chapters by researchers, teacher researchers, teacher educators, and teachers are antidotes to the present political ... Read more

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  • Whose Knowledge Counts in Government Literacy Policies?

    Why Expertise Matters

    Accountability, in the form of standardized test scores, is built into many government literacy policies, with severe consequences for schools and districts that fail to meet ever-increasing performance levels. The key question this book addresses is whose knowledge is considered in framing government literacy policies? The intent is to raise awareness of the degree to which expertise is being ... Read more

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  • Changing Literacies for Changing Times

    An Historical Perspective on the Future of Reading Research, Public Policy, and Classroom Practices

    Offering the wisdom that only experience and expertise in the field can bring, this book takes a critical look into the present and the future of literacy as envisioned by leading reading researchers. The lead author of each chapter, and in some cases more than one, of the authors, is a distinguished reading researcher elected by their peers into the Reading Hall of Fame. In this book these ... Read more

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  • Making Sense of Learners Making Sense of Written Language

    The Selected Works of Kenneth S. Goodman and Yetta M. Goodman

    Series series World Library of Educationalists
    Ken and Yetta Goodman’s professional work has been a lifelong collaboration, informed by shared philosophical strands. An overarching goal has been to provide access for all children to literacy and learning and to inform and improve teaching and learning. Each also is recognized for specific areas of focus and is known for particular concepts. This volume brings together a thoughtfully crafted ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature

    This landmark volume is the first to bring together leading scholarship on children’s and young adult literature from three intersecting disciplines: Education, English, and Library and Information Science. Distinguished by its multidisciplinary approach, it describes and analyzes the different aspects of literary reading, texts, and contexts to illuminate how the book is transformed within and ... Read more

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  • Children's Literature in the Classroom

    Engaging Lifelong Readers

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    Many reading programs today overlook an essential component of literacy instruction—helping children develop an enduring love of reading. This authoritative and accessible guide provides a wealth of ideas for incorporating high-quality children's books of all kinds into K–6 classrooms. Numerous practical strategies are presented for engaging students with picturebooks, fiction, nonfiction, and ... Read more

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    Make learning fun and easy through the early introduction of sight words. Sight words are commonly seen words that when familiarized, would make it so easy for a young child to read. In this book, your child will not only see the letters but also get an understanding as to what they mean. Grab a copy today! ... Read more

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  • Pragmatic Literary Stylistics

    Edited by S. Chapman, B. Clark ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    In considering the ways in which current theories of language in use and communicative processes are applied to the analysis, interpretation and definition of literary texts, this book sets an agenda for the future of pragmatic literary stylistics and provides a foundation for future research and debate. ... Read more

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    Differentiating Approaches in Multilingual Elementary Classrooms

    Responding to the need to prepare elementary teachers for the increasing linguistic diversity in schools, this book presents key foundational principles in language and literacy development for linguistically diverse students. Readers see these ideas enacted through the journeys of real students as they progress from 1st through 6th grade. What emerges is both a “big picture” and an “up close and ... Read more

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