Bilingualism / ESL

Taking a Vygotskian sociocultural stance, this book demonstrates the meaningful role that L2 teacher educators and L2 teacher education play in the professional development of teachers through systematic, intentional, goal-directed, theorized teacher education pedagogy...

Taking a Vygotskian sociocultural stance, this book demonstrates the meaningful role that L2 teacher educators and L2 teacher education play in the professional development of teachers through systematic, intentional, goal-directed, theorized teacher education pedagogy...

Building on Dörnyei’s authoritative work in the field of learner motivation, this book introduces a new conceptualization of motivation—Directed Motivational Currents (DMCs)—and sets out the defining aspects of what they are, what they are not, how they are related to language learning motivation. T..

Brings together current research that addresses multicultural issues in literacy theory, research, & practice. Included are a range of methodologies (naturalistic, ethnographic, &..

This book documents current research showing how, in countries where educational practices are inclusive of linguistic diversity and responsive to local conditions, implementation of bi/multiilingual education in both system-wide and minority settings can be successful...

Shifting the discourse from a focus on academic language to the more dynamic construct of academic literacies, this volume offers a conceptual framework for examining academic literacies as situated, overlapping, meaning-making practices...

 Multilingualism in the Early Years is a highly accessible text that examines the political, theoretical, ideological and practical issues involved in the education of children speaking two or more languages. Drawing on current research and thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of being mu..

Advocating an effective pedagogy that puts a multiliteracies framework at the center of the world language curriculum, this volume brings together college-level curricular innovations and classroom projects that address differences in meaning and worldviews expressed in learners’ primary and target ..

Provides examples & analysis of the negotiation of critical literacy in specific pedagogical sites (actual classrooms-elementary through adult). Practical classroom focus appropriate for teachers and professional development. International scope...

Bridging the divide between policy and practice, this book explores how educators interpret, negotiate, resist, and (re)create language policies in schools, focusing on their central role in this complex and dynamic process...

Bridging the divide between policy and practice, this book explores how educators interpret, negotiate, resist, and (re)create language policies in schools, focusing on their central role in this complex and dynamic process...

Brings together various approaches to the contextualized teaching of grammar & communicative skills as integrated components of second-language instruction. Purpose of the text is to show that grammar teaching can be productive & useful in ESL classroom..