Product Description“Writing” provides an introduction to both traditional and more recent approaches to the teaching of this skill, and shows how current teaching materials put these approaches into practice. The reader is encouraged to think about the reasons for teaching writing, and to see how many different types of writing – factual or creative, public [...]
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Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Education: Language, Literacy and Culture
February 21st, 2010 
admin Product DescriptionIn recent decades, the linguistic and cultural diversity of school populations in the United States and other industrialized countries has rapidly increased along with globalization processes. At the same time, schooling as it is currently constituted continues to be ineffective for large numbers of students. Exploring crucial issues that emerge at the intersection of [...]
The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States
February 20th, 2010 admin ISBN13: 9781847692108 Condition: NEW Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product DescriptionThis book focuses on educational language minority immigrant issues in the United States. It draws from quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to inform educational policy and practice. The contributions are grouped according to three broad themes: factors predicting language proficiency, the role [...]