Languages in School and Society: Policy and Pedagogy

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Languages in School and Society

Policy and Pedagogy

Edited by: Mary E. McGroarty and Christian J. Faltis

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1991

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Volume 58 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines Linguistics, other

I-VI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	I
Part I: Language issues in wilder contexts
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
The logical bases of linguistic prescriptivism: A parallel between Classical grammarians and Moslem legal theorists Joseph H. Greenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	5
A methodological check on three cross-polity studies of linguistic homogeneity/heterogeneity Joshua A. Fishman, Frank R. Solano and Grant D. McConnell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	21
Aménagements de frontière et datations des changements phonologiques André Martinet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	31
L’etat, gardien de la langue: A diachronic view of language policy and planning in Québec Sandra R. Schecter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
Part II: Developments in second language pedagogy
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
Interaction: The prelude to communication Wilga M. Rivers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	57
The scenario: Its use in interactive second language instruction Robert J. Di Pietro and Frederick J. Bosco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	71
Four conversations: Task variation and classroom learner discourse Celeste S. Kinginger and Sandra J. Savignon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	85
What do we know about effective second language teaching? Mary McGroarty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	107
Second language teaching methodologies: Past influences, current practices, future trends Ann K. Fathman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
Communicative syllabus design Patricia A. Porter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	129
Teaching across academic cultures: Toward an anthropology of ESL James H. Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	151
Part III: Research in the second language classroom
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
Some observations on progress in research in second language learning and teaching Donna M. Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	173
Discourse processes in the second language classroom Arnulfo G. Ramirez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
Tapping the peer interaction resource D. Scott Enright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	209
ESL children and children's literature Elizabeth Whalley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	233
Cooperative principles, computers, and classroom language Robert A. DeVillar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	247
Part IV: Bilingual education for language minority students
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	265
Preparing teachers for effective bilingual instruction Robert D. Milk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	267
Competencies for teachers of language minority students Eleanor W. Thonis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	281
The role of Spanish language varieties in the bilingual classroom Frances Morales Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	293
Getting to higher ground: The development of thinking skills for Spanish-speaking students José Salvador Hernández Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	317
Lesson design for teachers of language minority students: Insights from a case study of curriculum development Barbara J. Merino and Consuelo C. Coughran Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	335
Using qualitative research to shape policy and promote effective practice in bilingual education: The case of Connecticut Cynthia D. Prince Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	359
Part V: The testing of language proficiency
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	381
Testing linguistic and communicative proficiency: The case of reading comprehension Andrew D. Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	383
On teaching and testing learner proficiency in the case of foreign languages used in a diglossic situation Albert Valdman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	409
The validation of oral performance tests for second language learners Mindy A. Meldman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	423
Part VI: Home and school contexts for language learning
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	441
Ethnolinguistic minority groups and literacy: Tom, Dick and Harry at home and at school Johanna S. DeStefano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	443
Using the ethnography of African-American communications in teaching composition to bidialectal students Mary Rhodes Hoover Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	465
Home and school contexts for language development: The experience of two Mexican-American preschoolers Lucinda Pease-Alvarez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	487
Relating experience and text: Socially constituted reading activity* Concha Delgado-Gaitán Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	511
Recasting frames: Latino parent involvement Maria E. Torres-Guzmán Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	529
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	553
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	561

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eBook ISBN:

9783110869132

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March 1, 1991

Hardcover ISBN:

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10

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570

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