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  • Literacy in African American Communities

    Edited by Joyce L. Harris, Alan G. Kamhi, Karen E. Pollock ...
    This volume explores the unique sociocultural contexts of literacy development, values, and practices in African American communities. African Americans--young and old--are frequently the focus of public discourse about literacy. In a society that values a rather sophisticated level of literacy, they are among those who are most disadvantaged by low literacy achievement. Literacy in African ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

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    A Practical Guide for Secondary School Teachers

    by Mr Tom Rank, Trevor Millum, Mr Chris Warren ...
    Want to get boys excited about poetry? Try establishing a wiki-war on the use of form and structure. Or perhaps a podcast to develop close analysis of language. How about getting them blogging about their favourite characters?Based on established principles of the best ways to use ICT in English, this practical resource looks at when and how ICT can be used to engage and inspire students of ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • Um. . .

    Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean

    by Michael Erard ...
    **Essential reading for talkers and listeners of all stripes: An original, entertaining, and surprising book that investigates verbal blunders: what they are, what they say about those who make them, and how and why we've come to judge them.“An enjoyable tour of linguistic mishaps.” —The New York Times Book Review**Um... is about how you really speak, and why it's normal for your everyday speech ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Teaching Languages to Students with Specific Learning Differences

    by KORMOS, Judit, SMITH, Anne Margaret ...
    This is a comprehensive resource for new language teachers and experienced professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge of working with students who have a Specific Learning Difference such as dyslexia. It can be used a core text, forming the basis of a course, or as supplementary reading to extend existing courses. ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Understanding Reading

    A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read, Sixth Edition

    by Frank Smith ...
    Series series Routledge Education Classic Edition
    Understanding Reading revolutionized reading research and theory when the first edition appeared in 1971 and continues to be a leader in the field. In the sixth edition of this classic text Smith’s purpose remains the same: to shed light on fundamental aspects of the complex human act of reading – linguistic, physiological, psychological, and social – and of what is involved in learning to read ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Handbook of Orthography and Literacy

    Edited by R. Malatesha Joshi, P.G. Aaron ...
    Until about two decades ago, the study of writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition was sparse and generally modeled after studies of English language learners. This situation is now changing. As the worldwide demand for literacy continues to grow, researchers from different countries with different language backgrounds have begun examining the connection between their writing ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Language As Social Action

    Social Psychology and Language Use

    by Thomas M. Holtgraves ...
    This interdisciplinary synthesis of the social psychological aspects of language use provides an integrative and timely review of language as social action. The book successfully weaves together research from philosophy, linguistics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, social and cognitive psychology, pragmatics, and artificial intelligence. In this way, it clearly demonstrates how many aspects of ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Methods of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts

    The Methodology Chapters From the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, Sponsored by International Reading Association & National Council of Teachers of English

    Edited by James Flood, Diane Lapp, James R. Squire, Julie Jensen ...
    This text makes available in a concise format the chapters comprising the research methodology section of the Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts, Second Edition. An introduction, designed to give K-12 teachers an understanding of the basic categories and functions of research in teaching, is followed by chapters addressing teacher professionalism and the rise of "multiple ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Reading Development and Difficulties in Monolingual and Bilingual Chinese Children

    Edited by Xi Chen, Qiuying Wang, Yang Cathy Luo ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This volume explores Chinese reading development, focusing on children in Chinese societies and bilingual Chinese-speaking children in Western societies. The book is structured around four themes: psycholinguistic study of reading, reading disability, bilingual and biliteracy development, and Chinese children’s literature. It discusses issues that are pertinent to improving language and literacy ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Reading Fluency

    Current Insights from Neurocognitive Research and Intervention Studies

    Edited by Asaid Khateb, Irit Bar-Kochva ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    The book is dedicated to the blessed memory of Prof. Zvia Breznitz, whose groundbreaking research has made a tremendous impact on the understanding of fluency in reading. The book presents a multidimensional perspective of recent research and reviews on fluency in reading. The first part presents recent brain-imaging findings from studies into the neurobiological basis of reading, as well as ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Understanding Literacy Development

    A Global View

    Edited by Anne McKeough, Linda M. Phillips, Vianne Timmons, Judy Lee Lupart ...
    The acquisition and maintenance of literacy is of pressing interest and concern to educators and educational policy makers worldwide. What are the common themes, the common questions, and the unique circumstances and initiatives that spring from this interest and concern? To address these questions, Understanding Literacy Development: A Global View brings together leading experts from around the ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Understanding and Teaching Reading

    An Interactive Model

    by Emerald Dechant ...
    In the words of Aldous Huxley, "Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting." Few people question the value of reading; in fact, most extol its virtues. As our culture becomes more complex, reading plays an increasingly greater role in satisfying personal needs and in promoting ... Read more

    $47.99 USD