Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Volume 2

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David Corson
Springer Science & Business Media, 1997 - Language acquisition - 250 pages
Made up of eight volumes, the Encyclopedia of Language and Education is the first attempt at providing an overview of the subject.
 

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Contents

The Reading Process
1
The Teaching of Reading
9
A CriticalPragmatic Theory of Classroom Talk
11
Language Planning and Education
13
MaoriEnglish Bilingual Education in New Zealand
15
Emergent Literacy
19
A Sociocultural Perspective on Classroom Discourse
21
Critical Applied Linguistics and Education
23
National Sign Languages and Language Policies
89
TeacherPupil Talk in MultiEthnic Classrooms
95
Handwriting Skills
97
NonStandard Varieties and Educational Policy
99
Researching Age in Language Acquisition and Use
101
Critical Oracy and Education for Active Citizenship
105
Writing in Multilingual Classrooms
107
Bilingual Education in Slovenia
109

An Overview
25
Metalinguistic Skills in Reading Development
27
The Testing of First Language Speaking Skills
29
Communicative Competence
31
Linguistic Discrimination in Educational Contexts
33
Survey Methods in Researching Language and Education
35
The Development of Literacy Difficulties
37
Testing and Assessment in a Second Language
39
Power and TeacherAdministrator Discourse
43
American Indian Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Bilin
45
Reading in Multilingual Classrooms
47
Language Attrition
51
Poststructuralist Theory and Classroom Talk
53
Minorities and Education
55
Writing Systems and Orthographies 659
59
Focus on the Delivery of Instruction
63
Oral Language Culture and Identity
65
International Law and Education in a Minority Language
67
The Development of Young Children as Authors
69
Language Awareness and Learning Styles
73
The Teaching of Writing
77
Experimental Methods in Researching Language and
79
Teaching Exceptional Second Language Learners
85
The Development of Spelling and Punctuation
87
Methods of Testing and Assessment
111
Specific Areas
113
The Social Psychology of Reading
119
The Integrated Testing of a Second Language
121
Bilingual Education in Ireland Scotland and Wales
127
Performance Testing
131
Literacy vvi
133
ComputerBased Testing
141
The Assessment of Young Learners of English as a Foreign
151
Family Literacy
153
The Second Language Assessment of Minority Children
163
Sustaining Local Literacies
173
SelfAssessment of Foreign and Second Language
175
Literacy Teaching in France
191
The Assessment of Language Learning Aptitude
199
Literacy Teaching in the Low Countries
207
The Assessment of Speech and Language Disorders
211
Literacy Teaching in Norway
225
The Quantitative and Qualitative Validation of Tests
227
Name Index
243
Colin Baker
Accountability in Language Assessment 313
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Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Volume 2
David Corson
Limited preview - 1997
Encyclopedia of Language and Education: Literacy
Viv Edwards,P. Corson
No preview available - 1999
Literacy
Viv Edwards,David Corson
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TitleEncyclopedia of Language and Education, Volume 2
Encyclopedia of Language and Education, David Corson, ISBN 0792345967, 9780792345961
EditorDavid Corson
PublisherSpringer Science & Business Media, 1997
ISBN0792345959, 9780792345954
Length250 pages
  
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