Learning English at School
Identity, Social Relations and Classroom Practice
Published on 31. March 2000
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-85359-482-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book considers the application of sociocultural theory to understanding how minority language background children learn English in the context of their classrooms. Based on a longitudinal ethnography, it is suggested that understanding the pivotal role of social interaction in learning implies new perspectives both for SLA research and for effective instructional practice.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Channel View Publications Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
448 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85359-482-3 (9781853594823)
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Book
03/2000
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Person
Kelleen Toohey teaches in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada. Her research generally concerns language education for ethnic/cultural/linguistic minorities and she has worked with heritage, First Nations and English language teachers in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia.
Content
Framing story theory, setting and methodology; kindergarten stories; constructing school identities - kindergarten metastories; "break them up, take them away" - practices in the Grade 1 classroom; discursive practices in Grade 2 languages arts lessons; appropriating voices and telling stories.