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Alim, H. Samy – Review of Research in Education, 2011
This article focuses on the emergence of what the author refers to as "global ill-literacies," that is, the hybrid, transcultural linguistic and literacy practices of Hip Hop youth in local and global contexts, as well as the pedagogical possibilities that scholars open up as they engage these forms. By reviewing a broad but focused range of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Anthropological Linguistics, Learning Processes, Music
Kolonay, Deborah J.; Kelly-Garris, Kathy – Principal Leadership, 2009
How does one build connections with students who do not feel they are part of the school community? Penn-Trafford High School in Harrison City, Pennsylvania, always seemed to have a number of students who felt no connection to the school or their classmates. They skipped class or didn't participate when they did attend. They were prime candidates…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Vocabulary Skills, Reading Skills, Reading Programs
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Ventura, Paulo; Kolinsky, Regine; Fernandes, Sandra; Querido, Luis; Morais, Jose – Cognition, 2007
Vocabulary growth was suggested to prompt the implementation of increasingly finer-grained lexical representations of spoken words in children (e.g., [Metsala, J. L., & Walley, A. C. (1998). "Spoken vocabulary growth and the segmental restructuring of lexical representations: precursors to phonemic awareness and early reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Reading, Psycholinguistics, Phonemes