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Ellis, Sue, Ed.; McCartney, Elspeth, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2011
Modern primary teachers must adapt literacy programmes and ensure efficient learning for all. They must also support children with language and literacy difficulties, children learning English as an additional language and possibly teach a modern foreign language. To do this effectively, they need to understand the applied linguistics research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, Applied Linguistics, Inservice Teacher Education
Hill, Clifford; Larsen, Eric – 2000
This book makes a scholarly contribution to the debate about standardized testing in American education by using the methods of discourse analysis to examine not only representative material from reading tests but also children's responses to it. The book is particularly attentive to the role of culture in shaping children's understanding of what…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Horowitz, Rosalind, Ed.; Samuels, S. Jay, Ed. – 1987
Written for researchers and graduate students, this book--a collection of essays by cognitive scientists, socio- and psycholinguists, and English, reading, and language arts educators--explores theoretical and research questions associated with the relationships among oral and written language, listening and reading, and speaking and writing. The…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Linguistic Theory, Listening Comprehension, Literacy
Langer, Judith A., Ed.; Smith-Burke, M. Trika, Ed. – 1982
The 10 articles in this book examine how comprehension is affected by what the reader brings to the text, the manner in which the text is structured by the author, and the contextual variables that shape the meaning derived by the reader. Specific topics covered in the articles are (1) background knowledge and comprehension, (2) learning how to…
Descriptors: Child Language, Dialects, Discourse Analysis, Language Processing
Oostendorp, Herrre van, Ed.; Zwaah, Rolf A., Ed. – 1994
A collection of essays on the comprehension of text brings together perspectives of different disciplines on discourse. Articles include: "Naturalistic Texts and Naturalistic Tasks" (Herre van Oostendorp, Rolf A. Zwaan); "Psychological Studies of Naturalistic Text" (Arthur C. Graesser, Joseph P. Magliano, Karl Haberlandt);…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), Discourse Analysis
Goodman, Kenneth S., Comp.; Goodman, Yetta M., Comp. – 1980
The approximately 500 entries in this third edition of an annotated bibliography were drawn from the professional literature relating to linguistics, psycholinguistics, and reading. Entries are arranged ln the following categories: (1) beginning reading; (2) comprehension, semantics, and meaning; (3) curriculum; (4) language differences such as…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Flood, James, Ed. – 1984
Designed to present a historical account of instructional approaches to the teaching of comprehension as well as insights into effective approaches for the present and the future, this collection of papers is divided into three parts, concerned respectively with: (1) instructional research in reading comprehension, (2) the reader and the text, and…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Literature Reviews
Pennock, Clifford, Ed. – 1979
Focusing on reading comprehension instruction at the word, sentence, paragraph, and larger unit levels, the articles in this volume were drawn from a variety of sources. The three articles in the first section deal with theoretical bases and conceptual concerns. Specific topics covered include the argument for a discourse analysis model, the…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Discourse Analysis
Verhoeven, Ludo, Ed.; de Jong, John H. A. L., Ed. – 1992
A collection of essays on first and second language proficiency from the fields of psychology and linguistics includes the following: "Modeling and Assessing Language Proficiency" (John H. A. L. de Jong, Ludo Verhoeven); "The Construct of Grammar in Early Language Development" (Folkert Kuiken); "Dimensions in Grammatical Proficiency" (Wim H. J.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Galda, Lee, Ed.; Pellegrini, Anthony D., Ed. – 1985
The question of the relationship between children's play and more formal, literate uses of language is explored in the 9 studies described in this volume. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: (1) "The Influence of Discourse Content and Context on Preschoolers' Use of Language" (Lucia A. French, Joan Lucariello, Susan Seidman, and Katherine…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis
Jansen, Louise M., Ed.; Liddicoat, Anthony J., Ed. – 1998
The collection of essays on classroom research for second language teachers includes: "Teachers as Researchers in the Language Classroom: An Overview" (Anthony J. Liddicoat, Louise M. Jansen); "A Visit to the Art Gallery: An Oral Exercise in a Second Language" (Meri Dragicevic); "Encouraging Class Cohesiveness in the LOTE Classroom" (Corine…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques