Bilingualism / ESL Books

New and Published Books

1. Framing Languages and Literacies

   Socially Situated Views and Perspectives

   Edited by Margaret R. Hawkins

   In this seminal volume leading language and literacy scholars clearly articulate and explicate major social perspectives and approaches in the fields of language and literacy studies. Each approach draws on distinct bodies of literature and traditions and uses distinct identifiers, labels, and...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
2. Ethical Issues in Literacy Research

   Edited by Carole S. Rhodes, Kenneth J. Weiss

   Literacy educators and researchers at all stages of their careers face ethical issues whenever they embark on research studies. In this book experienced literacy researchers identify and address multi-faceted, multi-dimensional ethical issues related to conducting studies in school, home, community...

   Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge
3. L2 Writing in Secondary Classrooms

   Student Experiences, Academic Issues, and Teacher Education

   Edited by Luciana C. de Oliveira, Tony Silva

   Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

   Second language writers and the teaching of writing at the secondary level have received little attention compared with other skills such as reading. Addressing this gap, this volume uniquely looks at both adolescent L2 writing and the preparation of secondary teachers to work with this population...

   Published March 24th 2013 by Routledge
4. Bilingual Education and Language Policy in the Global South

   Edited by Jo Arthur Shoba, Feliciano Chimbutane

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Multilingualism

   This volume considers a range of ways in which bilingual programs can make a contribution to aspects of human and economic development in the global South. The authors examine the consequences of different policies, programs, and pedagogies for learners and local communities through recent...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. Dialogue With Bakhtin on Second and Foreign Language Learning

   New Perspectives

   Edited by Joan Kelly Hall, Gergana Vitanova, Ludmila A. Marchenkova

   This volume is the first to explore links between the Russian linguist Mikhail Bakhtin's theoretical insights about language and practical concerns with second and foreign language learning and teaching. Situated within a strong conceptual framework and drawing from a rich empirical base, it...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
6. 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...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
7. Chicano-Anglo Conversations

   Truth, Honesty, and Politeness

   By Madeleine Youmans

   Series: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

   This groundbreaking book--about differences in communication practices between Mexican-American underclass residents in an East Los Angeles housing project and white, middle-class literacy tutors who worked with them--makes an important contribution to research on the sociolinguistics of the...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
8. Literacy as Translingual Practice

   Between Communities and Classrooms

   Edited by Suresh Canagarajah

   The term translingual highlights the reality that people always shuttle across languages, communicate in hybrid languages and, thus, enjoy multilingual competence. In the context of migration, transnational economic and cultural relations, digital communication, and globalism, increasing contact is...

   Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge
9. Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners

   2nd Edition

   By Stephen Thornton, Bárbara Cruz

   Series: Teaching English Language Learners across the Curriculum

   Teaching Social Studies to English Language Learners provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of both the challenges that face English language learners (ELLs) and ways in which educators might address them in the social studies classroom. The authors offer context-specific strategies...

   Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge
10. Teaching Language Arts to English Language Learners

    2nd Edition

    By Anete Vásquez, Angela L. Hansen, Philip C. Smith

    Series: Teaching English Language Learners across the Curriculum

    This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Teaching Language Arts to English Language Learners provides readers with the comprehensive understanding of both the challenges that face ELLs and ways in which educators might address them in the language arts classroom. The authors offer proven...

    Published March 10th 2013 by Routledge