English & Literacy/Language Arts Books

New and Published Books

1. Teaching English, Language and Literacy

   3rd Edition

   By Dominic Wyse, Russell Jones, Helen Bradford, Mary Anne Wolpert

   ‘This book is comprehensive, up-to-date, critical and authoritative. It is also, above all, well written. It will undoubtedly become standard reading for the next generation of teachers in training and practising teachers will also learn a great deal from dipping into its contents.' - David Wray,...

   Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
2. Working with Multimodality

   Rethinking Literacy in a Digital Age

   By Jennifer Rowsell

   In today’s digital world, we have multiple modes of meaning-making: sounds, images, hypertexts. Yet, within literacy education, even ‘new’ literacies, we know relatively little about how to work with and produce modally complex texts. In Working with Multimodality,...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. Imagery and Text

   A Dual Coding Theory of Reading and Writing, 2nd Edition

   By Mark Sadoski, Allan Paivio

   Imagery and Text, Second Edition extends the first edition’s unified theory of cognition in literacy from the perspective of Dual Coding Theory (DCT), one of the most influential and empirically sound theories of cognition ever developed. This theory provides a comprehensive, systematic account of...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
4. 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 December 14th 2012 by Routledge
5. Fluency in Reading

   Synchronization of Processes

   By Zvia Breznitz

   This is the first book to examine in-depth the crucial role of the speed of information processing in the brain in determining reading fluency in both normal and dyslexic readers.Part I explains fluency in reading from both traditional and modern perspectives. Fluency has historically been viewed...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
6. Ability Profiling and School Failure

   One Child's Struggle to be Seen as Competent, 2nd Edition

   By Kathleen M. Collins

   Ability Profiling and School Failure, Second Edition explores the social and contextual forces that shape the appearance of academic ability and disability and how these forces influence the perception of academic underachievement of minority students. At the book’s core is the powerful case study...

   Published December 10th 2012 by Routledge
7. Building Students’ Historical Literacies

   Learning to Read and Reason with Historical Texts and Evidence

   By Jeffery Nokes

   How can teachers incorporate the richness of historical resources into classrooms in ways that are true to the discipline of history and are pedagogically sound? This book explores the notion of historical literacy, adopts a research-supported stance on literacy processes, and promotes the...

   Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
8. Adolescent Literacies and the Gendered Self

   (Re)constructing Identities through Multimodal Literacy Practices

   Edited by Barbara J. Guzzetti, Thomas Bean

   Today’s youth live in the interface of the local and the global. Research is documenting how a world youth culture is developing, how global migration is impacting youth, how global capitalism is changing their economic and vocational futures, and how computer-mediated communication with the world...

   Published November 20th 2012 by Routledge
9. Children's Ways with Science and Literacy

   Integrated Multimodal Enactments in Urban Elementary Classrooms

   Edited by Maria Varelas, Christine C. Pappas

   Science is often a forgotten subject in early elementary grades as various mandates require teachers to focus on teaching young students to achieve specific reading and mathematical competencies. This book offers specific examples and empirical evidence of how integrated science-literacy curriculum...

   Published November 18th 2012 by Routledge
10. Reading - From Words to Multiple Texts

    Edited by Anne Britt, Susan Goldman, Jean-Francois Rouet

    Increasing the mastery of reading and text literacy in the general population is one of the most important challenges faced by both developed and developing societies. Providing a new reference for researchers and practitioners involved in this domain, this book brings together empirical research...

    Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge