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Developing Advanced Literacy in First and Second Languages Meaning With Power
286 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
288 Pages
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Routledge
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This book addresses the linguistic challenges faced by diverse populations of students at the secondary and post-secondary levels as they engage in academic tasks requiring advanced levels of reading and writing. Learning to use language in ways that meet academic expectations is a challenge for students who have had little exposure and opportunity to use such language outside of school. Although... Read more
Contents: M.J. Schleppegrell, M.C. Colombi, Preface. M.C. Colombi, M.J. Schleppegrell, Theory and Practice in the Development of Advanced Literacy. J.L. Lemke, Multimedia Semiotics: Genres for Science Education and Scientific Literacy. F. Christie, The Development of Abstraction in Adolescence in Subject English. M.C. Colombi, Academic Language Development in Latino Students' Writing in Spanish. J.R. Martin, Writing History: Construing Time and Value in Discourses of the Past. M.J. Schleppegrell, Challenges of the Science Register for ESL Students: Errors and Meaning-Making. M. Celce-Murcia, On the Use of Selected Grammatical Features in Academic Writing. J.P. Gee, Literacies, Identities, and Discourses. J. Baugh, African American Language and Literacy. V. Ramanathan, Enhancing the Critical Edge of (L2) Teacher-Education: Some Issues in Advanced Literacy. R. Scarcella, Some Key Factors Affecting English Learners' Development of Advanced Literacy. B.J. Merino, L. Hammond, Writing to Learn: Science in the Upper-Elementary Bilingual Classroom. O. García, Writing Backwards Across Languages: The Inexpert English/Spanish Biliteracy of Uncertified Bilingual Teachers.
Biography
Mary J. Schleppegrell, M. Cecilia Colombi
"The editors identify their audience as 'researchers, teachers, and students' (p.vii). Anyone working on teacher training and literacy research can benefit from the multiple aspects presented in this book. Advanced literacy for all may be a utopian goal, but those working in institutions of higher learning should at least be aware of the challenges on the way, as well as the remedies available to their students on the journey."
—Studies in Second Language Acquisition
