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Teaching languages to adolescent learners : from theory to practice
Teaching languages to adolescents can be a challenge. . . but one that is most rewarding! What works? What doesn't work? This book provides a reader friendly overview on teaching modern languages to adolescents (Years 7–13). Each chapter takes an aspect of language teaching and learning, and explains the underlying theory of instructed language acquisition and its application through examples…
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- -
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- 9781108869812
- Collation
- ix, 188 p. : ill
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- -
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- 418.00712 ERL t
Discourses, dialogue and diversity in biographical research : an ecology of l…
This book explores how narratives are deeply embodied, engaging heart, soul, as well as mind, through varying adult learner perspectives. Biographical research is not an isolated, individual, solipsistic endeavor but shaped by larger ecological interactions – in families, schools, universities, communities, societies, and networks – that can create or destroy hope. Telling or listening to l…
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- -
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- 9789004465916
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- x, 226 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 920.0072 BAI d
Learning english out of school: an inclusive approach to research and action
This volume reports on the main results of the research project Inclusive epistemologies and practices of out-of-school English learning. The study reacts to low attainment levels in English as a foreign language among socioeconomically disadvantaged youth. The contributors to this volume research teenagers’ existing practices of using and learning English out of school time and implement new…
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- Vol. 19
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- 9783631862261
- Collation
- 167 p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 371.102 MOO l
Context in literary and cultural studies
Context in Literary and Cultural Studies is an interdisciplinary volume that deals with the challenges of studying works of art and literature in their historical context today. The relationship between artworks and context has long been a central concern for aesthetic and cultural disciplines, and the question of context has been asked anew in all eras. Developments in contemporary culture and…
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- -
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- 9781787356245
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- XV, 241 p.
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- 809 CON c
Rethinking Class Size : The complex story of impact on teaching and learning
The debate over whether class size matters for teaching and learning is one of the most enduring, and aggressive, in education research. Teachers often insist that small classes benefit their work. But many experts argue that evidence from research shows class size has little impact on pupil outcomes, so does not matter, and this dominant view has informed policymaking internationally. Here, th…
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- : 9781787358799
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- 328p. ; ill.
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- 371.251 PET r
Script effects as the hidden drive of the mind, cognition, and culture
This open access volume reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures. Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that language affects the way we think), this volume proposes the “Script Relativity Hypothesis” (i.e., the idea that the script in which we read affects the way we think) by offeri…
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- Literacy Studies, 21
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030551520
- Collation
- 251 p.: ill.
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- -
- Call Number
- 411.019 PAE s
Schoolteachers and the Nordic model : comparative and historical perspectives
Schoolteachers and the Nordic Model examines the cultural distinctiveness of the Nordic teaching profession and teacher training compared to examples from Europe and North America. The book explores the concept of these ‘teacher cultures’ as various dimensions of professional identities, recruitment patterns, teachers’ social status, values and knowledge. It considers how Nordic teachers…
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- 9781003082514
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- XIII, 245 p.
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- Oxford Studies in Comparative Education
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- 371.1020948 SCH s
Equity, teaching practice and the curriculum : exploring differences in acces…
This book explores how different classroom discourses and concepts of knowledge permeate teaching in high- and low-performance classrooms. Drawing on empirical research from classrooms in Sweden, it presents a theory-based framework for classroom research. The book examines the central concepts of knowledge, curriculum, pedagogy and equity to discuss differences in access to knowledge and the i…
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- -
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- 9781003218067
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- XI, 158 p.
- Series Title
- Routledge Research in Education
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- 371.102 EQU q
Indirect education : exploring indirectness in teaching and research
Indirect Education discusses direct and indirect pedagogies and the complexities of these concepts within the field of education practice and research. It addresses the question of when it is most beneficial to be indirect with regard to teaching and educational research. The book offers an original approach to education in how it reasserts our right to a sense of ownership and agency in educat…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003193463
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- IX, 129 p.
- Series Title
- Theorizing Education
- Call Number
- 371.102 SAE i
Plurilingual classroom practices and participation : analysing interaction in…
Plurilingual Classroom Practices and Participation contributes to a better understanding of plurilingual education in Catalonia by providing a description of the interactional resources mobilised by learners as social actors. This volume is a collection of studies that show interactions containing plurilingual and multimodal sequences that illustrate moments of potential acquisition of aspects …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003169123
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- XXVI, 216 p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 370.117509467 PLU p
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