Academic language in second language learning

• Other Authors: Faltis, Christian (Editor), Arias, M. Beatriz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2013]
• Subjects: English language > Study and teaching (Higher) > Foreign speakers.; Academic language > Study and teaching.; English teachers > Training of.; Education > Language Experience Approach.; Higher education, tertiary education.; Teaching skills and techniques.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614271
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-116-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 238 pages)

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Table of Contents:

• Foreword / M. Beatriz Arias
• Section I. Language in academic Contents
• Chapter 1. Demystifying and questioning the power of academic language / Christian Faltis
• Chapter 2. Developing academic English with English language learners: A study of mainstream classroom practices / Shanan Fitts and Erica Bowers
• Chapter 3. Pedagogical language knowledge and the instruction of English learners / Audrey Lucero
• Section II. Academic language in language teaching
• Chapter 4. Exploring academic language in exemplary beginning teachers through a constructivist inquiry approach / Barbara J. Merino, J. Richard Pomeroy, Al Mendle, and M. Cecilia Gómez
• Chapter 5. Developing teachers' critical language awareness in digital contexts / Tomás Galguera
• Chapter 6. Educators' conceptions of academic literacy and language / Steven Z. Athanases and Juliet Michelsen Wahleithner
• Section III. Language in subject-area content
• Chapter 7. Academic language in the social studies for English learners / Luciana C. de Oliveira
• Chapter 8. Scaffolding academic language in science for English learners / Frank Ramírez-Marín and Doug Clark
• Chapter 9. English language learning and learning academic language in mathematics / James A. Middleton, Silvia Llamas-Flores, and Paula Patricia Guerra Lombardi. Afterword / Karen E. Lillie
• About the contributors.