Learning English at School: Identity, Social Relations, and Classroom Practice

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Multilingual Matters, 2000 - 152 pages
This book considers the application of sociocultural theory to understanding how minority language background children learn English in the context of their classrooms. Based on a longitudinal ethnography, it is suggested that understanding the pivotal role of social interaction in learning implies new perspectives both for SLA research and for effective instructional practice.

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Kindergarten Stories
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Kindergarten Metastories
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Kelleen Toohey is Professor Emerita, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Canada. Her recent research focuses on socio-material perspectives on language learning with a particular focus on early childhood language education. She is a co-author of Disrupting Boundaries in Education and Research (Cambridge University Press, 2017), Collaborative Research in Multilingual Classrooms (Multilingual Matters, 2009) and co-editor, with Bonny Norton, of Critical Pedagogies and Language Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Bibliographic information

TitleLearning English at School: Identity, Social Relations, and Classroom Practice
Bilingual education and bilingualism
EBSCO ebook academic collection
Volume 20 of G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
Learning English at School: Identity, Social Relations, and Classroom Practice, Kelleen Toohey
Volume 20 of Parents' and Teachers' Guides
AuthorKelleen Toohey
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherMultilingual Matters, 2000
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized5 Mar 2008
ISBN1853594814, 9781853594816
Length152 pages
  
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