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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824790603321

Titolo

Language learning and teacher education : a sociocultural approach / / edited by Margaret R. Hawkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, : Multilingual Matters, c2004

ISBN

9786610828449

1-85359-765-1

1-280-82844-7

9781853597653

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 p.)

Collana

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; ; 48

Altri autori (Persone)

HawkinsMargaret R. <1953->

Disciplina

418/.0071

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Social aspects

Language teachers - Training of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Author Biographies 2004 -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Learning Language as a Matter of Learning Social Languages within Discourses -- Chapter 2. Re-sourcing Resources: Pedagogy, History and Loss in a Johannesburg Classroom -- Chapter 3. Transforming the Discourses of Teaching and Learning: Rippling Waters and Shifting Sands -- Chapter 4. Social Apprenticeships Through Mediated Learning in Language Teacher Education -- Chapter 5. Social Languages and Schooling: The Uptake of Sociocultural Perspectives in School -- Chapter 6. Tinker, Tailor, Teacher, Text: Using a Multiliteracies Approach to Remediate Reading -- Chapter 7. Language, Sociocultural Theory, and L2 Teacher Education: Examining the Technology of Subject Matter and the Architecture of Instruction -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores sociocultural theories as they relate to language and literacy teaching and learning, and to professional preparation and development for language teachers. Language teachers and language teacher educators weave research, theory and practice together as they articulate and explore theoretical perspectives through detailed descriptions and analyses of practices.