03858nam 2200757 a 450 991078549220332120230721013649.01-282-87489-697866128748951-4411-5152-4(CKB)2670000000058121(EBL)601472(OCoLC)680036592(SSID)ssj0001109860(PQKBManifestationID)12479174(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001109860(PQKBWorkID)11117749(PQKB)10410703(SSID)ssj0000421722(PQKBManifestationID)11295903(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421722(PQKBWorkID)10432865(PQKB)10577275(MiAaPQ)EBC601472(Au-PeEL)EBL601472(CaPaEBR)ebr10427429(CaONFJC)MIL287489(OCoLC)893335000(EXLCZ)99267000000005812120090915d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLanguage learning in new English contexts[electronic resource] studies of acquisition and development /edited by Rita E. Silver, Christine C.M. Goh and Lubna AlsagoffLondon ;New York Continuumc20091 online resource (228 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-4505-2 0-8264-9845-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Editors and Contributors; 1. English Acquisition and Development in Multilingual Singapore; 2. Learning English in Singapore: Pronunciation Targets and Norms; 3. Talking Beyond the Here-and-Now: Preschoolers' Use of Decontextualized Language; 4. Listening Strategies of Singaporean Primary Pupils; 5. Asian Pedagogy: Scaffolding in a Singaporean English Classroom; 6. Language Development in Singapore Classrooms: A Corpus-based Description of the 'School Variety'; 7. Metaphorization in Singaporean Student Writing: A Corpus-based Study8. The Development of the Past Tense in Singapore English9. The Contribution of Process Drama to Improved Results in English Oral Communication; 10. A Profile of an Adolescent Reader in Singapore: The Literacy Repertoire in Third Space; Afterword; IndexThis edited volume is dedicated to the exploration of English language acquisition and development outside of the largely monolingual environments of North America, the United Kingdom and Australia. Specifically, the studies investigate different facets of English language learning in Singapore, and uses this experience to forge connections with other New English contexts. Using empirical data drawn from a range of language classrooms, the contributors emphasise the place of education within a global framework of English language learning. In so doing they examine economic, social and politicaSecond language acquisitionEnglish languageAcquisitionEnglish languageSingaporeEnglish languageVariationSingaporeEnglish languageStudy and teachingForeign speakersSecond language acquisition.English languageAcquisition.English languageEnglish languageVariationEnglish languageStudy and teachingForeign speakers.428.0071Silver Rita1143767Goh Christine Chuen Meng1495457Lubna Alsagoff1562018MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785492203321Language learning in new English contexts3829262UNINA