Sociocultural contexts of language and literacy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Bertha Pérez with Teresa L. McCarty ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (407 p.)
• Disciplina: 418/.0071
• Soggetto topico: Language and languages - Study and teaching - Social aspects; Literacy
• Altri autori: PérezBertha <1945-> McCartyT. L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; SOCIOCULTURALCONTEXTSOF LANGUAGEAND LITERACY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; PART I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON LANGUAGE AND LITERACY; 1 Literacy, Diversity, and Programmatic Responses; A Sociocultural Theory of Literacy/Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the United States/Programs for Linguistically Diverse Students/Summary/Activities/ Suggested Readings/References; 2 Language, Literacy, and Biliteracy; Sociocultural Perspectives to Literacy/Research onLiteracy and Biliteracy/Summary/Activities/Suggested Readings/References; 3 Writing Across Writing Systems ; Emergent Writing/Writing Systems/Language DiscourseDifferences/Learning a Second System of Writing/Implications for the Classroom/Summary/Activities/Suggested Readings/ReferencesPART II LANGUAGE AND LITERACY ACQUISITION INDIVERSE COMMUNITIES; 4 Language and Literacy in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities ; The Sociohistorical Context of American Indian/AlaskaNative Education/Language and Culture Diversity AmongIndigenous Communities Today/Linking Home, Community, andSchool/Learning the School Language and the School Ways:The Literacy Continuum in Practice/Reading and Writing in theHeritage Language and English/Summary/Activities/Suggested Readings/References5 Language, Culture, and Literacy in Puerto Rican Communities; The Sociocultural Conditions of Puerto Ricans in theUnited States/The Culture of Schools and Classrooms/Summary/Activities/Suggested Readings/References ; 6 Language and Literacy in Vietnamese AmericanCommunitiesThe Vietnamese Migration to the United States:Historical, Demographic, Social, Economic, Emotional,and Educational Data/Different Ethnic and LanguageGroups From Southeast Asia/Elements of the VietnameseLanguage/The Cultural Context of Language Learning/Perceptionof Education by Vietnamese Parents and Students/Summary/Activities/Suggested Readings/References; 7 Language and Literacy in Chinese American Communities ; Diversity and Commonality Within the Chinese AmericanCommunity/Selected Orthographic Effect of ChineseLanguage on Academic Development/A SocioculturalPerspective of the Home-Community-School-Based LearningEnvironment of Inner-City Chinese American Students/Summary/Activities/Suggested Readings/References8 Literacy and Instruction in African American Communities: Shall We Overcome? ; Language and Literacy From a Historical Perspective/Literacy and Oracy/Literacy, Instruction, and Social Stratification/Literacy Instruction: Social Reconstruction and GuidingPrinciples/Summary/Activities/Suggested Readings/References
• Sommario/riassunto: Sociocultural Contexts of Language and Literacy, Second Edition engages prospective and in-service teachers in learning about linguistically and culturally diverse students, and in using this knowledge to enrich literacy learning in classrooms and communities. The text is grounded in current research and theory that integrate sociocultural and constructivist concepts and perspectives and provide a framework teachers can use to develop strategies for teaching reading, writing, and thinking to diverse students. The focus on English literacy development does not imply advocacy for
• Titolo autorizzato: Sociocultural contexts of language and literacy
• ISBN: 1-135-63015-1; 1-4106-1028-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783304903321
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