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Identity and Language Learning: Extending the Conversation
Bonny Norton,Claire Kramsch +1 more
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In this paper, Kramsch et al. discuss the world of adult immigrant language learners and claim the right to speak in classrooms and communities in order to learn second language acquisition theory revisited.Abstract:
Preface Introduction 1. Fact and fiction in language learning 2. Researching identity and language learning 3. The world of adult immigrant language learners 4. Eva and Mai: Old heads on young shoulders 5. Mothers, migration and language learning 6. Second language acquisition theory revisited 7. Claiming the right to speak in classrooms and communities Afterword by Claire Kramschread more
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Language and Literacy Learning in Multilingual Settings
Pauline Harris,Cynthia H. Brock,Elspeth McInnes,Bec Neill,Alexandra Diamond,Jenni Carter,Ufemia Camaitoga,Meresiana Krishna,Eleni Giannakis +8 more
TL;DR: A review of research related to language and literacy learning in multilingual settings is presented in this paper, where the authors examine the call to action in the Pacific concerning the maintenance of Pacific languages vis-a-vis the cultural and historic significance of the Pacific languages and related cultural and linguistic rights; self-determination in Pacific early childhood care and education.
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Performing English with a Postcolonial Accent: Ethnographic Narratives from Mexico by Angeles Clemente and Michael J. Higgins
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Language awareness as a resource for multilingual individuals’ learning about culture: a case study in the Javanese context
Tabitha Kidwell,Hanung Triyoko +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a regular and sustained contact with speakers of other languages might offer members of multilingual societies opportunities to develop cultural awareness through interactions with diverse individual speakers of different languages.
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Transnational Vietnamese: Language Practices, New Literacies, and Redefinition of the “American Dream”
TL;DR: In this article, the transnational literacy and language practices of a Vietnamese immigrant family in the United States were investigated. But the focus was not on the socio-economic aspects of the Vietnamese diaspora, but on how the Vietnamese have mobilized their identities and in so doing, redefined the American Dream.
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How to Teach an Additional Language
TL;DR: The authors provides a comprehensive, research-based account of how people learn a second/foreign language and shows how classroom practice can be organized around research-Based principles. But, the authors do not discuss the role of the curriculum in the assessment of additional language competences.
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