Overview

This text contains a collection of more than 20 state-of-the-art overviews of a variety of aspects of language awareness and the role of metalinguistic knowledge in language development and education. The contributions come from more than a dozen countries and offer a balanced perspective on a range of topics, including first and second language acquisition, classroom talk, language use in the multicultural work place, translation, Esperanto, whole language, historical perspectives from the UK and the Netherlands, critical pedagogy, the education of language teachers, the teaching of grammar, phonology, and writing, and others. In all, the book offers a comprehensive perspective on metalinguistic knowledge and processes, and presents a coherent argument for building an element of language awareness into the language curriculum at all educational levels.

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Author:   Leo van Lier ,  P. Corson
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.492kg
ISBN:  

9780792349334

ISBN 10:   0792349334
Pages:   301
Publication Date:   31 May 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section 1: Historical and Theoretical Issues.- 1. Language Awareness and Knowledge About Language: An Overview.- 2. Pedagogical Grammar: From Prescriptive to Descriptive.- 3. The History of Language Awareness in the UK.- 4. The Theory and Practice of Argument in Education.- Section 2: Knowledge About Language and the Language Learner.- 5. Metalinguistic Development in First Language Acquisition.- 6. Phonological Awareness and Learning to Read.- 7. Morphological Awareness and the Second Language Learner.- 8. Language Awareness and Learning Styles.- Section 3: Knowledge About Language, the Curriculum, and the Classroom.- 9. Whole Language: The Whole Story.- 10. Language Awareness at the International High School.- 11. Explicit Knowledge and Second Language Pedagogy.- 12. Language Awareness and Translation.- 13. Awareness and Language Switch in Second-Foreign Language Learning Contexts.- 14. Literacy and Genre.- 15. Esperanto and Language Awareness.- Section 4: Teacher Development.- 16. The Teacher as Educational Linguist.- 17. Language Awareness in In-Service Programmes.- 18. Awareness Raising About Classroom Interaction.- 19. Assessors’ Language Awareness in the Evaluation of Academic Writing.- 20. Teaching, Learning, and Assessing Argument.- Section 5: Critical Language Awareness.- 21. Critical Discourse Analysis and Educational Change.- 22. Awareness of Non-Standard Varieties in the Schools.- 23. The Role of Language Awareness in Critical Pedagogy.- 24. The Commodification of Classroom Discourse.- 25. Language Use and Awareness in the Multicultural Work Place.- Name Index.- Tables of Contents Other Volumes.

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