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Learning English : development and diversity

Contributor(s): Mercer, Neil. (Editor) | Swann, Joan. (Editor)Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996Description: vii, 343 p. : illustrationsISBN: 0415131227; 9780415131223; 0415131219 (pbk.); 9780415131216 ; 0203993209; 9780203993200 Subject(s): English languageDDC classification: 420 Online resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

English as a first language / Dennis Bancroft -- Reading A. Language addressed to children: linguistic and cultural aspects / Elena V.M. Lieven -- Reading B. The child's expanding social world / Michelle E. Barton and Michael Tomasello -- English in the repertoire / Barbara Mayor -- Reading A. Raising our twins bilingually / Sylvia Rojas-Drummond and Hugh Drummond -- Learning to read and write in English / Pam Czerniewska -- Reading A. Some lessons learnt at bedtime / Henrietta Dombey -- Reading B. What's in a story? / Gordon Wells -- English as a classroom language / Neil Mercer and Douglas Barnes -- Reading A. One cup of newspaper and one cup of tea / G.D. Jayalakshmi -- Reading B. Arguments for and against English as a medium of instruction / Josef Schmied -- Reading C. Teaching writing: process or genre? / Janet Maybin -- A history of English teaching / A.K. Pugh -- Reading A. English and Empire: teaching English in nineteenth-century India / Anthea Fraser Gupta -- Reading B. The Corresponding Societies: working-class literacy and political reform / Colin Lankshear and Maria Lawler -- Reading C. The development of a 'national curriculum' for English in England and Wales / Sue Brindley -- Issues in English teaching / Sue Brindley and Joan Swann -- Reading A. Different voices in the English classroom / Stuart Middleton -- Reading B. Reading: an infant school's perspective / Lorraine Dawes -- Reading C. Learning written genres / J.R. Martin, Frances Christie and Joan Rothery -- English for speakers of other languages / Jill Bourne -- Reading A. English for speakers of other languages: which varieties of English for which groups of learners? / Christopher Brumfit -- Reading B. Dilemmas of a textbook writer / Neville Grant -- English in the academic world / Elizabeth Hoadley-Maidment and Neil Mercer -- Reading A. Culture in rhetorical styles: contrastive rhetoric and world Englishes / Yamuna Kachru -- Reading B. Some language problems faced by overseas students in British universities / Tony Bex.

Summary: English is learnt in a range of diverse settings. This book examines processes of language acquisition in English, as well as what it means to learn English in different parts of the world.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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English as a first language / Dennis Bancroft --
Reading A. Language addressed to children: linguistic and cultural aspects / Elena V.M. Lieven --
Reading B. The child's expanding social world / Michelle E. Barton and Michael Tomasello --
English in the repertoire / Barbara Mayor --
Reading A. Raising our twins bilingually / Sylvia Rojas-Drummond and Hugh Drummond --
Learning to read and write in English / Pam Czerniewska --
Reading A. Some lessons learnt at bedtime / Henrietta Dombey --
Reading B. What's in a story? / Gordon Wells --
English as a classroom language / Neil Mercer and Douglas Barnes --
Reading A. One cup of newspaper and one cup of tea / G.D. Jayalakshmi --
Reading B. Arguments for and against English as a medium of instruction / Josef Schmied --
Reading C. Teaching writing: process or genre? / Janet Maybin --
A history of English teaching / A.K. Pugh --
Reading A. English and Empire: teaching English in nineteenth-century India / Anthea Fraser Gupta --
Reading B. The Corresponding Societies: working-class literacy and political reform / Colin Lankshear and Maria Lawler --
Reading C. The development of a 'national curriculum' for English in England and Wales / Sue Brindley --
Issues in English teaching / Sue Brindley and Joan Swann --
Reading A. Different voices in the English classroom / Stuart Middleton --
Reading B. Reading: an infant school's perspective / Lorraine Dawes --
Reading C. Learning written genres / J.R. Martin, Frances Christie and Joan Rothery --
English for speakers of other languages / Jill Bourne --
Reading A. English for speakers of other languages: which varieties of English for which groups of learners? / Christopher Brumfit --
Reading B. Dilemmas of a textbook writer / Neville Grant --
English in the academic world / Elizabeth Hoadley-Maidment and Neil Mercer --
Reading A. Culture in rhetorical styles: contrastive rhetoric and world Englishes / Yamuna Kachru --
Reading B. Some language problems faced by overseas students in British universities / Tony Bex.

English is learnt in a range of diverse settings. This book examines processes of language acquisition in English, as well as what it means to learn English in different parts of the world.

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