edited by Patrick Heinrich and Christian Galan.
edited by Juan de Dios Martínez Agudo.
Ellen Bialystok.
The goal of Language, Space and Power is to richly describe the sociolinguistic and sociocultural life of a dual language classroom in which attention is given to not only the language learning processes at hand but also to how race, ethnicity and gender dynamics interact within the language acquisition process. Much attention has been given to the quantitative research supporting the acad…
How does a child become bilingual? The answer to this intriguing question remains largely a mystery, not least because it has been far less extensively researched than the process of mastering a single first language. Drawing on new studies of children exposed to two languages from birth (English and Cantonese), this book demonstrates how childhood bilingualism develops naturally in respon…
Bilingualism and bi-literacy are admirable goals for every individual. At the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), we embrace this mantra and advocate learning more than one language and culture. We are now a global society and we must learn to create unity within diversity. As tireless advocates who work to influence and create moreinclusive language policies, more biling…
Jean Wong, Hansun Zhang Waring.
Numa Markee.
Vincenza Tudini.
Jean Aitchison.
Constant Leung, Angela Creese.
Višnja Pavičić Takač.
Nancy L. Hadaway, Terrell A. Young.
Sandra Lee McKay
edited by María del Pilar García Mayo and María Luisa García Lecumberri.
Julia D. Barnes.
edited by Irina A. Sekerina, Eva M. Fernández, Harald Clahsen.
edited by Ineta Savickienė, Wolfgang U. Dressler.
George Braine.
edited by Janusz Arabski and Adam Wojtaszek.
[edited by] Diane M. Barone, Shelley Hong Xu.
edited by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, Juan Uriagereka, and Pello Salaburu.
Understanding metaphor raises key questions about the relationship between language and meaning, and between language and mind. This book explores how this understanding can impact upon the theory and practice of language teaching. After summarizing the cognitive basis of metaphor and other figures of speech, it looks at how this knowledge can inform classroom practice. Finally, it sets out how…
George Braine.
Mirosław Pawlak, editor.
Diane McGuinness.