As a new generation of African Americans completes college, an increasing number of students are aspiring to the Ph.D. as a stepping stone to a career in the academy and to fully participate in shaping our society. Most African Americans are conscious that they are the first in their families to embark on this journey. They are aware they will meet barriers and prejudice, are likely to face isolation and frustration, and find few sources of support along the way.This book, by twenty-four Black scholars who have been there, offers a guide to aspiring doctoral students to the formal process and to the personal, emotional and intellectual challenges they are likely to face. The authors come from a wide range of disciplines from computing, education and literature to science and sociology. Although their experiences and backgrounds are as varied as they are as individuals, their richly diverse chapters cohere into a rounded guide to the issues for those who follow in their footsteps.From questioning the reader about his or her reasons for pursuing a doctorate, offering advice on financial issues, the choice of university and doctoral program, and relocation, through the process and timetable of application, interviews, acceptance and rejection, the authors go on to describe their own journeys and the lessons they have learned.These men and women write candidly about their experiences, the strategies they used to maintain their motivation, make the transition from HBCUs to PWIs, balance family and work, make the right choices and keep focussed on priorities. They discuss how to work effectively with advisors and mentors, make all-important connections with teachers and build professional and personal support networks. They recount how they dealt with tokenism, established credibility, handled racism, maintained their values and culture, and persuaded supervisors to legitimize their research interests in African American issues. This is both an inspirational and practical book for every African American considering pursuit of a doctoral degree."

With a focus on what mathematics and science educators need to know about academic language used in the STEM disciplines, this book critically synthesizes the current knowledge base on language challenges inherent to learning mathematics and science, with particular attention to the unique issues for English learners. These key questions are addressed: When and how do students develop mastery of the language registers unique to mathematics and to the sciences? How do teachers use assessment as evidence of student learning for both accountability and instructional purposes? Orienting each chapter with a research review and drawing out important Focus Points, chapter authors examine the obstacles to and latest ideas for improving STEM literacy, and discuss implications for future research and practice.

Die Donauraumstrategie der Europaischen Union ist Grundlage fur vielfaltige Initiativen. Im Rahmen des Hochschulprojekts "Interkulturalitat und Mehrsprachigkeit in den Schulen im Donauraum" sollten die Studierenden der beteiligten Hochschulen den Donauraum und dessen Wichtigkeit fur die Europaische Union verstehen lernen. Dieser Band prasentiert Ergebnisse der Seminare "Medien und Minderheiten im Donauraum" und "Schulen und Minderheiten im Donauraum" sowie von Begegnungen mit Hochschulvertretern in Ostrava und Ludwigsburg. Die Beitrage gliedern sich zur wissenschaftlichen Aufarbeitung des Austauschs in die Themenbereiche Mehrsprachigkeit und Interkulturalitat im Allgemeinen, Deutsch als Fremd- und Minderheitensprache im Donauraum und Minderheiten im Donauraum.

A subject-specific guide for teachers to supplement professional development and provide resources for lesson planning. Approaches to learning and teaching English as a Second Language is the result of close collaboration between Cambridge University Press and Cambridge International Examinations. Considering the local and global contexts when planning and teaching an international syllabus, the title presents ideas in the context of ESL with practical examples that help put theory into context. Teachers can download online tools for lesson planning from our website. This book is ideal support for those studying professional development qualifications or international PGCEs.

Die Regionalsprache Niederdeutsch etabliert sich zunehmend in unterschiedlichen Bildungseinrichtungen. Dieser Prozess wirft zahlreiche didaktische Fragen auf, die bisher weder umfassend gestellt noch konstruktiv beantwortet wurden. Die 16 interdisziplinaren Beitrage dieses wegbereitenden Sammelbandes zur modernen Niederdeutschdidaktik bieten erste Antworten, indem sprachhistorische und dialektologische Verankerungen beschrieben, institutionelle Zusammenhange geklart, Standardisierungs- und Orthografieaspekte problematisiert sowie Lehrmaterialien und -methoden reflektiert werden. Sie ziehen Vergleiche zu anderen Sprachen und entwerfen zukunftige Arbeitsfelder der Niederdeutschvermittlung auf empirischer und theoretischer Basis. In der Summe begrunden sie die wissenschaftliche Niederdeutschdidaktik, bieten Grundlagen, Ansatze und Perspektiven.

La monographie scientifique presente est le fruit de neuf ans de recherche dans le domaine du FLE. Elle introduit egalement les resultats partiels des recherches scientifiques. Une communication en langue etrangere ne se reduit pas a la maitrise de la langue. Ce sont les problemes de communication sur le plan social et culturel et leur reflexion au niveau de quelques pensees educatives, qui constituent le principal champ de recherche. Le premier chapitre traite de divers concepts culturels. Dans le deuxieme chapitre, nous proposons une vue contemporaine sur la politique linguistique slovaque et le sujet du developpement de l'interculturel dans les documents pedagogiques. Dans le troisieme, nous nous arretons sur la problematique des concepts et principes de l'approche interculturelle. Le quatrieme conclut une mise en place de l'enseignement de l'interculturel. Il propose des resultats de la mise en oeuvre de ce sujet sur trois plans: le contenu, les manuels et le professeur en cours.

Neben Forschungsdesiderata dreier Expertinnen und Experten aus den Fachdidaktiken Romanistik, Anglistik und Germanistik widmet sich der Band verschiedenen thematischen Schwerpunkten: (Fruh)kindlicher Spracherwerb, Spracherwerb in der Sekundarstufe und Spracherwerb in der Erwachsenenbildung. Er prasentiert ausgewahlte Beitrage zu verschiedenen aktuellen Forschungsansatzen, die sich in Promotions-, Habilitations- und Publikationsprojekten niederschlagen. Der Band richtet sich nicht nur an Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler, sondern auch an Studierende und Lehrende des jeweiligen Fachgebietes, die einen Einblick in die aktuelle fremdsprachendidaktische Diskussion bekommen moechten.

Der stetig wachsende internationale Arbeitsmarkt fordert mehr denn je berufsbezogene Sprach- und Fachkenntnisse von Absolventinnen und Absolventen der einschlagigen Studiengange. Der Anteil an berufs- und fachsprachlichen Ausbildungsinhalten in den Curricula philologischer bzw. germanistischer Studiengange im In- und Ausland nimmt zu. Mittlerweile sind sie ein integraler Bestandteil an den meisten Studienstandorten, oft auch durch bildungspolitische Vorgaben gefordert. Die Beitrage dieses Sammelbandes belegen, dass sowohl innovative Konzepte fur den Fachsprachenunterricht entwickelt werden als auch Forschungsansatze existieren, die sich mit konzeptionellen und terminologischen Fragestellungen auseinandersetzen.

The increased use of sophisticated mobile devices opens up new possibilities and challenges for language teachers and learners, which has led to an increasing need to consider issues relating to mobile technologies specifically. To date, there is no comprehensive book-length treatment of issues relating to mobile-assisted language learning (MALL). This book fills that gap, providing a resource for present and future language teachers, and for graduate students of applied linguistics and TESOL, to understand how mobile devices can best be used for language teaching. It is founded on existing research, practice and theory, and offers a balanced perspective, based on the author's own experiences with mobile learning - considering the limitations of such an approach, as well as the benefits. Written in a practical and approachable tone, it provides a much-needed guide to MALL, and its fascinating insights promote further debate within the field.

The increased use of sophisticated mobile devices opens up new possibilities and challenges for language teachers and learners, which has led to an increasing need to consider issues relating to mobile technologies specifically. To date, there is no comprehensive book-length treatment of issues relating to mobile-assisted language learning (MALL). This book fills that gap, providing a resource for present and future language teachers, and for graduate students of applied linguistics and TESOL, to understand how mobile devices can best be used for language teaching. It is founded on existing research, practice and theory, and offers a balanced perspective, based on the author's own experiences with mobile learning - considering the limitations of such an approach, as well as the benefits. Written in a practical and approachable tone, it provides a much-needed guide to MALL, and its fascinating insights promote further debate within the field.

While there are volumes that fall into the category of children's literature, there appears to be relatively few that explore the needs of bilingual learners and the linguistic and sociocultural context of Latino children's literature. This volume makes a needed contribution by addressing the social, cultural, academic, and linguistic needs of Latino bilingual learners who are still underserved through current school practices. We aim to conceptualize different forms of social knowledge so that they can serve as cultural resources for learning, acquiring knowledge, and transforming self and identity. This volume presents a balance of theory, research, and practice that speak to authentic multicultural Latino literature and helps ensure its availability for all students. The intended outcome of this volume then is to create a heightened awareness of the cultural and linguistic capital held by the Latino community, to increase Latino students' social capital through the design of critical pedagogical practices, and for the formulation of a new perspective, that of Latino multicultural literature for children.

Dieses Buch ist ein Beitrag zu den intensiv gefuhrten Diskussionen uber die Beschreibung des Gegenstandsbereichs Sprache fur den Fremdsprachenunterricht. Seit der Jahrtausendwende mehren sich seitens der didaktisch interessierten Sprachforschung im In- und Ausland verstarkt Stimmen, welche die ausschliessliche Ausrichtung des DaF-Unterrichts an der Schriftsprache bezweifeln. Sie fordern die Fachgemeinschaft zu UEberlegungen auf, welche Normen und Varietaten der deutschen Sprache in den unterschiedlichen Vermittlungskontexten von Sprache einzubeziehen sind. Die Autorin moechte die Relevanz der Vermittlung gesprochener Sprache im germanistischen Sprachunterricht herausstellen und damit eine breite Diskussion uber theoretische und methodische Grundsatzfragen der UEbertragung der linguistischen Erkenntnisse in die philologische Sprachpraxis entfachen wie auch eine Debatte uber das Design der philologischen Sprachausbildung anregen.

C-Tests bestehen aus mehreren kurzen Texten, in denen die zweite Halfte jedes zweiten Wortes fehlt. Sie gelten in der Regel als objektives, reliables, valides und oekonomisches Instrument zur Messung allgemeiner Sprachkompetenz und werden mittlerweile in einer Vielzahl von Kontexten eingesetzt. Der vorliegende Sammelband illustriert den aktuellen Stand der (anwendungsbezogenen) C-Test-Forschung - mit einem Schwerpunkt auf der zentralen Frage der Konstruktvaliditat. C-Tests consist of several short texts in which the second half of every second word has been deleted. As a rule, they are considered to be objective, reliable, valid and economical tests of general language proficiency. C-Tests are currently used in many contexts, including high-stakes applications. The present collection of papers illustrates the state of the art of (application-oriented) C-Test research, with a special focus on construct validity.

This book offers a variety of theoretical and empirical foundations regarding the development of plurilingual literacy practices in primary school contexts around Europe. It presents a range of concepts related to multilingual education and multilingual teacher education, such as pluriliteracy, identity, the pluralistic approaches (namely intercomprehension and "eveil aux langues") and translanguaging in pedagogy. From an empirical perspective, the authors present and discuss suggestions regarding the integration of multilingual activities in the classroom and in teaching education programs.

Learn how to enact curricular, pedagogical, and policy shifts that nourish students' linguistic repertoires, redefine teaching and learning as reciprocal endeavors, promote student-to-student interactions that help newcomers feel less isolated, and create opportunities for students to experiment with language in both academic and informal settings. Drawing on their experience working with hundreds of educators and thousands of students in linguistically diverse school settings (grades 7-12), the authors challenge readers to engage in critical, collective action as they transform their approach to languaging, agency, and authority in the classroom. Ideas and strategies come alive through classroom vignettes, student stories, and samples of student poetry, prose, and art-as well as examples of linguistically affirming approaches to online teaching. The book is an enlightening professional conversation that represents the importance and impact of multicultural and culturally responsive education that ultimately leads to linguistically inclusive education for newcomers and other language learners.Book Features: Draws from classroom-based research in linguistically diverse school districts in Southern California that use an arts-based, multiliteracy enrichment program designed for newcomer and emergent bilingual students. Examines the ideological, curricular, pedagogical, and political factors that shape the daily experiences of students who are new to the United States and in the process of incorporating English into their linguistic repertoires. Shows examples of how educators create classrooms where newcomer and emergent bilingual students' identities, languaging, and humanity are invited, affirmed, and amplified. Features the voices of students who courageously explore their identities, experiment with their voices, and share their vision of what a radically inclusive community can be.

Vergleichende Ansatze sind schon immer in der didaktischen Vermittlung fremder Sprachen und Kulturen eingesetzt worden, auch wenn die Kontrastive Linguistik als synchrone Sprachwissenschaft erst in der zweiten Halfte des vorhergehenden Jahrhunderts auf Ansporn des amerikanischen Strukturalismus Fuss fasst. Ausgehend von einer theoretisch-deskriptiven Einleitung versammelt dieser Band Beitrage zur kontrastiven Fremdsprachendidaktik und zur vergleichenden Perspektive in der im Sprachunterricht oft innewohnenden Vermittlung kulturspezifischer Kenntnisse.

Grammar is integral to teaching English as a second language, and yet there is often a disconnect between theory and practice. This book bridges that gap by introducing key theories of English grammar and showing how they can be applied in teaching. By drawing on an eclectic range of sources, and using a multidisciplinary approach, Berry links advances in our knowledge of grammar, from theoretical and descriptive viewpoints, with developments in pedagogical practices, to provide a comprehensive overview of the whole process of grammar. The second part of the book contains four case studies of key areas of English grammar in which the insights of the earlier chapters are applied, illustrating how grammar theory is used in practice. Offering new insights into the way English grammar works, this book is invaluable for all professionals who 'do' English grammar: teachers, grammarians, textbook writers and syllabus designers, testers and researchers.

Grammar is integral to teaching English as a second language, and yet there is often a disconnect between theory and practice. This book bridges that gap by introducing key theories of English grammar and showing how they can be applied in teaching. By drawing on an eclectic range of sources, and using a multidisciplinary approach, Berry links advances in our knowledge of grammar, from theoretical and descriptive viewpoints, with developments in pedagogical practices, to provide a comprehensive overview of the whole process of grammar. The second part of the book contains four case studies of key areas of English grammar in which the insights of the earlier chapters are applied, illustrating how grammar theory is used in practice. Offering new insights into the way English grammar works, this book is invaluable for all professionals who 'do' English grammar: teachers, grammarians, textbook writers and syllabus designers, testers and researchers.

Dieses Buch widmet sich der Interdisziplinaritat, die fur die Zugange, Formate und Methoden fremdsprachendidaktischer Forschung charakteristisch ist. Qualitative und quantitative Forschungsansatze bzw. Mixed-Methods-Designs werden anhand aktueller Studien dargestellt. Ein besonderer Fokus gilt den interdisziplinaren Bezugen der jeweiligen Studien. Die forschungspraktischen Beispiele stellen laufende bzw. kurz vor Abschluss stehendende Studien der empirischen Fremdsprachenforschung vor. So bieten die Beitrage einen aktuellen UEberblick uber fremdsprachendidaktische Forschungspraxis und enthalten vielfaltige Anregungen fur die forschungsmethodischen Optionen und ethischen Fragen, die es bei neu zu konzipierenden Studien im interdisziplinaren Feld der Fremdsprachenforschung abzuwagen gilt.

a'This book is one of the best IAEve read on how the brain functions in second language learners and is invaluable for understanding ELLs with learning disabilities.'uIrma Guadarrama, ProfessorUniversity of Texas-Pan American College of Education 'David Sousa brings together all of the research about the brain to show the process of learning multiple languages and offers ways to implement effective teaching strategies with quality instruction.'uSharon Latimer, ESL TeacherPlano ISD, TXRaise your ELL success quotient and watch student achievement soar!Teachers are more likely to succeed if they have a deeper understanding of the challenges students face in trying to learn English and course content simultaneously. How the ELL Brain Learns combines current research on how the brain learns language with strategies for teaching English language learners in Ku12 classrooms. Award-winning author and brain research expert David A. Sousa describes the linguistic reorganization needed to acquire another language after the age of 5 years. He supplements this information with immediately applicable tools, including: A self-assessment pretest for gauging your understanding of how the brain learns languagesReady-to-use brain-compatible strategies for teaching English learners across the curriculum An entire chapter about how to detect English language learning problems, with sections on the social, cultural, and physical causesEach chapter features teaching tips that translate the research into step-by-step classroom applications. Also included are intervention strategies to use with struggling ELLs, including methods for working with older students.

Second language (L2) fluency is an exciting and fast-moving field of research, with clear practical applications in language teaching. This book provides a lively overview of the current advances in the field of L2 fluency, and connects the theory to practice, presenting a hands-on approach to using fluency research across a range of different language-related professions. The authors introduce an innovative multidisciplinary perspective, which brings together research into cognitive and social factors, to understand fluency as a dynamic variable in language performance, connecting learner-internal factors such as speech processing and automaticity, to external factors such as task demands, language testing, and pragmatic interactional demands in communication. Bringing a much-needed multidisciplinary and novel approach to understanding the complex nature of L2 speech fluency, this book provides researchers, students and language professionals with both the theoretical insights and practical tools required to understand and research how fluency in a second language develops.

Second language (L2) fluency is an exciting and fast-moving field of research, with clear practical applications in language teaching. This book provides a lively overview of the current advances in the field of L2 fluency, and connects the theory to practice, presenting a hands-on approach to using fluency research across a range of different language-related professions. The authors introduce an innovative multidisciplinary perspective, which brings together research into cognitive and social factors, to understand fluency as a dynamic variable in language performance, connecting learner-internal factors such as speech processing and automaticity, to external factors such as task demands, language testing, and pragmatic interactional demands in communication. Bringing a much-needed multidisciplinary and novel approach to understanding the complex nature of L2 speech fluency, this book provides researchers, students and language professionals with both the theoretical insights and practical tools required to understand and research how fluency in a second language develops.