This text is a comprehensive Introduction for all professionals working with bilingual children. For speech therapists, doctors, psychologists, counsellors, teachers, special needs personnel, the book addresses important issues at a practical level.

From expert authors, this book guides educators to conduct assessments that inform daily instruction and identify the assets that emergent bilinguals bring to the classroom. Effective practices are reviewed for screening, assessment, and progress monitoring in the areas of oral language, beginning reading skills, vocabulary and comprehension in the content areas, and writing. The book also addresses how to establish schoolwide systems of support that incorporate family and community engagement. Packed with practical ideas and vignettes, the book focuses on grades K-6, but also will be useful to middle and high school teachers. Appendices include reproducible forms that can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

It has never been more important for schools and instructors to consider best practices and strategies to appropriately design effective English language courses. Teaching English successfully to diverse audiences requires an understanding of how to communicate with students based on their individual needs and backgrounds. In order to ensure schools provide the best English language education possible, they must examine and apply innovative research in the field. Intercultural Communication and Ubiquitous Learning in Multimodal English Language Education reviews and reports the current research methods and theoretical advances in English language learning linked to applied technologies and action research. The book considers the most innovative approaches to English language education from an intercultural and communicative perspective that covers key concepts such as collaborative ubiquitous learning and multimodal communication. Covering topics such as social networks, virtual environments, and intercultural awareness, this reference work is crucial for academicians, researchers, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Methodische und methodologische empirische Grundlagen wurden uber einen langen Zeitraum aus der Psychologie, der Soziologie und aus den Erziehungswissenschaften in die fachdidaktische Forschung "exportiert" und sind mitverantwortlich fur die gelungene empirische Wende auch in den Fachdidaktiken. Der Tagungsband der Kasseler Methodentage 2016 zu den drei rekonstruktiven Analyseverfahren Lautes Denken, "Stimulated Recall" und Dokumentarische Methode spiegelt den Austausch junger Promovendinnen und Promovenden sowie Habilitandinnen und Habilitanden uber relevante methodisch-methodologische Themen der Sprachlehr- und -lernforschung. Er leistet einen Beitrag zur Konsolidierung und Verbreiterung des forschungsmethodischen Wissens in diesem Bereich.

Covering both theoretical and practical approaches, Writing the Research Paper guides students studying in English as a second or additional language through the skills necessary for success in university-level writing and research. The book begins with theoretical considerations, such as research, argumentation and critical thinking. It then offers a broad range of practical assistance covering all aspects of the writing process, including topic selection, argument, counter-argument, paragraph structure and cohesion. The book is accompanied by a companion website, writingtheresearchpaper.com. The website hosts many features, including chapter summaries, exercises, quizzes, PowerPoints, additional learning material, and technology assistance. The website also hosts numerous authentic examples of student papers at each of the critical stages of the writing process.

Ce livre aborde la realite virtuelle pour l'apprentissage mediatise du francais ou de l'allemand langue etrangere. L'etude analyse comment l'immersion et l'interaction en realite virtuelle peuvent faire emerger un sentiment de presence dans l'environnement virtuel et ainsi contribuer a contextualiser la situation d'apprentissage. Une centaine de lyceens francais et allemands ont experimente trois environnements virtuels, developpes par le projet europeen Environnement Virtuel pour l'Enseignement Immersif des Langues etrangeres dans la Region Trinationale Metropolitaine du Rhin Superieur (EVEIL-3D). A l'issue d'un jeu serieux immersif en langue cible, les eleves ont temoigne de leur experience. L'analyse de ce corpus souligne la subjectivite de l'experience en realite virtuelle. En etudiant la production en langue cible, les strategies d'usage de la langue, l'interactivite, l'engagement corporel et l'accompagnement de l'apprenant pendant l'immersion, la recherche montre les apports et les limites de la realite virtuelle comme dispositif d'apprentissage des langues mediatise par les technologies numeriques.