Encyclopedia of Language and Education: Knowledge About Language: 6 - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0792349334 ISBN 13: 9780792349334

Publisher: Springer, 1999

Synopsis

This 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. It offers a balanced perspective on first and second language acquisition, classroom talk, language use in the multicultural work place, translation, Esperanto, whole language, historical perspectives, critical pedagogy, the education of language teachers, the teaching of grammar, phonology, and writing.

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Synopsis

This book contains a collection of more than twenty 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792349334
• ISBN 13: 9780792349334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 318
• Editor: Van Lier Leo, Corson P.