Language in the schools : integrating linguistic knowledge into K-12 teaching / edited by Kristin Denham, Anne Lobeck.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: HOW KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE CAN INFORM TEACHERS IN MULTICULTURAL, LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE CLASSROOMS. Linguistics and education in multilingual America / John Baugh -- Embracing diversity through the understanding of pragmatics / Jin Sook Lee -- Gowing up shifting: immigrant children, their families, and the schools / Susan Meredith Burt and Hua Yang -- Language and gender matters in the classroom / Kathryn A. Remlinger -- "My teacher says...," mastery of English and the Creole learner / Alicia Beckford Wassink -- The relevance of linguistic analysis to the role of teachers as decision makers / Jean Ann and Long Peng -- A positive sign: a overview of the benefits of signing in the classroom / Lynn S. Mancini -- A critical approach to standard English / Anne Lobeck -- Bilingualism: myths and realities / Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza -- Spanish maintenance and English literacy: Mexican-descent children's Spanish and English narratives / Robert Bayley and Sandra R. Schecter --

PART II: INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE INTO K-12 TEACHING. Spelling stories: a way to teach the history of English / Anne Curzan -- Teaching students about language change, language endangerment, and language death / Kristin Denham -- Language as a reflection of our social and physical world: what students can learn from metaphor / Janet M. D. Higgins -- Contrastive analysis and codeswitching: how and why to use the vernacular to teach standard English / Rebecca S. Wheeler -- English LIVEs: language in variation exercises for today's classrooms / Kirk Hazen -- Developing savvy writers by analyzing grammar rants / Patricia A. Dunn and Kenneth Lindblom -- Linguistics as a tool in teaching fiction writing / Donna Jo Napoli -- Applications of corpus linguistics in the English language classroom / Tony T.N. Hung -- English gairaigo: learning about language structure from the margins of Japanese / Anca M. Nemoianu -- Opening dictionaries to investigation / Anne Curzan.

"Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistics Knowledge Into K-12 Teaching addresses two important questions:*What aspects of linguistic knowledge are most useful for teachers to know?*What kinds of activities and projects are most effective in introducing those aspects of linguistic knowledge to K-12 students?The volume focuses on how basic linguistic knowledge can inform teachers' approaches to language issues in the multicultural, linguistically diverse classroom. The text also includes examples of practical applications of language awareness to pedagogy, assessment, and curriculum construction, which support the current goals of language arts, bilingual, and ESL education.Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistics Knowledge Into K-12 Teaching contributes to the resources on linguistics and education by taking prospective teachers beyond basic linguistics to ways in which linguistics can productively inform their teaching and raise their students' awareness of language. It is intended as a text for students in teacher education programs who have a basic knowledge of linguistics."--Publisher description.

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