Language learning in new English contexts : studies of acquisition and development / edited by Rita E. Silver, Christine C.M. Goh and Lubna Alsagoff. - xi, 215 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English Acquisition and Development in Multilingual Singapore / Learning English in Singapore: Pronunciation Targets and Norms / Talking Beyond the Here-and-Now: Preschoolers' Use of Decontextualized Language / Listening Strategies of Singaporean Primary Pupils / East Asian Architecture: Scaffolding in a Singaporean English Classroom / "What happen to your tenses?" / Metaphorizaton in Singaporean Student Writing / Development of Tense and Aspect in Singapore English / The Contribution of Process Drama to Improved Results in English Oral Communication / A Profile of an Adolescent Reader in Singapore: The Literacy "Repertoire" of the Reading Habit in Third Space / Afterword / Rita E. Silver , Christine G. Goh and Lubna Alsagoff -- Madalena Cruz-Ferreira -- Christine G. Goh and Grace Ho Li Jun -- Peter Y Gu , Guangwei Hu and Lawrence J. Zhang -- Viniti Vaish and Chitra Shegar -- Paul Doyle -- Libo Guo and Huaqing Hong -- Lubna Alsagoff , Dennis Yap and Violet Yip -- Madonna Stinson and Kelly Freebody -- Wendy Bokhorst-Heng and Jeanne Wolf -- Courtney Cazden. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

0826498450 9780826498458

2009279038


Second language acquisition
English language--Acquisition.
English language--Singapore
English language--Variation--Singapore
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers

PE3502.S5 / L36 2009

428.0071