[PDF] How Myths About Language Affect Education eBook

Author : David Johnson
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,52 MB
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 0472032879

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How Myths about Language Affect Education: What Every Teacher Should Know clarifies some of the most common misconceptions about language, particularly those that affect teachers and the decisions they make when they teach English language learners. The chapters in this book address myths about language in general, about first and second language acquisition, about language and society, and about language and thinking. Each chapter concludes with activities for teachers that give examples, exercises, or simple questions that relate directly to teachers' everyday dealings with ELLs and language. How Myths about Language Affect Education is not intended to be a complete introduction to linguistics; it does not contain information on phonetics or complex syntactic explanations, and technical jargon is kept to a minimum. The aim of this book is not to settle language issues but rather to highlight popular misconceptions and the ways that they influence debates regarding language and affect language policies in and out of the classroom.

Author : Linda Grant
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 31,35 MB
Release : 2014-02-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 0472035169

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This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for pronunciation and speaking teachers in the way that Vocabulary Myths by Keith S. Folse is one for reading and vocabulary teachers. Like others in the Myths series, this book combines research with good pedagogical practices. The book opens with a Prologue by Linda Grant (author of the Well Said textbook series), which reviews the last four decades of pronunciation teaching, the differences between accent and intelligibility, the rudiments of the English sound system, and other factors related to the ways that pronunciation is learned and taught. The myths challenged in this book are: § Once you’ve been speaking a second language for years, it’s too late to change your pronunciation. (Derwing and Munro) § Pronunciation instruction is not appropriate for beginning-level learners. (Zielinski and Yates) § Pronunciation teaching has to establish in the minds of language learners a set of distinct consonant and vowel sounds. (Field) § Intonation is hard to teach. (Gilbert) § Students would make better progress if they just practiced more. (Grant) § Accent reduction and pronunciation instruction are the same thing. (Thomson) § Teacher training programs provide adequate preparation in how to teach pronunciation (Murphy). The book concludes with an Epilogue by Donna M. Brinton, who synthesizes some of the best practices explored in the volume.

Author : Andrea DeCapua
Publisher : University of Michigan Press ELT
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,41 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Second language acquisition
ISBN : 9780472037230

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Culture Myths is intended for all educators who work with culturally and linguistically diverse students. The book is designed to help readers observe, evaluate, and appreciate cultural differences in values, beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and worldviews by focusing on the underlying and mostly invisible reasons for these differences. Developing an awareness of one's own cultural assumptions deepens understanding and empathy and contributes to the breaking down of the cultural barriers that can affect communication. A goal of this book is to help readers strike a balance between minimizing cultural differences and assuming similarities across cultures on one hand, and exoticizing other cultures or accentuating surface differences on the other. The myths about culture in the classroom explored in this book are: We are all human beings, so how different can we really be? The goal of education is to develop each individual's potential, Focusing on conversational skills in the classroom is overrated, Not looking at the teacher shows disrespect, How something is said is not as important as what is said, Everyone knows what a good instructional environment is, By the time students get to middle or high school, they know how to be a student. Book jacket.

Author : Katie Cunningham
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,45 MB
Release : 2023-09-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781625315977

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In this much anticipated follow-up to their groundbreaking book, Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom, authors Jan Burkins and Kari Yates, together with co-author Katie Cunningham, extend the conversation in Shifting the Balance 3-5: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Upper Elementary Classroom. This new text is built in mind specifically for grades 3-5 teachers around best practices for the intermediate classroom. Shifting the Balance 3-5 introduces six more shifts across individual chapters that: Zoom in on a common (but not-as helpful-as-we-had-hoped) practice to reconsider Untangle a number of "misunderstandings" that have likely contributed to the use of the common practice Propose a more science-aligned shift to the current practice Provide solid scientific research to support the revised practice Offer a collection of high-leverage, easy-to-implement instructional routines to support the shift to more brain-friendly instruction The authors offer a refreshing approach that is respectful, accessible, and practical - grounded in an earnest commitment to building a bridge between research and classroom practice. As with the first Shifting the Balance, they aim to keep students at the forefront of reading instruction.

Author : David C. Berliner
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 28,92 MB
Release : 2014-03-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 0807755249

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This book is guaranteed to spark lively debates and critical thinking in any classroom! Two of the most respected voices in education identify 50 myths and lies that threaten America's public schools. Berliner and Glass argue that many citizens conception of K12 public education in the United States is more myth than reality. Warped opinions about our nations public schools include: they are inferior to private schools; they are among the worst in the world in math and science; teachers should be fired if their students dont score at the national average, and on and on. With more than a little humor, Berliner and Glass separate fact from fiction in this comprehensive look at modern education reform. They explain how the mythical failure of public education has been created and perpetuated in large part by political and economic interests who stand to gain from its destruction. They expose a rapidly expanding variety of organizations and media that intentionally misrepresent facts. Where appropriate, they name the promoters of the hoax and point out how their interests are served by encouraging false beliefs. Their method of debunking these falsehoods is to argue against their logic, criticize the data supporting them, and present more credible contradictory data. This dynamic book features short essays on important topics to provide every teacher, administrator, school board member, and concerned parent with reliable knowledge from authoritative sources.

Author : Jeffrey D. Holmes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 44,99 MB
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1118760484

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Great Myths of Education and Learning reviews the scientific research on a number of widely-held misconceptions pertaining to learning and education, including misconceptions regarding student characteristics, how students learn, and the validity of various methods of assessment. A collection of the most important and influential education myths in one book, with in-depth examinations of each topic Focusing on research evidence regarding how people learn and how we can know if learning has taken place, the book provides a highly comprehensive review of the evidence contradicting each belief Topics covered include student characteristics related to learning, views of how the learning process works, and issues related to teaching techniques and testing

Author : Barry McLaughlin
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 24,96 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780805800968

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First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Laurie Bauer
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 20,9 MB
Release : 1998-11-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0141939109

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A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: The Media Are Ruining English; Children Can't Speak or Write Properly Anymore; America is Ruining the English Language. The tone is lively and entertaining throughout and there are cartoons from Doonesbury andThe Wizard of Id to illustrate some of the points. The book should have a wide readership not only amongst students who want to read leading linguists writing about popular misconceptions but also amongst the large number of people who enjoy reading about language in general.

Author : Steven Brown
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 0472034596

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This volume was conceived as a "best practices" resource for teachers of ESL listening courses. It was written to help ensure that teachers of listening are not perpetuating the myths of teaching listening.

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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,10 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781527556232

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This book focuses on myth, which, as a language, tells the stories of human experience, regardless of accuracy or impact, and to claim that myth is innocent, or worse yet, give no explicit attention to myth, is a dangerous proposition. However, just as myths can be used to confuse and convince, if remythified they also can be used to clarify and conjure up new understandings and new language around American education. Within this book, the myths about guns in.