Developmental Psychology Arena

Washback in Language Testing

Research Contexts and Methods

• Edited by Liying Cheng, Yoshinori Watanabe, WITH Andy Curtis

Washback refers to the influence of language testing on teaching and learning. This volume, at the important intersection of language testing and teaching practices, presents...

Published November 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Teaching Academic ESL Writing

Practical Techniques in Vocabulary and Grammar

• By Eli Hinkel

Teaching Academic ESL Writing: Practical Techniques in Vocabulary and Grammar fills an important gap in teacher professional preparation by focusing on the grammatical and lexical...

Published September 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Medium of Instruction Policies

Which Agenda? Whose Agenda?

• Edited by James W. Tollefson, Amy B.M. Tsui

Medium of instruction policies in education have considerable impact not only on the school performance of students and the daily work of teachers, but also...

Published September 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Processing Instruction

Theory, Research, and Commentary

• Edited by BIll VanPatten

This new book, Processing Instruction: Theory, Research, and Commentary, edited by Bill VanPatten--a pioneer in processing instruction (PI)--is a refreshing presentation of 10 related and...

Published September 1st 2003 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Becoming Biliterate

A Study of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Education

• By Bertha Perez

This book describes the development process and dynamics of change in the course of implementing a two-way bilingual immersion education program in two school communities....

Published September 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Negotiating Bilingual and Bicultural Identities

Japanese Returnees Betwixt Two Worlds

• By Yasuko Kanno

This book examines the changing linguistic and cultural identities of bilingual students through the narratives of four Japanese returnees (kikokushijo) as they spent their adolescent...

Published April 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Expanding Definitions of Giftedness

The Case of Young Interpreters From Immigrant Communities

• By Guadalupe Vald‚s, Guadalupe Valdes

This book is about bilingual young people who have been selected by their families to carry out the hard work of interpreting and translating to...

Published February 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Response To Student Writing

Implications for Second Language Students

• By Dana R. Ferris

This volume synthesizes and critically analyzes the literature on response to the writing of second language students, and discusses the implications of the research for...

Published January 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual School

Choices, Risks, and Dilemmas

• By Tara Goldstein, Gordon Pon, Timothy Chiu, Judith Ngan

Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual School: Choices, Risks, and Dilemmas is for teachers and teacher educators working in communities that educate children who do...

Published November 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Values in English Language Teaching

• By Bill Johnston

This book offers a new perspective on language teaching by placing moral issues--that is, questions of values--at the core of what it is to be...

Published November 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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