Teaching Students With Different Educational Needs Books

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 years in North America and then returned to Japan to attend university...

This book gives educators important answers to the urgent question of how teachers and schools can facilitate language minority and immigrant students' progress in school. It offers an innovative and powerful method teachers and students can use to study...

This text brings together two significant domains of educational practice: foreign language education and critical pedagogy--linking them in a way that can help foreign language educators develop a critical awareness of the nature, purposes, and...

On Second Language Writing brings together internationally recognized scholars in a collection of original articles that, collectively, delineate and explore central issues with regard to theory, research, instruction, assessment, politics, articulation...

Critical English for Academic Purposes: Theory, Politics, and Practice is the first book to combine the theory and practice of two fields: English for academic purposes and critical pedagogy. English for academic purposes (EAP) grounds English language...

This book provides new information on how various inclusion policies have been implemented in different schools and school districts in North America and in a range of European countries. The purpose of inclusion policy is to prevent the marginalization...

Language Policy in Schools provides school administrators and teachers a practical approach for designing a language policy for their school and for dealing with the language issues that confront schools, particularly those operating in settings of...

Negotiating Academic Literacies: Teaching and Learning Across Languages and Cultures is a cross-over volume in the literature between first and second language/literacy. This anthology of articles brings together different voices from a range of...

Designed for ESL and ELT pedagogy courses around the world, this text describes English grammar from a World Englishes perspective. It is distinguished by its focus on the social setting for English as a global language, the latest thinking about...

Dyslexia is a disability that exists in all countries that have high expectations for literacy. The inability to read in spite of normal intellectual potential represents one of the most puzzling educational challenges for literate societies, regardless...

Case studies are a powerful pedagogical tool for illuminating constructs and models in real-life contexts. Covering a wide range of teaching-learning contexts and offering in-depth analyses of ESL/ELT language curriculum design issues, this casebook is...

A large and growing number of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in the US and around the world have the potential to develop bilingualism and biliteracy if supported in their immediate environment. At the forefront in...

Intelligibility is the term most generally used to address the complex of criteria that describe, broadly, how useful someone's English is when talking or writing to someone else. Set within the paradigm of world Englishes - which posits that the...

This volume identifies resources, models, and specific practices for improving teacher preparation for work with second language learners. It shows how faculty positioned themselves to learn from resources, experts, preservice teachers, their own...

Questions about what to teach and how best to teach it are what drive professional practice in the English language classroom. Innovation and change in English language education addresses these key questions so that teachers are able to understand and...

Making pragmatics accessible to a wide range of students and instructors without dumbing down the content of the field, this text for language professionals: raises awareness and increases knowledge and understanding of how human beings use language...

Illuminating, through ethnographic inquiry, how individual agents "make" language policy in everyday social practice, this volume advances the growing field of language planning and policy using a critical sociocultural approach. From this perspective,...

Second language writers and the teaching of writing at the secondary level have received little attention compared with other skills such as reading. Addressing this gap, this volume uniquely looks at both adolescent L2 writing and the preparation of...

33 Ways to Help with Writing equips teachers and teaching assistants with a wide range of practical resources to help children who are having difficulties learning the basic skills of writing. Offering a range of activities and games to engage children...

Unifying Educational Systems encourages leaders to move beyond the traditional forms and rituals of leadership for special education that are caught within traditional definitions of a continuum of services. Grounded in public policy debates, research on...

Bridging the fields of youth studies and language planning and policy, this book takes a close, nuanced look at Indigenous youth bi/multilingualism across diverse cultural and linguistic settings, drawing out comparisons, contrasts, and important...

'What a terrific resource: comprehensive and current, this Handbook is a vital acquisition for all involved in special education programs. Dr Farrell writes clearly and with a practical flair ... Highly recommended.' - Michael Arthur-Kelly PhD,...

Packed full of activities, real-life case studies, tasks and suggestions, this informative book will equip teachers with the kind of practical knowledge needed to teach young children with dyslexia effectively.Tackling the subject in a clear and...

Many children experience difficulties which impact on their learning at home and school. Some children are considered to have a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia or dyspraxia, but other children display a range of indicators which cross the...

Effective communication between the home and school is crucial for any child's education, but where special needs are concerned, creating good partnerships is essential. This book is concerned with home-school relations from an 'inclusive' perspective...

There has been an outpouring of children from schools over the last few years. The reasons for their exclusion from schools include: learning difficulties, behavioural problems or physical disability. Other reasons that are not dependent on a 'deficit'...

This volume demystifies the procedures and practical uses of Grounded Theory, a well-established research methodology used around the world today by social scientists, teachers, and qualitative researchers. Intended for graduate students, supervisors,...

The premise that intercultural contact produces intercultural competence underpins much rationalization of backpacker tourism and in-country language education. However, if insufficiently problematized, pre-existing constructions of cultural 'otherness'...

Dancing with Bigotry sheds light on the ideological mechanisms that shape and maintain the racist social order, while moving the discussion beyond the reductionist binarism of white versus black racism.

"Master Japanese Basics: A Top-Ranked Guide for Lower Beginner Language Learners" Embark on an extraordinary linguistic journey with our cutting-edge guide, "Learn Japanese for Lower Beginners," strategically curated for optimal language acquisition...

Volume 1 of 2The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a French Gothic novel published as three volumes in 1831, was originally titled Notre-Dame de Paris-1482 because the story takes place in that year and centers around the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. An early...

The purpose of this study was to explore how health professionals are using aromatherapy with children and adolescents who have exhibited or are diagnosed with the four most common mental illnesses. The four most common mental illnesses according to the...

Until very recently, activity schedules that aim to help individuals with autism organize their lives and independently execute daily tasks were prepared in bulky folders that were hard to manage and carry around. In the past two or three years, leading...

Migration has been an integral part of the history of the West Indies leading to the development of a strong migration culture based on family relations centering on the parent-child tie. The West Indian communities benefit from the financial...

Personal Perspectives from Females Returning Home from Incarceration and the challenges that they face and the support they need. Do formerly incarcerated females face different issues than formerly incarcerated males? When a mother goes to jail, she...

El presente documento no pretende ofrecer recetas para el trabajo desde, para y con las comunidades, es únicamente el espacio donde convergen experiencias de intervención orientadas a la potenciación del empoderamiento del pueblo organizado en la...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Heilpädagogik, Sonderpädagogik, Note: 1, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Wald als heilpädagogischer Handlungsraumin der kindlichen EntwicklungsbegleitungInhaltsverzeichnisEinleitung1.Grundsätze...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Heilpädagogik, Sonderpädagogik, Note: 2,0, Universität zu Köln, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das, was uns in so besonderem Maße für das Lernen auszeichnet, ist die hohe Anpassungsbereitschaft...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Heilpädagogik, Sonderpädagogik, Note: 1,7, Universität zu Köln, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Fragestellung: „Wie kann die Förderschule mit dem...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Pädagogik - Heilpädagogik, Sonderpädagogik, Note: 1,0, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Welche Chancen und Problematiken eröffnet die zielgleiche Differenzierung als...

Do you feel that your life is getting out of control?Do you feel like what you do in life isn't decided by you?Do you think someone is using manipulation methods to manage your actions?If you answered Yes to any of those questions, this book is for you...

This book discusses the trends that produced a modern brain. In the second part, I inserted the scientific arguments that indicate that the Homo Sapiens brain encountered a fundamental transformation that led to a new and mentally distinct species.

In this exciting companion to the beloved classic TenThings Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, the unique perspective ofan autistic child's voice describes for teachers, in the classroom and in thelarger community, how to understand thinking and...

"The mini T-RRIBLE" (pronounced: /'ter?bl/ like the adjective 'terrible') is a children's book for children aged 3-6, written and illustrated by Children's Author J.N. PAQUET (who is also the creator of "The Book of The Animals" series). It is the light...

Unlike the curriculum presented to most neurotypical students, this book was specifically designed to address the health and safety needs of students aged five and up with autism spectrum disorders. Through a unique combination of social stories and...

Having more than 17 years experience working with students with behavior disorders, Dr. Lori Ernsperger offers a book based on her research and behavioral expertise that is practical, guiding those who educate students with autism step-by-step. This...

The aim of this practical and user-friendly A to Z handbook is to enable the interested reader to gain quick and easy access to entries relating to or associated with emotional and behavioral difficulties. It focuses on adult problems as well as those of...