Literacy Books

Kevin DiBacco's "Limericks: History, Humor, and How-To" presents a thorough examination of the limerick as both an art form and practical tool. The book traces the evolution of these five-line verses from their medieval monastic roots through Irish pub...

This book delves into the intriguing question of why certain types of literacy research gain more traction than others in educational settings, irrespective of the quality of the research or the efforts of the researchers.

This book presents a range of perspectives on the way language, diversity and identity are reflected in New Zealand children's literature, based on the published research of Nicola Daly.

Instill a love of poetry in your classroom with the illuminating and inviting lessons from Teach This Poem. Co-published with the Academy of American Poets, the leading champion of poets and poetry in the US, this book is an accessible entry-point to...

Academic success for African American boys' in Special Education is frequently elusive as the United States continues to endure the legacy of academic discrimination (Blanchett, 2010; Skiba et al., 2008). Consequently, educational policies have not fully...

In the 21st century, information literacy emerges as the cornerstone of educational development. Despite its paramount significance, a stark reality persists - students often traverse the corridors of academia without acquiring essential information...

The underappreciation of the pivotal roles played by home, school, and community in shaping the literacy journey of individuals. While the mantra "Literacy begins at home" resonates, it often remains a mere platitude rather than a transformative force...

The role of literacy instruction extends far beyond traditional English language arts classrooms. Cultivating Literate Citizenry Through Interdisciplinary Instruction delves into the necessary concepts within the realm of literacy across and within...

The fields of neurolinguistics and psycholinguistics often lack comprehensive resources that address the diverse range of developmental language disorders while also providing insights into effective treatments and special education approaches. Many...

Literary critics have argued over the status of women in the world and their self-development of their literary and cultural position in literary works. Women's oppression, self-complication, and self-recognition are worldly studied. In this respect,...

Many investigations have been conducted to examine the latent factors that may affect the writing performance of ESL/EFL learners. Among them, time has been identified as one of the major factors that may activate the limited attention capacity model...

Pragmatic competence is one of the aspects of language that involves knowledge beyond level of the grammar; therefore it could be taught in the class to increase students' capacity in using language in different social situations. The instructors and the...

Enseignement et apprentissage des langues Toute langue a ses spécificités. cependant, Tous les parlers ont des points communs, à savoi: les choses qui ont trait à l"environnement, des actions à accomplir au quotidien. il est question aussi des quatre...

De Baltische volkeren (de Baltische staten, de Balten) begonnen zich ongeveer aan het einde van het eerste millennium voor Christus te vormen, nadat ze van de Slavisch-Baltische gemeenschap waren weggevallen, voordat ze deel uitmaakten van de oude...

O livro não fala só do amor e do casamento humano. Ele revela o namoro e o enlace com Deus. E quando não namoramos, enamoramos. Somos tomados de revelação, proteção e misericórdia. Há arrependimento, depois de uma vida de traição. Um gozo espiritual. E...

Los cuentos de hadas son sin duda el paradigma de la globalidad. Existen en múltiples formatos desde su aparición como cuentos orales hasta versiones modernas en géneros variados (Picture Books, Anime, etc...) Los cuentos de hadas se han mutado y...

Papillon, el súper bestseller de la fuga de la Guayana francesa, ha sido plagiado. La autora de esta novela, Cecilia Schmucker, hija del protagonista, partiendo de la primicia del plagio aparecida en una famosa revista colombiana, acopia textos y...

At the threshold of the twentieth century, English and American poetry witnessed tremendous changes in form and content due to the influences of the two Great Wars, the Great Depression and the political conflicts that shaped the new ideologies and...

In recent studies, interpreting, as a main way for communication among people with different language, has attracted the attention of many researchers. Consecutive interpreting is one type of interpreting that requires skills such as target language...

Imagine a child who has never seen or heard any language at all. Would such a child be able to invent a language on her own? Despite what one might guess, the children described in this book make it clear that the answer to this question is 'yes'. The...

COMMUNITY LITERACY JOURNAL 17.1 (Fall 2022) | The journal understands "community literacy" as the domain for literacy work outside mainstream educational and work institutions. It can be found in programs devoted to adult education, early childhood...

Examining what is involved in learning to write for academic purposes from a variety of perspectives, this book focuses in particular on issues related to academic writing instruction in diverse contexts, both geographical and disciplinary. Informed by...

This book contains detailed grammar lesson plans for teachers in grades six, seven, and eight which incorporate research-based best practices of grammar instruction. Plans in this book seek to help teachers put best practices of grammar instruction into...

Assessing and Diagnosing Speech Therapy Needs in School is a unique text that offers practical guidance in pedagogical diagnosis of speech and communication difficulties within educational settingsIt outlines theoretical assumptions of the diagnosis...

This volume introduces theory-to-practice-based critical pedagogy grounded in Paulo Freire's scholarship to language and literacy learning settings. The chapters present authentic experiences of teacher-scholars, feature real-world examples and...

The goal of this book is to encourage educators and researchers to understand the complexities of adolescent gang members' lives in order to rethink their assumptions about these students in school. The particular objective is to situate four gang...

Originating in a recent CIERA conference held at the University of Michigan, this book brings together the nation's most distinguished researchers to examine how readers understand text and how comprehension is assessed. The first part provides both...

Based on the assumptions that students expect feedback and want to improve, and that improvement is possible, this book introduces a framework that applies the theory of self-regulated learning to guide second language writing teachers' response to...

Reading in Asian Languages is rich with information about how literacy works in the non-alphabetic writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) used by hundreds of millions of people and refutes the common Western belief that such systems are hard to...

This book shows every teacher - whatever your subject - the simple steps which could transform your students into better speakers, listeners, readers and writers. Harnessing a range of straightforward, but powerful techniques, it shows you how to help...

This book examines how the classroom can become a democratic space and is essential reading for anyone interested in multimodality, pedagogy & social justice.

This book has grown from a belief that the psychoanalytic exploration of literature and performances leads to a richer and fuller understanding of each individual's internal reality. It includes an exploration of narcissistic fantasies from various...

In dieser Arbeit werden Ansätze einer sprachwissenschaftlich-handlungsorientierten Theorie der Textproduktion entwickelt. Auf der Basis einer Darstellung und Kritik der vorliegenden, weitgehend dem kognitiven Paradigma verpflichteten Schreibforschung...

Patrice Robitaille, docteur de 3e cycle en linguistique (phonologie) de l'Université Laval à Québec, est directeur dans un collège privé de Montréal. En 1994, sous la direction de Pierre Martin, il a soutenu une thèse de doctorat qui porte sur les...

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, two-thirds of fourth graders are not reaching fluency benchmarks. But involved parents and caregivers can change that.Decode words and learn high frequency words with this fun book. Children...

Literacy and Reading Programmes for Children and Young People: Case Studies from Around the Globe presents interviews with over 40 librarians from around the world who tell of their library programs.

Offering a wealth of art-based practices, this volume invites readers to reimagine the joyful possibility and power of language and culture in language and literacy learning. Understanding art as a tool that can be used for decolonizing minds, the...

This groundbreaking book uncovers how anti-Black racism has informed and perpetuated anti-literacy laws, policies, and customs from the colonial period to the present day. This text is essential for scholars, students, and policymakers in literacy...

This text offers pre-service and in-service teachers pragmatic strategies for teaching middle-grades literacy in culturally proactive and sustaining ways. By demystifying big ideas and complex concepts, Domínguez and Seglem provide clear pathways and...

Ideal for literacy methods and elementary instruction courses, this book brings together three strands of educational practice-Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP), Disability Sustaining Pedagogy (DSP), and balanced literacy-to present a cohesive,...

This book offers a novel investigation of the Edwardian picture postcard as an innovative form of communication. It offers original insights into the historical and social context in which the postcard emerged; including how the postcard can reveal...

This book argues that identity as a term needs to be problematized, not taken for granted - for both the risks and the potential that the concept offers to educators for understanding issues of social inequality and how social inequality is being...

Leading Dynamic Information Literacy Programs delves into the library instruction coordinator's work. Each chapter is written by practicing coordinators, who share their experiences leading information literacy programs that are nimble, responsive, and...

This popular, comprehensive theory-to-practice text helps teachers understand the task of writing, L2 writers, the different pedagogical models used in current composition teaching, and reading-writing connections. Moving from general themes to specific...

Este libro contiene un análisis de las teorías sobre la enseñanza de la segunda lengua y la literatura. Cada capítulo ha sido escrito específicamente por un experto en la materia que ha hecho una extensa investigación sobre el tema. Los autores han...

"Hoe gewoner iemand is, des te meer zal zijn taal het stempel dragen van de gemeenschap waarin hij leeft" (Jespersen, 1946: 183). In dit werk wil ik een redelijk fonemisch systeem vinden voor de Midlands (in Engeland), vertegenwoordigd door Yorkshire, en...

This book is the translation of a dissertation in the field of English Literature at the Freie Universität Berlin. The approach of this book is to challenge the situation of the postcolonial theory as seen at the time of writing the book with five novels...

Wide Sargasso Sea: A Postcolonial Rewriting of Brontë's Jane Eyre Without doubt, the Victorian classic Jane Eyre has generated a number of intertexual references. Jean Rhys' Wide Sargasso Sea (WSS) has been regarded as the most famous rewriting of Jane...