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Andrews, Stephen – Language Awareness, 2003
This paper provides an introduction to teacher language awareness (TLA) and a personal reconceptualisation of the relationship between TLA and other dimensions of teacher knowledge, revisiting issues discussed in Andrews (2001). In the first part of the paper, knowledge of subject matter is identified as the core of TLA. Given the increased…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teacher Characteristics, Metalinguistics
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Andrews, Stephen – Language Awareness, 2006
The paper focuses on the development of teacher thinking, specifically L2 teachers' subject-matter cognitions, i.e. their Teacher Language Awareness (TLA) (see e.g. Andrews 2001, 2003). The study examines the evolving TLA, as it relates to grammar, of three teachers, each a graduate with more than 10 years' experience of teaching English in Hong…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Teaching Methods
Naidoo, Beverley – 1990
This paper reviews the role of black experience in worldwide literature, focusing primarily on particular texts from the viewpoint of colonial whites in South Africa. Black people were represented as savages, comic buffoons, or faithful servants and slaves; all three representations dehumanized, rationalized, and justified the oppression of black…
Descriptors: African History, Apartheid, Black Achievement, Black Influences
Rosberg, Merilee – 1995
This report describes a project that used children's literature to introduce 6- and 7-year-old children (n=25) in the United States to other languages to arouse their interest in finding out more about language. Most of the children were monolingual and spoke English; two boys spoke some Spanish. The study was conducted to see if young children's…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
Girard, Denis – 1990
It is argued that teaching and learning a second language for communicative competence should not lead to neglect of students' understanding of the way the language works, but rather should include constant development of language awareness. While use of the language in a variety of communicative activities is the central goal of instruction,…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Edge, Julian, Ed. – 2001
Chapter titles in this book include the following: "Attitude and Access: Building a New Teaching/Learning Community in TESOL" (Julian Edge); "Here It Is, Rough Though It May Be: Basic Computer for ESL" (Alison Perkins); "An 'It's Not Action Research Yet, but I'm Getting There' Approach to Teaching Writing" (Neil Cowie); "Early Reflections:…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Language Research
Labercane, George; Griffith, Bryant; Feurerverger, Grace – 1997
This paper traces the development of Language Awareness and Critical Language Awareness from their development in the United Kingdom to the Canadian school context and beyond. The term "Language Awareness" (LA), a feature of the British educational system since the 1972 establishment of national study of literacy in classrooms in the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Li, Wenling, Ed.; Gaffney, Janet S., Ed.; Packard, Jerome L., Ed. – 2002
This book provides comprehensive resources for the critical discussion of major issues in learning to read Chinese from a child acquisition perspective. It is divided into 4 parts and 11 chapters. Part 1, "Theoretical Perspectives on Learning to Read" includes "Current Issues in Learning To Read Chinese" (Ovid J.L. Tzeng),…
Descriptors: Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Acquisition
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Valero-Garces, Carmen – English for Specific Purposes, 1996
Presents a contrastive text-linguistic study of rhetorical differences between texts written by academics with different cultural backgrounds, but using as a means of expression the same language: English. Results indicate that Anglo-American writers use more metatext than Spanish-speaking writers, seem more concerned with orienting the reader,…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Background, Discourse Analysis
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de Bot, Kees – Language Learning, 1996
Elucidates the psycholinguistic mechanics of the "output hypothesis" and argues that output serves an important role in second language acquisition because it generates specific input the cognitive system needs to build up a coherent set of knowledge. The article hypothesizes that the locus of the effect of output is in the transition of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Knowledge Level, Language Fluency, Learning Processes
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Hoffman, Paul R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
This article describes a functional approach to language intervention that uses storybook reading contexts with preschool children who exhibit delayed phonological development. Oral scaffolding techniques, including discussions of narrative structure and content words, provide the modeling and metalinguistic descriptions typically used in…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Delayed Speech, Language Acquisition, Metalinguistics
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Lin, Yue-Hong; Hedgcock, John – Language Learning, 1996
Analyzes the incorporation patterns of well-educated, but low proficiency, Chinese immigrants (n=4) to Spain and of high-proficiency Chinese university students (n=4) with extensive formal training in Spanish. Findings reveal that whereas the university students showed awareness of error and successfully incorporated native speakers' corrections,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Error Correction
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Bruck, Maggie; Genesee, Fred – Journal of Child Language, 1995
This study compared the performance of English-speaking children attending French schools (bilingual group) on phonological awareness tests with same age English-speaking children attending English schools. Results of the study are interpreted to reflect the role of second-language input in phonological awareness. (JL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, English, Foreign Countries
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Frankel, M. A. – Language Awareness, 1994
Discusses recent trends in the language awareness (LA) movement among teachers and researchers: (1) concern with process instead of product; (2) the role and value of translation; (3) the role of teachers; (4) relationships between learning and thinking; (5) ways of developing LA among learners; and (6) the importance of teacher education in…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Language Teachers
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Hodgson, James – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
In response to Sawyer (EC 602 748), this article provides evidence from cognitive neuropsychological case reports that does not support the strong metalinguistic hypothesis, which contends that explicit, conscious mastery of the relationship between phonology and orthography is a necessary (and perhaps sufficient) precondition for the development…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
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