Teachers' roles in second language learning : classroom applications of sociocultural theory / edited by Bogum Yoon and Hoe Kyeung Kim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yoon, Bogum, editor.

Kim, Hoe Kyeung, editor.

Series:

Research in second language learning.

Research in second language learning

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

English language.

Language and languages--Study and teaching--Social aspects.

Language and languages.

Education, Bilingual.

Code switching (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is designed to provide practical applications of sociocultural theory with regard to teachers' roles in second language education. By providing specific examples of teachers' roles in the classroom, the book aims to help researchers, teacher educators, and classroom teachers make clear connections between practice and theory in second language learning. All the studies in this edited book are conducted in the PreK-16 classroom setting. Each chapter presents rigorous research analysis within the framework of sociocultural theory and provides rich descriptions of teachers' roles.The book is intended to be used in teacher education courses. The primary audience of the book is in-service teachers who work with second language learners (SLLs) in their classrooms including ESL/Bilingual classrooms or regular classrooms. Since many SLLs receive instructions both in the ESL/Bilingual classrooms and in the regular classrooms, it is important to discuss teachers' roles in both settings. The secondary audience of the book is teacher educators and researchers who work with pre-service and in-service teachers in teacher education. This book will be an excellent resource for book study groups and practitioners working with professional learning communities.

Contents:

Foreword by leo van lier

Introduction: Sociocultural theory as a theoretical framework for understanding teachers' roles in second language learning / Bogum Yoon and Hoe Kyeung Kim

Part I. Linguistic perspectives

Chapter 1. How teacher talk can guide student exploratory talk: Communication, conjecture, and connections in a fourth and fifth grade ell classroom / Maureen P. Boyd

Chapter 2. Mediating meaning in interaction: Researching the connection between professional development and teacher practice / José David Herazo and Richard Donato

Chapter 3. Mediating learning and negotiating curricular ideologies in a fourth grade bilingual classroom / Lara J. Handsfield

Chapter 4. Teacher and students' use of gesture as a meaning-making affordance for second language learning / Alessandro Rosborough

Chapter 5. Teacher discourse and code choice in a Swedish efl classroom / Kristy Beers Fägersten

Chapter 6. How do teachers participate, mediate, and intervene in the coconstruction of language knowledge during learner interactions? / Melinda Martin-Beltrán

Part II. Cultural perspectives

Chapter 7. Teacher's use of funds of knowledge to promote class participation and engagement in an efl context / Hoe Kyeung Kim and Soyoung Lee

Chapter 8. Teachers' roles in facilitating novice writers from generation 1.5 / Paula M. Carbone

Chapter 9. Teachers' cultural inclusivity and ells' participation in language and literacy activities / Bogum Yoon

Chapter 10. Working with preschool English language learners: A sociocultural approach / Joyce Bezdicek and Georgia Earnest García

Part III. Social perspectives

Chapter 11. Teacher discourse and peer interaction in linguistically diverse classrooms / Ester J. de Jong

Chapter 12. An esl instructor's strategic teaching in a collaborative learning community / Eun-Jeong Kim

Chapter 13. Teachers' roles and mediating strategies of learners' engagement in the l2 classroom / Jennifer R. Smiley and Marta Antón

Chapter 14. Second grade esl literacy success in a U.S. Mainstream classroom / Amma Akrofi, Carole Janisch, Amira Zebidi, and Karla Lewis

About the contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-61735-849-5

OCLC:

923177310