Teachers' beliefs about English language learners in the mainstream classroom: A review of the literature

SK Pettit - International Multilingual Research Journal, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This literature review on teachers' beliefs about English language learners (ELLs) in
mainstream classrooms is organized into three sections:(a) inservice teachers' existing …

The learning and use of academic English words

D Corson - Language learning, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines the learning and use of academic English words by students who differ
socioculturally. It argues that the Graeco‐Latin vocabulary of English, which dominates the …

[BOOK][B] Rethinking the education of multilingual learners: A critical analysis of theoretical concepts

J Cummins - 2021 - books.google.com
Over the past 40 years, Jim Cummins has proposed a number of highly influential theoretical
concepts, including the threshold and interdependence hypotheses and the distinction …

[CITATION][C] Language, power and pedagogy: Bilingual children in the crossfire

J Cummins - Multilingual Matters, 2000 - books.google.com
As linguistic diversity increases in countries around the world, policy-makers and educators
are faced with complex and conflictual issues regarding appropriate ways of educating a …

[BOOK][B] Second language learning and language teaching

V Cook - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
Second Language Learning and Language Teaching provides an introduction to the
application of second language acquisition research to language teaching. Assuming no …

[BOOK][B] An introduction to second language acquisition research

D Larsen-Freeman, MH Long - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
Understanding how people learn and fail to learn second and foreign languages is
increasingly recognised as a critical social and psycholinguistic issue. Second languages …

A national study of school effectiveness for language minority students' long-term academic achievement

W Thomas, V Collier - 2002 - escholarship.org
Our research from 1985 to 2001 has focused on analyzing the great variety of education
services provided for language minority (LM) students in US public schools and the resulting …

[PDF][PDF] Syllabus design

D Nunan - 1988 - vulms.vu.edu.pk
Syllabus Design demonstrates, in a practical way, the principles involved in planning and
designing an effective syllabus. It examines important concepts such as needs analysis …

[BOOK][B] Bilingualism in education: Aspects of theory, research and practice

J Cummins, M Swain - 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Applied Linguistics and Language Study General Editor: CN Candlin
Page 3 APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE STUDY General Editor Professor Christopher …

[PDF][PDF] BICS and CALP: Empirical and theoretical status of the distinction

J Cummins - Encyclopedia of language and education, 2008 - eclass.upatras.gr
The distinction between basic interpersonal communicative skills (BICS) and cognitive
academic language proficiency (CALP) was introduced by Cummins (1979, 1981a) in order …