Language in the Schools : Integrating Linguistic Knowledge into K-12 Teaching

by Denham, Kristin; Lobeck, Anne; Mulder, Jean; Riegelhaupt, Florencia

• ISBN13: 9780805848144
• ISBN10: 0805848142
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-20
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistics Knowledge Into K-12 Teachingaddresses two important questions: *What aspects of linguistic knowledge are most useful for teachers to know? *What kinds of activities and projects are most effective in introducing those aspects of linguistic knowledge to K-12 students? The volume focuses on how basic linguistic knowledge can inform teachers' approaches to language issues in the multicultural, linguistically diverse classroom. The text also includes examples of practical applications of language awareness to pedagogy, assessment, and curriculum construction, which support the current goals of language arts, bilingual, and ESL education. Language in the Schools: Integrating Linguistics Knowledge Into K-12 Teachingcontributes to the resources on linguistics and education by taking prospective teachers beyond basic linguistics to ways in which linguistics can productively inform their teaching and raise their students' awareness of language. It is intended as a text for students in teacher education programs who have a basic knowledge of linguistics.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART I: HOW KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE CAN INFORM TEACHERS IN MULTICULTURAL, LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE CLASSROOMS
Linguistics and Education in Multilingual America	5	(12)
John Baugh
Embracing Diversity Through the Understanding of Pragmatics	17	(12)
Jin Sook Lee
Growing Up Shifting: Immigrant Children, Their Families, and the Schools	29	(12)
Susan Meredith Burt
Hua Yang
Language and Gender Matters in the Classroom	41	(14)
Kathryn A. Remlinger
``My Teacher Says . . . ,'' Mastery of English and the Creole Learner	55	(16)
Alicia Beckford Wassink
The Relevance of Linguistic Analysis to the Role of Teachers as Decision Makers	71	(16)
Jean Ann
Long Peng
A Positive Sign: An Overview of the Benefits of Signing in the Classroom	87	(10)
Lynn S. Mancini
A Critical Approach to Standard English	97	(12)
Anne Lobeck
Bilingualism: Myths and Realities	109	(12)
Patricia MacGregor-Mendoza
Spanish Maintenance and English Literacy: Mexican-Descent Children's Spanish and English Narratives	121	(18)
Robert Bayley
Sandra R. Schecter
PART II: INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE OF LANGUAGE INTO K-12 TEACHING
Spelling Stories: A Way to Teach the History of English	139	(10)
Anne Curzan
Teaching Students About Language Change, Language Endangerment, and Language Death	149	(12)
Kristin Denham
Language as a Reflection of Our Social and Physical World: What Students Can Learn From Metaphor	161	(10)
Janet M. D. Higgins
Contrastive Analysis and Codeswitching: How and Why to Use the Vernacular to Teach Standard English	171	(10)
Rebecca S. Wheeler
English LIVEs: Language In Variation Exercises for Today's Classrooms	181	(10)
Kirk Hazen
Developing Savvy Writers by Analyzing Grammar Rants	191	(18)
Patricia A. Dunn
Kenneth Lindblom
Linguistics as a Tool in Teaching Fiction Writing	209	(14)
Donna Jo Napoli
Applications of Corpus Linguistics in the English Language Classroom	223	(12)
Tony T. N. Hung
English Gairaigo: Learning About Language Structure From the Margins of Japanese	235	(12)
Anca M. Nemoianu
Opening Dictionaries to Investigation	247	(12)
Anne Curzan
About the Authors	259	(6)
Author Index	265	(6)
Subject Index	271