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Language learning in new English contexts : studies of acquisition and development /

This edited volume is dedicated to the exploration of English language acquisition and development outside of the largely monolingual environments of North America, the United Kingdom and Australia. Specifically, the studies investigate different facets of English language learning in Singapore, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Silver, Rita, Goh, Christine Chuen Meng, Lubna Alsagoff
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • English acquisition and development in multilingual Singapore / Rita E. Silver, Christine C.M. Goh and Lubna Alsagoff
  • Learning English in Singapore : pronunciation targets and norms / Madalena Cruz-Ferreira
  • Talking beyond the here-and-now : preschoolers' use of decontextualized language / Christine C.M. Goh and Grace Ho Li Jun
  • Listening strategies of Singaporean primary students / Peter Y. Gu, Guangwei Hu and Lawrence J. Zhang
  • Asian pedagogy : scaffolding in a Singaporean English classroom / Viniti Saish and Chitra Shegar
  • Language development in Singapore classrooms : a corpus-based description of the 'school variety' / Paul Doyle
  • Metaphorization in Singaporean student writing : a corpus-based study / Libo Guo and Huaqing Hong
  • The development of the past tense in Singapore English / Lubna Alsagoff, Dennis Yap and Violet Yip
  • The contribution of process drama to iproved results in English oral communication / Madonna Stinson and Kelly Freebody
  • A profile of an adolescent reader in Singapore : the literacy repertoire in third space / Wendy Bokhorst-Heng and Jeanne Wolf.