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1 online resource (xi, 215 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 uses this experience to forge connections with other New English contexts. Using empirical data drawn from a range of language classrooms, the contributors emphasise the place of education within a global framework of English language learning. In so doing they examine economic, social and politica. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition.
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Second language acquisition. |
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English language -- Acquisition.
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English language -- Acquisition. |
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English language -- Singapore.
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English language. |
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Singapore. |
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English language -- Variation -- Singapore.
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English language -- Variation. |
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Silver, Rita.
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Goh, Christine Chuen Meng.
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Lubna Alsagoff.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Language learning in new English contexts. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 9780826498458 (DLC) 2009279038 (OCoLC)427610251 |
| ISBN |
9781441151520 (electronic book) |
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1441151524 (electronic book) |
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1282874896 |
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9781282874893 |
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9780826498458 |
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0826498450 |
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