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And Then There Were Two: Children and Second-Language Learning

And Then There Were Two: Children and Second-Language Learning
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Terry Piper's insights into the language-learning process will provide invaluable encouragement and guidance.

Review:

The author presents vital concepts that support the practitioner in making informed instructional decisions.Mark Gura in Educational Leadership

Description:

Includes bibliographical references.

About the Author

TERRY PIPER is a former high school English and ESL teacher. She holds a doctorate in linguistics and is Vice-President, Education, of the Open Learning Agency and Provost of the British Columbia Open University. Terry was Dean of the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto, and has worked in the United States, Canada and China, focusing on teacher education - and the education of teachers of English as a second language in particular. She is committed to public education and to removing the barriers that face many learners, particularly immigrants. Terry Piper has published more than three dozen articles and two books. When she isn't working, she writes fiction, cooks and plays with her cats, who are gradually taking over the Piper household and putting her at risk of becoming an eccentric cat lover.

Table of Contents

Children's Second Language Learning

Learning Styles and Strategies

Languages They Know and the Language They Learn

Helping ESL Children with Special Needs

Planning Programs

Bibliography

Product Details

ISBN:
9780887511004
Subtitle:
Children and Second-Language Learning
Publisher:
Pippin Publishing
Author:
Piper, Terry
Location:
Toronto
Subject:
English language
Subject:
Children
Subject:
Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts
Subject:
Cognition in children
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
2nd ed. rev. & expanded.
Series:
The Pippin teacher's library
Series Volume:
no. 197
Publication Date:
20011003
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
8.98x6.00x.35 in. .49 lbs.
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