Room for Talk: Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual KindergartenThis book features and experienced ESL teacher who believes in the potential of her kindergarten second-language learners and uses identifiable strategies to maximize it. Illustrating how to make constructive use of "what children bring to the table" this volume promotes sound early childhood educational practice in any classroom. |
Contents
Capitalizing on Teacher Talk | 5 |
The ESL KindergartenA Room for Talk | 12 |
Establishing Intersubjectivity | 29 |
Ways of Turning Toward the Topic | 42 |
Robert Getting Pulled into Play in English | 75 |
Conclusions and Implications | 88 |
Transcription Conventions | 101 |
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Room for Talk: Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual Kindergarten Rebekah Fassler No preview available - 2003 |
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