Learning English at School - Identity, Socio-material Relations and Classroom Practice

This revised edition discusses how insights from new materialism and posthumanism might be used in investigating second language learning and teaching in classrooms. With these new perspectives in mind, it updates the application of sociocultural theory to understanding how minority language background children learn English in their classrooms.

About the author

Kelleen Toohey is Professor Emerita, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Canada. Her recent research focuses on socio-material perspectives on language learning with a particular focus on early childhood language education. She is a co-author of Disrupting Boundaries in Education and Research (Cambridge University Press, 2017), Collaborative Research in Multilingual Classrooms (Multilingual Matters, 2009) and co-editor, with Bonny Norton, of Critical Pedagogies and Language Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

Summary

This revised edition discusses how insights from new materialism and posthumanism might be used in investigating second language learning and teaching in classrooms. With these new perspectives in mind, it updates the application of sociocultural theory to understanding how minority language background children learn English in their classrooms.

Product details

• Authors: Toohey, Kelleen Toohey, Toohey Kelleen
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781788920070
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-007-0
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; REFERENCE / Research, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language learning: specific skills, Language teaching theory & methods, Language teaching theory and methods, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, Research methods: general, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, Research methods / methodology