Description: This book provides educators with foundational knowledge on how students' native languages influence their learning of English language and literacy through theoretically guided tangible resources promoting educators' understanding of linguistically responsive instructional strategies.
Brief description: Jieun Kiaer is Professor in Korean Language and Linguistics at the University of Oxford, UK. She is the author of Pragmatic Syntax (2014), Pragmatic Particles: Findings from Asian Languages (2020), Emoji Speak (2023), The Future of Syntax: Asian Perspectives in an AI Age (2023) and Conversing in the Metaverse: The Embodied Future of Online Communication (2024), all published with Bloomsbury Academic.
Review Quotes: "This book provides teacher candidates and practicing teachers a rich collection of chapters that will support their work with English language learners. Unique is the inclusion of cross-linguistic analyses of a wide range of different languages used by English language learners in U.S. schools (including Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Urdu). Each chapter's focus on how linguistic similarities and differences affect English as a second language learning and the implications for teaching makes this book an excellent resource." --Ester J. de Jong