Learning to Learn in a Second Language

Gibbons, Pauline

ISBN 10: 0909955999 / ISBN 13: 9780909955991

Published by Primary English Teaching Associa, 1991

About this Item

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning to Learn in a Second Language
• Publisher: Primary English Teaching Associa
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0909955999
• ISBN 13: 9780909955991
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 299.4 grams

About this title

Synopsis

[This] is a readable resource book which elementary bilingual teachers will find both insightful and practical.
- ESLEJ

Children from language backgrounds other than English represent a quarter of all our school population. Learning to Learn in a Second Language has been written specifically for all teachers of children for whom English is a second language, although it will be equally helpful to teachers of English speaking children.

The book is based on the assumption that the classroom program is a major resource for language development, and that a responsive program takes into account the fact that children are not only learning a new language, but that they are learning in that language as well. It exemplifies current theories of second language development through a wide range of strategies and practical suggestions for the classroom teacher.

About the Author

Pauline Gibbons taught postgraduate and undergraduate TESOL courses at the University of Technology, Sydney, for many years, and is now an Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. She is also an independent EL consultant and her work with teachers has taken her to Hong Kong, Sweden, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, China, South Africa, Marshall Islands, Iran, Germany, UK, and USA. She has published extensively in EL education, including Bridging Discourses in the ESL Classroom: students, teachers and researchers (Continuum, 2006), and two other Heinemann books: Learning to Learn in a Second Language (1993) and English Learners, Academic Literacy and Thinking: Learning in the Challenge Zone (2009).