Table of Contents: Preface
Part I: Theoretical issues and their educational implications
Chapter 1. Linguistic Mystery: A Challenge to Language and Literacy Education;pp. 3-11
(Thao Lę, Quynh Lę and Megan Short)
Chapter 2. War and Peace in Language and Literacy Discourse;pp. 13-21
(Thao Lę, Quynh Lę and Megan Short)
Chapter 3. Linguistic Complexity and its Relation to Language and Literacy Education;pp. 23-32
(Thao Lę, Yun Yue and Quynh Lę)
Chapter 4. The influence of theme theory in the assessment of English compositions;pp. 33-43
(Jingxia Liu and Thao Lę)
Chapter 5. The categories of learning theories in a holistic perspective and foreign language Education;pp. 45-56
(Muhlise Coūgun Ögeyik, Nur Cebeci, Sinem Dođruer and Esin Akyay)
Chapter 6. Micro and macro socializations in eal education: curriculum and classroom environment from the perspective of Vygotskys quantum psychology of language;pp. 57-68
(Charlotte Hua Liu)
Part II: Literacy Education In Context
Chapter 7. Primary school teachers views on grammar and literacy teaching;pp. 71-78
Thao Lę, Paul Throssell, Lauren Hoban and Sally Milbourne
Chapter 8. An exploration of teachers beliefs about grammar;pp. 79-90
(Megan Short)
Chapter 9. Challenges in leading for literacy in schools;pp. 91-105
(Geraldine Castleton, Timothy Moss and Sally Milbourne)
Chapter 10. The Use Of Language In The Mathematics Classroom;pp. 107-118
(Rosemary Callingham and Judith Falle)
Chapter 11. Responding to the challenge of transitioning children into effective literacy;pp. 119-131
(Ian Hay and Ruth Fielding-Barnsley)
Chapter 12. Classroom discourse: a critical analysis of Malay language lesson;pp. 133-152
Idris Aman and Rosniah Mustaffa)
Chapter 13. English Language Education at Schools in China: Reforms and Challenges;pp. 153-166
(Suxian Zhan)
Chapter 14. Is English language proficiency an appropriate discriminator for admission into higher institutions of learning?;pp. 167-179
(Clement Dlamini)
Chapter 15. The effect of linguality on metacognitive awareness of reading strategies;pp. 181-195
(Alireza Karbalaei)
Chapter 16. The challenge of reading comprehension;pp. 197-209
(Ian Hay and Gary Woolley)
Chapter 17. Testing English as a foreign language (EFL) in a communicative context;pp. 211-223
(Kent McClintock)
Chapter 18. L2 Vocabulary acquisition: Learning vocabulary with L1 and L2 learners;pp. 225-238
(Shanthi Nadarajan)
Part III: Socio-cultural aspects of language and literacy education
Chapter 19. Teaching culture through foreign language: issues and challenges;pp. 241-252
(Muhlise Coūgun Ögeyik)
Chapter 20. Street childrens English in a tourist discourse;pp. 253-262
(Mark Lę)
Chapter 21. Local identity meets global culture: Reflections on the myths and realities of Meaningful English language acquisition in Austrian communities;pp. 263-274
(Sibylle Gruber)
Chapter 22. Respelling and creativity in SMS: Challenges for literacy in the digital age;pp. 275-287
(Rotimi Taiwo)
Chapter 23. You have to be always thinking how to tell [your] story : English learners and digital stories at a south Chinese university;pp. 289-300
(Paul McPherron and Jen Nowicki Clark)
Chapter 24. Gender, self-perceived English proficiency and language learning strategies of Korean university students;pp. 301-311
(Frans J. Kruger)
Notes On The Authors;pp. 313-318
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