Language Lessons: Stories for Teaching and Learning English
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In today’s linguistically diverse classrooms, it is essential for teachers to understand the needs of students who are acquiring English as an additional language. A firm knowledge of theoretical and practical issues must be paired with a deep understanding of the human side of language learning. Language Lessons: Stories for Teaching and Learning English is a short story anthology that offers valuable insight into the inner lives of language learners. A wide variety of linguistic backgrounds is represented in the collection, and the stories examine language learning issues over a broad range of time, highlighting cultural, political, and social realities that can shape the language learning experiences of children and adults. This volume can be used in a variety of education settings including undergraduate and graduate courses in TESOL, Literacy Studies, and Language Arts and faculty development workshops. Suggestions for guiding written responses to the material are given, and questions encourage readers to reflect on each story and to explore the multifaceted connections among stories.
The Role of Stories in Educational Settings 1Colonial Encounters 13The School Days of an Indian Girl (Zitkala-Sa) 14Chike's School Days (Chinua Achebe) 30Kura (Patricia Grace) 35Fourth Grade Ukus (Marie Hara) 46Childhood Transformations 61Speaking Saskatchewan (Rudy Wiebe) 62Inside Out (Francisco Jimenez) 66Show and Tell (Andrew Lam) 73The Unforgetting (Lan Samantha Chang) 85Adult Education 101The Rather Baffling Case of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N (Leo Rosten) 102The English Lesson (Nicholasa Mohr) 116English as a Second Language (Lucy Honig) 132Nothing in Our Hands but Age (Raquel Puig Zaldivar) 145What Do You Know About Friends? (Lily Brett) 157Private Lessons 165The German Refugee (Bernard Malamud) 166Private Lesson (Lindsley Cameron) 179English Lessons (Shauna Singh Baldwin) 197Albert and Esene (Frances Khirallah Noble) 202Prisoner with a Dictionary (Linh Dinh) 210Questions for Reflection and Analysis across the Stories 214
