How myths about language affect education
Subtitle: what every teacher should know
By: David Johnson.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9780472032877
Subjects: Language acquisition -- Study and teaching; Language and education; Linguistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-106) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. Myths about language in general.; title: Some languages and dialects are better than others; title: Grammar usage reflects a person's moral character; title: Languages and dialects are determined by race; title: Languages have one correct form, and this form should not change; title: 2. Myths about first language acquisition.; title: Parents teach children language, and children learn it through imitation; title: "Parentese" slows language development; title: Children benefit from having their language corrected; title: Television aids language development in children; title: 3. Myths about second language acquisition.; title: Recent immigrants to the United States learn English more slowly than previous generations of immigrants; title: Young L2 learners should be completely immersed in English; title: Smart people are better second language learners; title: Grammar has no place in second language instruction; title: Listening and reading are the easiest skills to acquire in a second language; title: 4. Myths about language and society.; title: Some people do not speak in a dialect; title: Declaring English as the official language will unify the country; title: Television, movies, and the Internet are aiding in the disappearance of dialects; title: 5. Myths about language and thinking.; title: Language determines how we think; title: Politics, popular culture, and technology are corrupting English by limiting many traditional forms of English; title: Epilogue