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Essential Linguistics: What You Need to Know to Teach Reading, ESL, Spelling, Phonics, and Grammar
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Essential Linguistics: What You Need to Know to Teach Reading, ESL, Spelling, Phonics, and Grammarby David E. Freeman and Yvonne S. Freeman
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Great linguistic book for teachers, March 29, 2006 Reviewer:Wolf Finkbeiner "wolffink" (Fayetteville, Arkansas) - Freeman & Freeman have hit a great niche with their book. I don't want or need, a complex linguistics book in the style of Chomsky. Freeman & Freeman take language research and package the relevant "real-world" findings so they will be of use for teachers. Although my interest is for English as a Second (ESL) teachers, I believe every teacher is concerned with literacy, and Freeman & Freeman's book covers what teachers need to know concerning phonics v. whole word instruction, spelling, and grammar. Freeman & Freeman seem to belong to the Stephen Krashen school of language and reading. This is a plus for me, but for Krashen-haters, it probably wouldn't be, and they should look elsewhere. This is "baby" linguistics book--you won't get a section on Chomsky's generative grammar here. I think it would be a good companion volume along with VanPatten's "From Input to Output"--which is a slim volume solely concerned with second language acquisition and has the same conversational tone--and--this is important--their teaching advice and philosophy meshes.
Book Description
In this unique linguistics course-in-a-book, David and Yvonne Freeman explain essential linguistic concepts in a thorough, but manageable manner and show the connections between linguistic theory and classroom practice
About The Author
DAVID FREEMAN is a professor of reading in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education at the University of Texas at Brownsville Texas Southmost College. Together with Yvonne Freeman, they have authored eight books with Heinemann. YVONNE FREEMAN is a professor of bilingual education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education at the University of Texas at Brownsville Texas Southmost College. Together with David Freeman, they have authored eight books with Heinemann.
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