English Literacy Instruction for Chinese Speakers

Barry Lee Reynolds · Mark Feng Teng

May 2019 · Springer

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382

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Written with an emphasis on instruction, policy, practice, and assessment, this book focuses on English literacy at the pre-primary/primary, secondary, and university level, and discusses literacy policies in the region. An easy-to-read, solidly grounded book, it offers practical, thought provoking resources for classroom teachers and educators. It notably features explanations of key literacy skills, up-to-date research findings, and classroom applications that are contextualized for mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. This book provides pre-service and in-service teachers, English classroom practitioners, language teacher educators, literacy researchers, and students in research/teacher training programs a core set of instructional techniques on how to incorporate literacy-related ideas into English language classrooms. A valuable pedagogical resource for teaching and learning L2/EFL literacy, this book also highlights discussions on language and literacy policies and new examples of actual classroom teachers that have put English literacy instruction into practice.

About the author

Barry Lee Reynolds is Assistant Professor of English Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Macau, Macau SAR, China. His extensive list of over 50 publications includes journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, conference papers, and edited books. He has taught EGP, EAP, ESP and trained language teachers in the USA, Taiwan, and Macau.

Mark Feng Teng is a PhD candidate in Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China. His professional interests include writing, vocabulary, and identity research. He has published over 40 articles in international flagship journals, including TESOL Quarterly, Applied Linguistics, and Language Teaching Research, among others. Currently, he is serving as a guest editor for several international journals.

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