This book is a collection essays on language teaching-learning. The book offers substantial ideas regarding the methods of language teaching in inclusive education. The book also discusses the methods used for teaching learning procedures to children who have learning disorders and disabilities. These essays are held together by the idea of treating multilingualism as an asset and not a hindrance in language acquisition.
Rama Kant Agnihotri is currently working with Vidya Bhawan Society, Udaipur; he is interested in Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Sociolinguistics and Research Methods and has been working with several NGOs across India in the area of primary education.
Anju S. Gupta is a professor of English in IGNOU and her interests are ELT, Applied Linguistics as well as Sociolinguistics. She has written many books on Grammar and speaking-listening skills.
Amrit Lal Khanna, formerly an Associate Professor in University of Delhi, is interested in Applied Linguistics and ELT. After teaching in the field of ELT for several years, he is an ELT consultant at present.
Contents 1. Introduction 2. Translation and Multilingual Education Kathleen Heugh 3. Innovations in Research and Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms Mukul Saxena 4. Teaching Hindi as a Less Commonly Taught Language in North America Rajesh Kumar 5. Linguistic and Cultural Diversity and Language Teaching—with a Specific Focus on the Teaching of Reading and Writing to Young Learners Keerti Jayaram 6. Teaching Language and Achieving Literacy: Interfering with Learning, or Guiding it? R. Amritavalli 7. ‘Speaking of Food: Apple…ice-cream…posto…pesta…roti…’ Rimli Bhattacharya 8. General Semantics, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Language in the Classroom Pramod Pandey and Aruna Kornana 9. Reformulation as a Technique for Teaching Writing Yasmeen Lukmani and B. Samal 10. Karaoke: A Powerful Tool to Improve Reading Skills Aarti M. Punjabi and Yasmeen Lukmani 11. The Role of ‘Noticing’ In Learning Grammar Vijaya John Kohli 12. Exploring Multiple Intelligences through Storytelling in the Classroom Shefali Ray 13. Language Teaching in Inclusive Education Santosh Kumar 14. Language Teaching and Learning for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Shubhangi Vaidya and Merry Barua
Index List of Figures and Tables Figures 7.1 Mustafa 7.2 Making a ruumali roti 8.1 Results based on Personality type (in percentage) 8.2 Results based on attitude preferences (in percentage) 8.3 Results based on attitude preferences (in percentage) Tables 8.1 The four MBTI dichotomies and facets 8.2 Communication facets of the MBTI dichotomies 8.3 The distribution of personality types among the participants before the NLP workshop 8.4 The distribution of personality types among the participants after the NLP workshop 9.1 Performance of the Experimental Group (original scripts) (EO) Experimental Group (rewritten versions) (ER) and Control Group (C)9.2 Improvement in scores from Exercise I to VII in the Experimental Group Original Script, Experimental Group Rewritten Version and Control Group: Original Script
10.1 Comparison of pre-test and post-test scores on reading comprehension 10.2 Gains from pre-test to post-test for all questions 10.3 Gains from pre-test to post-test for factual and inferential questions 10.4 Reading speed at the pre-test and post-test levels