Watch Your Language: Mother Tongue And Her Wayward Children
Most language mavens seem to come not to praise English, but to bury it; they constantly warn us of the imminent demise of our mother tongue. Not to worry, says Robert Gorrell. In this lively, playful celebration of the joys and power of language, he points to all the signs that show English to be alive and well, and, like any other living thing, constantly evolving. Gorrell's goal is not so much to chastise the errant speaker or writer as it is to foster an appreciation of words and the best ways to use them.
A novel of surveillance and threat, amnesia and obsession, rivalry and sexuality, parents and children - and the long-buried secret that links them all in deadly chain.
This book offers an exciting new perspective on language socialization in Latino families. Tackling mainstream views of childhood and the role and nature of language socialization, leading researchers and teacher trainers provide a historical, political, and cultural context for the language attitudes and socialization practices that help determine what and how Latino children speak, read, and write. Representing a radical departure from the ways in which most educators have been taught to think about first language acquisition and second language learning, this timely volume:
A lively TV-magazine programme for children. Key features: A team of young presenters offers an original mix of reports on British culture, and performs comedy sketches, games, quizzes, and songs. Activity Book wanted
