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Frame Work in Language and Literacy: How Theory Informs Practicereviewed by Guangwei Hu - 2004 Title: Frame Work in Language and Literacy: How Theory Informs Practice Author(s): Judith Felson Duchan Publisher: Guilford Press, New York ISBN: 1572309490, Pages: 240, Year: 2003 Search for book at Amazon.com When I received an invitation from TCR
to review Judith Felson Duchan’s latest book, Frame Work
in Language and Literacy: How Theory Informs Practice, I
immediately accepted the task, assuming that the book would be on
theory and practice in language education, an area that I have been
working on for years. But I realized I had made a mistake upon
receiving the book and glancing through the blurb and series
editors’ note. It is a book devoted to work on language and
literacy disabilities, a field that is outside my specialization.
The subject of language and literacy disabilities conjured up
esoteric medical theories, lengthy pathological diagnoses, tedious
therapeutic treatments, and mouthful terminology. I decided to
return the book to TCR with an apology. I also made up my
mind that I would plod through only one chapter for what I could
use to justify my decision in the letter of apology.
I did not stop at the end of Chapter 1,
though. To my surprise... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Guangwei Hu
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University E-mail Author GUANGWEI HU (Ph.D.) is an assistant professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His main research interests are psycholinguistics, second language acquisition, and language teacher education. His recent research has appeared or is forthcoming in journals including International Journal of Educational Reform, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural development, Language, Culture and Curriculum, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, and the Teachers College Record.
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