Critical Reading in Language Education

Addressed to researchers in Applied Linguistics, and to professional teachers working in, or studying teaching and learning processes in, multilingual classrooms, Critical Reading in Language Education offers a distinctive contribution to the question of how foreign language learners can be helped to acquire effective literacy in English. At the heart of the book is first-hand classroom research by the author as both teacher and researcher, demonstrating an innovative research methodology and empirical evidence to support a critical reading pedagogy.

Author Biography

CATHERINE WALLACE is Reader in Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She teaches on the MA TESOL at the Institute and is the co-ordinator of an Advanced Diploma in Minority Ethnic Achievement. She has a number of publications in the field of early literacy and the teaching of reading to learners of English as a second or foreign language. These include: Learning to Read in a Multicultural Society: The Social Context of Second Language Literacy (1988) and Reading (1992).