Foreign Language Education : Books
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GENERAL MATERIALS:
foreign language education
second language acquisition
TEXTBOOKS:
In order to locate textbooks in the Library Catalog, you will first want to navigate to the Advanced Search tab, which can be located here.
In the Subject box, enter study and teaching. You may combine this search with an additional term to define the subject of the textbook (such as Spanish Language or French Language).
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Call Numbers
The general call number range for foreign language education materials is:
LB1580 (Teaching of Foreign Languages)
P51-57 (Linguistics)
PA 2087-2087.5 (Latin)
PB (Modern Languages)
PC 1112 (Italian)
PC2001-3761 (French)
PC4001-4977 (Spanish)
PF3001-3800 (German)
PG92-2117 (Russian)
PJ6123-6707 (Arabic)
PL520-4376 (Japanese, Chinese, Hmong, Lao, Vietnamese)
This is true for all MERIT locations: Professional, PreK-12, and Reference Stacks. Below are topical sections highlighting a few of the books at MERIT Library. There are many more general resource books and plenty of content-related books that you can find in the library catalog or by browsing the library;'s shelves in this call number range.
General Books about Foreign Language Education at MERIT Library
Please note that the following books represent only a sample of what is available at MERIT Library. In order to examine the collection in greater detail, please consult the Library Catalog or visit MERIT Library.
The art of foreign language teaching : improvisation and drama in teacher development and language learning by
Call Number: LB1578 L88 2007ISBN: 9783772082436
Critical Qualitative Research in Second Language Studies by Call Number: P118.2 C75 2011ISBN: 9781617353840Publication Date: 2011-03-01
Films, Graphic Novels and Visuals by Call Number: PE1128 A2 F49 2013ISBN: 9783643903907Publication Date: 2013-07-25
From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship by Call Number: LB1578 .B97 2008ISBN: 9781847690784Publication Date: 2008-06-15
Reflective Language Teaching by Call Number: P51 .F375 2007ISBN: 9780826496577Publication Date: 2008-01-06
Second Language Teaching by Call Number: LB1578 D36 2003ISBN: 1402014899Publication Date: 2003-09-30
Understanding Language Teaching by Call Number: P51 K883 2006ISBN: 9780805856767Publication Date: 2005-09-07
Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning, Second Edition by ISBN: 9780325056647Publication Date: 2014-10-08
Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century by
This volume incorporates the national standards for the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Classical Languages, French, German, Italian, Japanese Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Call Number: P57 U7 S725 2006ISBN: 9780970579812Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Technology Integration Books at MERIT Library
Brave New Digital Classroom: Technology and Foreign Language Learning by Call Number: LB1028.3 B55 2013 Professional StacksISBN: 9781589019768Publication Date: 2013-02-15
Foreign Language Learning with Digital Technology by Call Number: P53.28 .F67 2011 Professional StacksISBN: 1441104410Publication Date: 2011-07-07
