Jieun Kim – författare

This original book offers a meaningful window into the lived experiences of children from immigrant families, providing a holistic, profound portrait of their literacy practices as situated within social, cultural, and political frames. Drawing on reports from five years of an ongoing longitudinal research project involving students from immigrant families across their elementary school years, each chapter explores a unique set of questions about the students’ experiences and offers a rich data set of observations, interviews, and student-created artifacts. Authors apply different sociocultural, sociomaterial, and sociopolitical frameworks to better understand the dimensions of the children’s experiences. The multitude of approaches applied demonstrates how viewing the same data through distinct lenses is a powerful way to uncover the differences and comparative uses of these theories. Through such varied lenses, it becomes apparent how the complexities of lived experiences inform and improve our understanding of teaching and learning, and how our understanding of multifaceted literacy practices affects students’ social worlds and identities.

Children in Immigrant Families Becoming Literate is a much-needed resource for scholars, professors, researchers, and graduate students in language and literacy education, English education, and teacher education.

This original book offers a meaningful window into the lived experiences of children from immigrant families, providing a holistic, profound portrait of their literacy practices as situated within social, cultural, and political frames. Drawing on reports from five years of an ongoing longitudinal research project involving students from immigrant families across their elementary school years, each chapter explores a unique set of questions about the students’ experiences and offers a rich data set of observations, interviews, and student-created artifacts. Authors apply different sociocultural, sociomaterial, and sociopolitical frameworks to better understand the dimensions of the children’s experiences. The multitude of approaches applied demonstrates how viewing the same data through distinct lenses is a powerful way to uncover the differences and comparative uses of these theories. Through such varied lenses, it becomes apparent how the complexities of lived experiences inform and improve our understanding of teaching and learning, and how our understanding of multifaceted literacy practices affects students’ social worlds and identities.

Children in Immigrant Families Becoming Literate is a much-needed resource for scholars, professors, researchers, and graduate students in language and literacy education, English education, and teacher education.

The My Korean series of textbooks is user-friendly and accessible, taking a student-centered and interactive approach to learning Korean through popular culture. Engaging themes, real-life situations, and cultural insights allow learners to connect with all aspects of Korean life, from K-pop and dramas to authentic cuisine and travel experiences, while building a strong foundation in the language.

My Korean: Step 2 uses authentic dialogues based on real-life and interactive activities and tasks that encourage students'' active participation. The textbook is arranged thematically around topics that high-beginner- and intermediate-low-level learners of Korean are likely to encounter in their studies. Each lesson contains dialogues, definitions of new words, clear explanations of grammar and expressions, grammar-related exercises, task-based activities, cultural notes, and expanded vocabulary related to each theme. Video clips of lesson dialogues are also available as an online resource.

The engaging structure and communicative approach make My Korean: Step 2 an ideal textbook for beyond first-semester-level Korean courses and is a valuable resource for individual self-study and one-on-one or group tutorials on the Korean language and culture.

The My Korean series of textbooks is user-friendly and accessible, taking a student-centered and interactive approach to learning Korean through popular culture. Engaging themes, real-life situations, and cultural insights allow learners to connect with all aspects of Korean life, from K-pop and dramas to authentic cuisine and travel experiences, while building a strong foundation in the language.

My Korean: Step 2 uses authentic dialogues based on real-life and interactive activities and tasks that encourage students'' active participation. The textbook is arranged thematically around topics that high-beginner- and intermediate-low-level learners of Korean are likely to encounter in their studies. Each lesson contains dialogues, definitions of new words, clear explanations of grammar and expressions, grammar-related exercises, task-based activities, cultural notes, and expanded vocabulary related to each theme. Video clips of lesson dialogues are also available as an online resource.

The engaging structure and communicative approach make My Korean: Step 2 an ideal textbook for beyond first-semester-level Korean courses and is a valuable resource for individual self-study and one-on-one or group tutorials on the Korean language and culture.