Section I. The language learner
1. Who is learning language(s) in today's schools? / Verónica E. Valdez and Rebecca M. Callahan
2. As learners acquire language / Courtney B. Cazden
3. When learners speak two or more languages / Kathy Escamilla and Susan Hopewell
4. Research on diverse students in culturally and linguistically complex language arts classrooms / Arnetha F. Ball, Allison Skerrett, and Ramón Antonio Martínez
5. Crossing borders with language: teachers and the transformative potential of professional development opportunities / María E. Fránquiz and Ellen Pratt
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Section II. Context for language learning
6. Early literacy development: merging perspectives that influence practice / Lesley Mandel Morrow and Susan Dougherty
7. The development of literacy in the elementary school / Dorothy Strickland and Dianna Townsend
8. Language arts learning in the middle grades / Joyce E. Many, Mary Ariail, and Dana L. Fox
9. The context of English language arts learning: the high school years / Thomas W. Bean and Helen Harper
10. Context specific literacy instruction / Ernest Morrell
11. Adult literacy: a review from two perspectives / Bill Muth and Kristen H. Perry
12. Variation in language and the use of language across contexts: implications for literacy teaching and learning / Cynthia H. Brock, Fenice B. Boyd, and Julie L. Pennington
13. Family literacy on the defensive: the defunding of Even Start: omen or opportunity? / Jeanne R. Paratore and David B. Yaden Jr.
14. Out-of-school literacy contexts / Lalitha Vasudevan and Kelly Wissman
15. Literacy education in the context of globalisation / Allan Luke, Radha Iyer, and Catherine Doherty
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Section III. History and theoretical perspectives
16. Integrating the elementary language arts: an historical perspective / E. Jennifer Monaghan and Douglas K. Hartman
17. The consideration of costs in improving literacy / Henry M. Levin
18. Alignment of cognitive processes in reading with motivations for reading / John T. Guthrie, Ana Taboada, and Allan Wigfield
19. Sociocultural theory: expanding the aims and practices of language arts education / Patricia Enciso and Caitlin Ryan
20. English language learners: language and relationships / Robert T. Jiménez ... [et al.]
21. Literary theories and teaching of English language arts / Richard Beach and Thomas Swiss
22. Education policy and the language arts / Timothy Shanahan
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Section IV. The many faces of texts
23. Transforming English language arts in a web 2.0 world / Richard Beach, Glynda Hull, and David O'Brien
24. Literacy and ICT in the early years / Rachael Levy and Jackie Marsh
25. The material and the situated: what multimodality and new literacy studies do for literacy research / Jennifer Roswell and Kate Pahl
26. Media literacy / Stacie L. Tate
27. Critical literacy, critical engagement, and digital technology: convergence and embodiment in global spheres / Karen E. Wohlwend and Cynthia Lewis
28. Making visual analysis critical / Paggy Albers, Vivian Vasquez, and Jerome C. Harste
29. Webs of significance: semiotic perspectives on text / Marjorie Siegel and Deborah Wells Rowe
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Section V. Teaching the English language arts
30. Tracing instructional tensions in the teaching of the English language arts: a primer / George G. Hruby, Sylvia Read, and Melanie Landon-Hays
31. I know I can!: teacher self-efficacy in the English language arts classroom / Megan Tschannen-Moran and Bronwyn MacFarlane
32. Teaching for transformation: drama and language arts education / Brian Edmiston
33. Teaching phonetic awareness and phonics in the language arts classroom: a developmental approach / Linnea C. Ehri
34. The art and science of teaching reading fluency / Timothy Rasinski
35. Teaching spelling in the English/language arts classroom / Shane Templeton
36. Vocabulary instruction: three contemporary issues / Peter J. Fisher, Camille L.Z. Blachowicz, and Susan Watts-Taffe
37. Comprehension: the cooperation of many forces / Douglas Fisher, Diane Lapp, and Nancy Frey
38. Students' literary responses / Nancy Roser, Miriam Martínez, and Karen Wood
39. K-12 students as writers: research and practice / Jane Hansen and Brian Kissel
40. Critical literacy as comprehension: understanding at deeper levels / Maureen McLaughlin and Glenn DeVoogd
41. Passive dupes, code breakers, or savvy users: theorizing media literacy education in English language arts / Renee Hobbs and Michael RobbGrieco
42. The relevance of rhetoric / Nancy Nelson
43. Grammar and literacy learning / Meg Gebhard and J.R. Martin
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Section VI. Assessment of English language arts teaching and learning
44. Diversity and English language arts assessment / Peter Afflerbach and Summer Clark
45. Assessment frameworks for teaching and learning English language arts in a digital age / Julie Coiro and Jill Castek
46. Authentic professional development and assessment for language arts teachers in capacity for change / Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt and Sunita Singh
47. Assessing every child: using purposeful language arts assessments in diverse classrooms / Jennifer D. Turner and Chrystine C. Hoeltzel
48. Issues in the assessment of culturally and linguistically diverse students with special needs / Janette K. Klingner, KaiLonnie Dunsmore, and Patricia Edwards
49. Assessing the English language learner (ELL) / Lee Gunderson, Dennis Murphy Odo, and Reginald D'Silva
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Section VII. Methods of research on teaching the English language arts
50. Complexity, multiplicity, timeliness, and substantive engagement: methodologies for researching the teaching of the English language arts / David Bloome, Thandeka Chapman, and Peter Freebody
51. Research as praxis: documenting the dialectical relationship between theory and practice / Steven Z. Athanses
52. Policy and research in the English language arts: massive, inclusive, and artful design choices / Peter Freebody
53. Ethnographic research in teaching and learning the English language arts: studying the cultural contexts of teaching and learning the English language arts / Gemma Moss
54. Analyzing text and talk through critical discourse analysis / Stephanie Power-Carter
55. Emic perspectives of research / Thandeka Chapman and Valierie Kinloch
56. Research designs for empirical research / Robert C. Calfee and Marilyn J. Chambliss
57. Child development studies over time / Stuart McNaughton
58. Theory and method in research on literacy practices: adaptations and alignment in research and praxis / Peter Smagorinsky
59. English in the era of globalisation: implications for research methodologies for English language arts / Anthony J. Liddicoat
60. Syncretic approaches to studying movement and hybridity in literacy practices / Kris D. Gutiérrez, Andrea C. Bien, and Makenzie K. Selland
61. Critical approaches to research in English language arts / Arlette Willis.