Bonny Norton Peirce
Biographic Data
| ID | 3427684 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bonny Norton Peirce |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bonny Norton |
| FAMILY NAME | Peirce |
| SIGNATURE | PEIRCE B N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Christian Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 496 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Multilingualism in Southern Africa
In his keynote address to the 1994 conference of the Southern African Association of Applied Linguistics, Adegbija (1994a) identified three problems faced by applied linguists in the African multilingual context. First, apart from the vibrant work in South Africa, there is very little focus on applied linguistic research in Africa, and what there is tends to focus on the ex-colonial languages rather than the indigenous languages. Second, applied …
The Theory of Methodology in Qualitative Research
The TESOL Quarterly invites commentary on current trends or practices in the TESOL profession. It also welcomes responses or rebuttals to articles or reviews published in the Quarterly. Unfortunately, we are not able to publish responses to previous Forum exchanges
Social Identity, Investment, and Language Learning
The author argues that second language acquisition (SLA) theorists have struggled to conceptualize the relationship between the language learner and the social world because they have not developed a comprehensive theory of social identity which integrates the language learner and the language learning context. She also maintains that SLA theorists have not adequately addressed how relations of power affect interaction between language learners a…
Techniques and Resources in Teaching Reading
This book answers both theoretical and practical questions on the teaching of reading. The author offers numerous suggestions on how to teach expository prose, non-prose reading, fiction, poetry and songs, as well as advice on how to help students discern opinion from fact. Textbook examples are complemented with a chapter on how teachers can develop their own materials
Whose Language? What Power? A Universal Conflict in a South African Setting
a On back cover of Frank Smith's latest book is a photograph, presumably taken in South Africa, portraying author sitting on a white table on porch of a neat suburban house, flanked by four smiling black children. It is an appealing photograph--but it makes me feel uneasy. Such photographs provide a permanent record that sojourner has been there, has related to the people. But smiles mask unequal relations of power between visitor and hosts, betw…
Adult Basic Education in South Africa
Demystifying the Toefl® Reading Test
Despite the growing international influence of the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), no articles have been published on how the test is actually developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). In this article, the author, who worked in the Test Development department at ETS from 1984 to 1987, seeks to demystify the TOEFL reading test at both a descriptive and theoretical level. First, the author draws on data from a case study of…
Toefl Test of Written English (TWE) Scoring Guide
Social Identity, Investment, and Language Learning
The author argues that second language acquisition (SLA) theorists have struggled to conceptualize the relationship between the language learner and the social world because they have not developed a comprehensive theory of social identity which integrates the language learner and the language learning context. She also maintains that SLA theorists have not adequately addressed how relations of power affect interaction between language learners a…
The Theory of Methodology in Qualitative Research
The TESOL Quarterly invites commentary on current trends or practices in the TESOL profession. It also welcomes responses or rebuttals to articles or reviews published in the Quarterly. Unfortunately, we are not able to publish responses to previous Forum exchanges
Demystifying the Toefl® Reading Test
Despite the growing international influence of the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), no articles have been published on how the test is actually developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). In this article, the author, who worked in the Test Development department at ETS from 1984 to 1987, seeks to demystify the TOEFL reading test at both a descriptive and theoretical level. First, the author draws on data from a case study of…
Toefl Test of Written English (TWE) Scoring Guide
Demystifying the Toefl® Reading Test
Despite the growing international influence of the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), no articles have been published on how the test is actually developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). In this article, the author, who worked in the Test Development department at ETS from 1984 to 1987, seeks to demystify the TOEFL reading test at both a descriptive and theoretical level. First, the author draws on data from a case study of…
Whose Language? What Power? A Universal Conflict in a South African Setting
a On back cover of Frank Smith's latest book is a photograph, presumably taken in South Africa, portraying author sitting on a white table on porch of a neat suburban house, flanked by four smiling black children. It is an appealing photograph--but it makes me feel uneasy. Such photographs provide a permanent record that sojourner has been there, has related to the people. But smiles mask unequal relations of power between visitor and hosts, betw…
Adult Basic Education in South Africa
Techniques and Resources in Teaching Reading
This book answers both theoretical and practical questions on the teaching of reading. The author offers numerous suggestions on how to teach expository prose, non-prose reading, fiction, poetry and songs, as well as advice on how to help students discern opinion from fact. Textbook examples are complemented with a chapter on how teachers can develop their own materials
The Theory of Methodology in Qualitative Research
The TESOL Quarterly invites commentary on current trends or practices in the TESOL profession. It also welcomes responses or rebuttals to articles or reviews published in the Quarterly. Unfortunately, we are not able to publish responses to previous Forum exchanges
Social Identity, Investment, and Language Learning
The author argues that second language acquisition (SLA) theorists have struggled to conceptualize the relationship between the language learner and the social world because they have not developed a comprehensive theory of social identity which integrates the language learner and the language learning context. She also maintains that SLA theorists have not adequately addressed how relations of power affect interaction between language learners a…
Multilingualism in Southern Africa
In his keynote address to the 1994 conference of the Southern African Association of Applied Linguistics, Adegbija (1994a) identified three problems faced by applied linguists in the African multilingual context. First, apart from the vibrant work in South Africa, there is very little focus on applied linguistic research in Africa, and what there is tends to focus on the ex-colonial languages rather than the indigenous languages. Second, applied …
Linguistics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (3 works) · Geology (2 works) · Geology (2 works)