Descriptions of Speech Acts at CARLA (Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition)
This provides examples of different approaches to speech acts such as apologies, complaints, invitations, requests, etc. across cultures. Remember these are GENERALIZATIONS. Just because a student speaks the language that is referenced does not mean they will necessarily behave that way – however, it probably does mean that they are at least aware of these norms.
Assistive Technologies for Reading
Hasselbring and Bausch describe two computer software applications that support learning disabled students in reading material at grade level: Read & Write Gold and READ 180. Read & Write Gold uses synthetic speech to read text aloud while a student watches the text scroll on a computer screen, and includes features to help hesitant writers compose.
Research on language and literacy socialization at Canadian universities
This article highlights the changing theoretical understandings of language/literacy socialization processes based on a number of studies, in terms of students’ trajectories, the interplay of students’ (multiple) languages in their learning and performance, the various agents and directions of their socialization, acts of resistance versus compliance with established norms, and the role of peer support and social networks in their academic and social experiences, and ways of tracking these.