Interculturality, Interaction and Language Learning: Insights from Tandem Partnerships

ISBN-13: 9780367589868 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 180 str.

Jane Woodin

Opis

This book opens up new lines of debate in language learning and intercultural communication through an investigation of tandem language learning (a method of language learning based on mutual language exchange between native speakers and learners of each other’s language) in connection with intercultural learning and identity construction.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2 Tandem Learning: Background

3. Second Language Acquisition, Intercultural Competence and Tandem Learning

4. Researching Interculturality and Tandem Learning: Methodological Issues

5, Word Meaning and Conceptual Frameworks: Native Speakerness, Language in Use and Ownership

6. Shapes in the Conversations

7. Ownership of Meaning and Decentring Strategies

8. Identity and Distinction

9. Conclusion

O autorze

Jane Woodin is Director of MA Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sheffield, UK.