wyszukanych pozycji: 204
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Doing Diversity: Teachers' Construction of Their Classroom Reality
ISBN: 9783039116874 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) How teachers and students work together through discourse to construct their understanding of the context they live and work in will influence, in many different ways, the interaction within their classrooms. This book describes an indepth research that used ethnomethodology and conversation analysis to study three different groups of teachers. The study highlights the teachers perspectives concerning heterogeneity in the classroom, using recordings of discussions concerning cultural and linguistic diversity.
Moreover, this research examines the discourse participants choice in the use... How teachers and students work together through discourse to construct their understanding of the context they live and work in will influence, in man...
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Identities Across Media and Modes: Discursive Perspectives
ISBN: 9783034303866 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 379 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The recognition that identity is mutable, multi-layered and subject to multiple modes of construction and de-construction has contributed to problematizing the issues associated with its representation in discourse, which has recently been attracting increasing attention in different disciplinary areas. Identity representation is the main focus of this volume, which analyses instances of multimedia and multimodal communication to the public at large for commercial, informative, political or cultural purposes. In particular, it examines the impact of the increasingly sophisticated forms of...
The recognition that identity is mutable, multi-layered and subject to multiple modes of construction and de-construction has contributed to problemat...
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Researching Discourse in Business Genres: Cases and Corpora
ISBN: 9783034310925 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 215 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The contributions of this volume approach the genres of employee, CEO and organizational communication from different angles. They analyze how the author s position in the company influences the construction of these genres, what content and linguistic style characterize them, and how the discourse of these genres is related to other resources. They look at linguistic and rhetorical strategies in a range of communicative settings: email correspondence among (male versus female) co-workers, collaborative writing of formats in the workplace, leadership messaging by the CEO, financial...
The contributions of this volume approach the genres of employee, CEO and organizational communication from different angles. They analyze how the aut...
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Classroom Talk; Exploring the Sociocultural Structure of Formal ESL Learning
ISBN: 9783039114344 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This study explores the field of ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom learning within a formal learning institution. Influenced by the sociocultural theory in SLA (Second Language Acquisition), the book sheds light on the question that has been boggling the minds of language practitioners and researchers: Why is ESL classroom talk the way it is? Based on a case study of a school in an ESL community, it argues persuasively that classroom talk may be linked in important ways to an operative sociocultural structure of ESL pedagogy over and above the classroom at the institutional level....
This study explores the field of ESL (English as a Second Language) classroom learning within a formal learning institution. Influenced by the sociocu...
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Business Discourse: Texts and Contexts
ISBN: 9783039106066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The contributions to this volume together confirm that though context and culture are complex and difficult notions, they are crucial to understanding the professional genres of modern business communication. In today s globalised business environment, professionals of all backgrounds are under pressure to employ new and different discourse standards to allow for smoother production and reception of business documents and dialogues. In this changing environment, the success of any commercial activity will depend on how competently business professionals respond to the cultural sensitivities...
The contributions to this volume together confirm that though context and culture are complex and difficult notions, they are crucial to understanding...
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Global Interactions in English as a Lingua Franca: How Written Communication Is Changing Under the Influence of Electronic Media and New Contexts of U
ISBN: 9783034312769 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This volume investigates the changes undergone by written communication in our globalized world as English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). The latter usually functions as a language for communication purposes, but also becomes a language for identification purposes. The study takes into account different web-genres: from the replication of existing genres in other media to cybergenres, whose key evolutionary force is the progressive exploitation of the new functionalities afforded by the new medium. The variety of the contexts of use has made it possible to consider different ELF-using communities...
This volume investigates the changes undergone by written communication in our globalized world as English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). The latter usuall...
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Extroversion/Introversion in Foreign Language Learning: Interactions with Learner Strategy Use
ISBN: 9783039115969 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This book explores how learners personalities influence foreign language learning in Japan. In particular, this volume investigates three main research questions: What are the learning strategies generally employed by Japanese college students? What are the characteristic learning strategies of extroverts and introverts? Do extroversion and introversion have an impact on English listening proficiency? In the analysis carried out in the volume, both quantitative and qualitative research methods have been used. As regards the former, various types of questionnaires have been employed, measuring...
This book explores how learners personalities influence foreign language learning in Japan. In particular, this volume investigates three main researc...
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Identities in and Across Cultures
ISBN: 9783034314589 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 315 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This volume is a collection of empirical studies investigating the ways and means through which culturally-shaped identities are manifested in and through discourse in documents and texts from multiple spheres of social action. It also looks at possible ways in which understanding and acceptance of diverse cultural identities can be moulded and developed through appropriate education.
Language being one of the most evident and powerful markers of cultural identity, discourse and text are sites where cultures are both constructed and displayed and where identities are negotiated. The... This volume is a collection of empirical studies investigating the ways and means through which culturally-shaped identities are manifested in and thr...
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Evidence-Based Lsp: Translation, Text and Terminology
ISBN: 9783039111879 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 596 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This book presents a number of different perspectives on the central theme of evidence and its interpretation in the study of specialist languages and their various uses. The principal topics include text corpora, citation patterns, some challenging dichotomies, terminology and knowledge management, and specialist translation. Each topic is presented in one of five parts, each with its own introduction. The volume includes contributions from established and new researchers in the field, as well as well-known scholars from other disciplines who bring a fresh eye to LSP studies. The book...
This book presents a number of different perspectives on the central theme of evidence and its interpretation in the study of specialist languages and...
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The Language Factor in International Business: New Perspectives on Research, Teaching and Practice
ISBN: 9783034310901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This volume aims to explore what the field of business communication has accomplished so far and where it is heading. In addition to presenting new research, a number of the contributions included address the question of how business communication scholarship may be relevant to education and practice. While the multidimensional nature of the field does not allow a single answer to that question, the contributors generally agree that the language factor in international business is an intriguing mix of communicative skills that are receiving increased attention across disciplines. The...
This volume aims to explore what the field of business communication has accomplished so far and where it is heading. In addition to presenting new re...
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Eil, Elf, Global English: Teaching and Learning Issues
ISBN: 9783034300100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) How can you teach the English language to global English speakers? Can English be taught as an international language? Is it worth teaching? Isn t it more proper and profitable to learn a standard variety of English? How realistic and useful is the identification of an EIL/ELF variety? Can an EIL/ELF standard be identified? These are some of the questions the present volume has addressed with the contribution of some of the most qualified scholars in the field of English linguistics. The book is divided into four sections. The first part deals with the definition of English as an...
How can you teach the English language to global English speakers? Can English be taught as an international language? Is it worth teaching? Isn t it ...
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Effects of Frequency in Classroom Second Language Learning: Quasi-Experiment and Stimulated-Recall Analysis
ISBN: 9783039116027 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 195 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The view of exemplar-based second language learning emphasizes the importance of frequency in learning grammar. According to this view, type frequency rather than token frequency contributes to learning generalized knowledge beyond item-based constructions. This book investigates how frequency in experiencing exemplars affects the learning of the English primary verb be by junior high school students in Japan. The study consists of a quasi-experiment and stimulated-recall analysis of the data. The quasi-experiment compares three kinds of output practice: practice with increased type...
The view of exemplar-based second language learning emphasizes the importance of frequency in learning grammar. According to this view, type frequency...
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L2 Pragmatic Development in Study Abroad Contexts
ISBN: 9783034313582 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Pragmatic competence plays a key role in intercultural communication, particularly for students studying in a target community. This book investigates the effect of study abroad on second language learners productive and receptive pragmatic competences, as well as their cognitive processes during speech act production. It employs a variety of research instruments, both quantitative and qualitative, to explore learners pragmatic development over one year. The inclusion of a control group is a methodological strength of the longitudinal study, many such studies often not including a control...
Pragmatic competence plays a key role in intercultural communication, particularly for students studying in a target community. This book investigates...
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Corpus Analysis for Descriptive and Pedagogical Purposes: ESP Perspectives
ISBN: 9783034315166 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) There is hardly any aspect of verbal communication that has not been investigated using the analytical tools developed by corpus linguists. This is especially true in the case of English, which commands a vast international research community, and corpora are becoming increasingly specialised, as they account for areas of language use shaped by specific sociolectal (register, genre, variety) and speaker (gender, profession, status) variables.
Corpus analysis is driven by a common interest in linguistic evidence, viewed as a source of insights into language phenomena or of lexical,... There is hardly any aspect of verbal communication that has not been investigated using the analytical tools developed by corpus linguists. This is es...
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English as a Lingua Franca and Intercultural Communication: Implications and Applications in the Field of English Language Teaching
ISBN: 9783034327633 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The contributions collected in this book provide a wide range of perspectives on and prospects for the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF), and explore various contexts where ELF is used predominantly: Academic and research settings as well as teacher and general population education, including pronunciation teaching. The chapters look at ELF data and concerns taking into consideration the areas of phonology, grammar, pragmatics alongside more specific, sociolinguistic ones such as attitudes and identity. The chapters also seek to invoke and provoke further discussion and research on the...
The contributions collected in this book provide a wide range of perspectives on and prospects for the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF), and ex...
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Disentangling Dyslexia: Phonological and Processing Deficit in Developmental Dyslexia
ISBN: 9783034320641 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The aim of this book is to propose an original hypothesis to account for the difficulties associated with dyslexia, suggesting that this disorder is characterized by deficits affecting the subject's phonological and processing abilities. The results of four experimental protocols are discussed, providing further support for this hypothesis.
The aim of this book is to propose an original hypothesis to account for the difficulties associated with dyslexia, suggesting that this disorder is c...
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New Trends and Methodologies in Applied English Language Research: Diachronic, Diatopic and Contrastive Studies
ISBN: 9783034300469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) This book has been shortlisted for an ESSE book award 2012 in English Language and Linguistics, Junior Scholars.
This volume approaches the analysis of variation in English from diachronic, diatopic, and contrastive/comparative perspectives. The individual case studies, all closely interrelated, are organized into three parts or sections. Part I (Diachronic Studies) applies a variationist methodology to the analysis of developments in the use of the courtesy marker please, adverbs in -ly, the s- genitive and a number of phrasal combinations with the verb... This book has been shortlisted for an ESSE book award 2012 in English Language and Linguistics, Junior Scholars.
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Le Discours Rapporté Approches Linguistiques Et Perspectives Didactiques
ISBN: 9783034312929 / Francuski / Miękka / 2013 / 270 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Le discours rapporte (DR) est un objet de recherche complexe et debattu qui demande a etre aborde sous ses multiples facettes. Le present ouvrage rassemble des etudes en francais et en italien sur les marques du DR, a l oral et a l ecrit, dans une approche linguistique et didactique. L introduction et les douze chapitres qui composent le recueil proviennent de contributeurs et contributrices venus d horizons varies. Les uns et les autres illustrent, sur des bases theoriques diverses, l heterogeneite des phenomenes du DR, l incertain de sa delimitation linguistique mais aussi son omnipresence...
Le discours rapporte (DR) est un objet de recherche complexe et debattu qui demande a etre aborde sous ses multiples facettes. Le present ouvrage rass...
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Comprendre Et Apprendre Dans l'Interaction: Les Séquences d'Explication En Classe de Français Langue Seconde
ISBN: 9783034314510 / Francuski / Miękka / 2018 / 289 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) Qu est-ce qu une explication ? Quelles sont les ressources mobilisees pour demander ou donner une explication ? Quelles sont les difficultes que rencontrent les apprenants du francais langue seconde (L2) lorsqu ils demandent ou donnent une explication ? Quelles opportunites peuvent emerger de la participation a des interactions en classe pour developper la competence d explication ? Cet ouvrage vise a repondre a ces questions a travers l etude approfondie de sequences d explication prenant place en classe de francais L2. Il propose une description systematique de la maniere dont ces...
Qu est-ce qu une explication ? Quelles sont les ressources mobilisees pour demander ou donner une explication ? Quelles sont les difficultes que renco...
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Dynamic Vocabulary Development in a Foreign Language
ISBN: 9783034311069 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) The Dynamic Systems Theory perspective offers new lenses to probe into long-term foreign language development. This book reports on findings of a longitudinal multiple-case study on the vocabulary development of eight university-level Chinese learners of English. Framed within the Dynamic Systems framework, the study assumes a holistic perspective towards vocabulary knowledge and aims to project a comprehensive picture of vocabulary development in a typical foreign language learning setting such as the Chinese context. To this end, a wide array of quantitative measurements and qualitative...
The Dynamic Systems Theory perspective offers new lenses to probe into long-term foreign language development. This book reports on findings of a long...
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