The first volume of the serial is dedicated to writing, merely for the reason that writing can still be considered in language education to be a skill to which little attention is paid, where as discourses on listening, reading, and especially speaking experienced major advances over the last two decades. With the intention to question this rather international tendency from as many as possible different perspectives, this book unifies articles from Switzerland and Italy, Denmark, Germany, and the US, dealing with French, Italian, German, and English as foreign or second languages in all...
The first volume of the serial is dedicated to writing, merely for the reason that writing can still be considered in language education to be a sk...
The contributors provided in this book shed light on and initiate debates about important policy issues associated with education reform and improvement. The authors do this by linking conceptual frameworks to past research, analyzing these challenges, and speculating about the contours of future research and school practice.
Centering on policy research-based examinations of the future in public education in the United States, this book examines policy issues as they relate to public education governance, finance, curriculum development and community relations. At a conceptual level,...
The contributors provided in this book shed light on and initiate debates about important policy issues associated with education reform and improv...
Fifteen authors from the United States, Australia, and Germany contribute articles on issues such as the political agenda of higher institutions, language across the curriculum, service learning, adult education, artistic and aesthetic practice, intercultural awareness through electronic media, extra-curricular consultation, and language learning outreach, related to Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, French, German, and English as a foreign and second language.
The second volume of the series Advances in Foreign and Second Language Pedagogy is an introduction to the pedagogy of...
Fifteen authors from the United States, Australia, and Germany contribute articles on issues such as the political agenda of higher institutions, l...
Fifteen authors from the United States, Australia, and Germany contribute articles on issues such as the political agenda of higher institutions, language across the curriculum, service learning, adult education, artistic and aesthetic practice, intercultural awareness through electronic media, extra-curricular consultation, and language learning outreach, related to Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, French, German, and English as a foreign and second language.
The second volume of the series Advances in Foreign and Second Language Pedagogy is an introduction to the pedagogy of...
Fifteen authors from the United States, Australia, and Germany contribute articles on issues such as the political agenda of higher institutions, l...
The research and theoretical contributions of international and multidisciplinary scholars have advanced our understanding of the role of play in evolution and behavior. The diverse articles in this volume range from theoretical and conceptual advances, scientific investigations, to discourse about applied issues and different dimensions of play. The authors provide excursions into the adaptive, cultural, and social significance of play. The databased papers fall into four categories: the role of age, gender, and ethnicity in play participation, social-cognitive connections to play,...
The research and theoretical contributions of international and multidisciplinary scholars have advanced our understanding of the role of play in e...
Highlights the bridging character of drama-based foreign and second language teaching for intercultural learning. Drama here is not limited to theater-related work, but means the interplay between body and language in general, to include, for example, sports, dancing, singing, and storytelling. The major techniques and curricular structures of educational drama and its application in the foreign and second language classroom are introduced.
What are the techniques, methods, strategies, and curricular structures that engage language learners in continuing dialogue between one's own...
Highlights the bridging character of drama-based foreign and second language teaching for intercultural learning. Drama here is not limited to thea...
