This book addresses the issue of using texts of culture in the EFL classroom. It analyzes some of the common problems observed in the teaching of English to senior secondary schools students, particularly in the context of the school leaving examination. It offers a discussion of the role of English language education in the school curriculum and stresses the importance of using texts with cognitive appeal at lessons. It presents the impact of literature, films and songs on the student s overall development and a set of criteria for text selection. It also investigates the English teacher s...
This book addresses the issue of using texts of culture in the EFL classroom. It analyzes some of the common problems observed in the teaching of Engl...
The author investigates the development of children raised bilingually or multilingually. Parents and caregivers completed a questionnaire, providing information on 36 children growing up with two or more languages. Their responses indicate that bilingual and multilingual children usually develop as well as their monolingual peers, and sometimes even better. Some drawbacks of early bilingualism or multilingualism, such as a slight delay in the onset of speech production or asymmetrical language competences, are compensated for by several benefits of early acquisition of two or more mother...
The author investigates the development of children raised bilingually or multilingually. Parents and caregivers completed a questionnaire, providi...
This volume collects selected papers written by young translation scholars who were CETRA 2014 participants. This book analyses the heterogeneity of translational norms, diversity of cultures and the challenges of intercultural transfer. The authors analyze a wide array of source texts, from the translations of contemporary prose and audiovisual products into Brazilian, Japanese and Swedish, to renderings of texts more distant in time, such as the Bible and Golestan written in medieval Persian. The book also concentrates on selected meta-level issues, such as the integrity of the...
This volume collects selected papers written by young translation scholars who were CETRA 2014 participants. This book analyses the heterogeneity o...
The book deals with how language acquisition and learning may take place in the classroom and at home. Monolingualism, bilingualism and multilingualism are viewed through the perspective of language acquisition studies, classroom research findings, Polish, European, international legislation and statistical reports on language learning/teaching.
The book deals with how language acquisition and learning may take place in the classroom and at home. Monolingualism, bilingualism and multilingualis...
This book provides a historical overview of approaches to translation in language education. It explores the functions and scope of translation in the L2 classroom. Translation, as a valid resource and an indispensable skill in today's multilingual communication, should become an integral element of contemporary foreign language learning.
This book provides a historical overview of approaches to translation in language education. It explores the functions and scope of translation in the...
