With contributions from a team of international authors, this collection of thematically focused articles addresses culture-specific features of academic communication, with a particular focus on communication conducted in English as an additional language.
With contributions from a team of international authors, this collection of thematically focused articles addresses culture-specific features of acade...
This book examines key issues in applied linguistics and multilingualism, including factors influencing the process of language learning, the impact of variables such as aptitude and motivation, and the acquisition of different subsystems and skills.
This book examines key issues in applied linguistics and multilingualism, including factors influencing the process of language learning, the impact o...
English in Europe is not one but many, and substantial differences in the way people from different countries communicate using it may cause misunderstandings. This book shows that, through research into the pragmatic behaviour of non-native speakers of English from across Europe, it is possible to uncover the core-the shared strategies. This common pragmatic linguistic behaviour is proposed as the basis for a reference guide for those who wish to successfully communicate in English in Europe. The study reported on in this book is based on the analysis of the speech act of apologizing as...
English in Europe is not one but many, and substantial differences in the way people from different countries communicate using it may cause misund...
The book concerns the ways in which the new media shape communication along with educational expectations and practices in foreign language classrooms. Although foreign language learners have cheap and easy access to information and ways of communication, they also wrestle with problems that have always accompanied language learning.
The book concerns the ways in which the new media shape communication along with educational expectations and practices in foreign language classrooms...
This book presents a selection of empirical papers dealing with second and multiple language acquisition, in which qualitative research methodology is employed. Although the main focus is on qualitative methods, some of the papers demonstrate the complementarity of quantitative and qualitative approaches in studying language acquisition.
This book presents a selection of empirical papers dealing with second and multiple language acquisition, in which qualitative research methodology is...
The monograph is devoted to the notion of strategic intervention and its application in the foreign language classroom, in particular with reference to teaching grammar structures. Additionally, the chapter presents the views of foreign language teachers on the idea of introducing strategy training in the foreign language classroom.
The monograph is devoted to the notion of strategic intervention and its application in the foreign language classroom, in particular with reference t...
This book demonstrates that trilinguals should be considered learners and speakers in their own right, with the aim of improving approaches to third language teaching. Includes a study investigating connections formed between languages in a multilingual mind.
This book demonstrates that trilinguals should be considered learners and speakers in their own right, with the aim of improving approaches to third l...
This book reveals the hitherto critically disregarded ludic elements in popular American comedy films, building on and expanding the theories developed by Johan Huizinga in his classic study Homo Ludens (1938) and Roger Caillois in Les jeux et les hommes (1958). To address the lack of attention paid to the play principle in film comedy studies, this book focuses exclusively on the elements typical of play that can be found in movies. It introduces two new categories describing play: oneiros and pragma, which allow analysis of how play in comedies is influenced by the...
This book reveals the hitherto critically disregarded ludic elements in popular American comedy films, building on and expanding the theories devel...
This volume examines selected aspects of the foreign language learning process from an ecological perspective, adopting a holistic view on complex interrelations among and within organisms (L2 language learners) and their milieus (family, school and society).
This volume examines selected aspects of the foreign language learning process from an ecological perspective, adopting a holistic view on complex int...
This book presents theoretical considerations and the results of empirical research on pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) deployed by pre-service trainee teachers majoring in English as a foreign language who experienced different levels of language anxiety (LA). The theoretical part focuses on the concepts of pronunciation learning, pronunciation-learning strategies and language anxiety and includes an overview of recent empirical research dealing with various related issues. The empirical section of the book presents the findings of a research project that investigated the interplay...
This book presents theoretical considerations and the results of empirical research on pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) deployed by pre-serv...
