With the key role of social-psychological factors in the process of language learning now more accepted, this volume provides analysis and empirical research data on matters including the function of English as a lingua franca in intercultural communication.
With the key role of social-psychological factors in the process of language learning now more accepted, this volume provides analysis and empirical r...
In recent years language learning has been increasingly viewed by some SLA researchers as an essentially social-psychological process in which the role of a wider sociocultural context should not be marginalized. This volume offers a valuable contribution to this growing body of research by providing theoretical considerations and empirical research data on themes such as the development of intercultural communicative competence, the role of English as a lingua franca in intercultural communication, and the place of cultural factors in SLA theorizing, research, second/foreign language...
In recent years language learning has been increasingly viewed by some SLA researchers as an essentially social-psychological process in which the rol...