Kategoria BISAC: Foreign Language Study >> English as a Second Language

The central focus of the book is the identification of the ways people engage in communicative encounters to (re)constitute personal and social identities. Its aim is to identify some principal themes that have emerged from the ample research on identity in a variety of contexts. A common thread of the articles is the role of language in the construction and performance of identities. It embraces an exploration of the sociocultural environments in which human communication takes place, the interplay between these environments, and the construction and display of identities through our...

This book investigates new English language policies and initiatives which have been introduced and implemented across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela. Chapters are organized around three themes. Chapters in the first section critically examine newly-implemented English language policies, as well as factors that contribute to and prevent the implementation of such policies. Chapters in the second section describe and analyze current teacher preparation and teacher development initiatives, in addition to the challenges and opportunities associated with...

This book investigates new English language policies and initiatives which have been introduced and implemented across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay and Venezuela. Chapters are organized around three themes. Chapters in the first section critically examine newly-implemented English language policies, as well as factors that contribute to and prevent the implementation of such policies. Chapters in the second section describe and analyze current teacher preparation and teacher development initiatives, in addition to the challenges and opportunities associated with...

Interkulturelle Kompetenz spielt fur das Lernen fremder Sprachen aktuell eine Schlusselrolle. Der Autor untersucht die Leitfragen, wofur eine solche Kompetenz steht und welches Verstandnis von Kultur ihr zu Grunde liegt. Er arbeitet die Problemlage auf, in welchem Mae das Gebot, alle Kulturen zu tolerieren, wunschenswert und umsetzbar ist, und diskutiert zentrale Beitrage zum Thema kritisch. Der Autor schlagt vor, den Fremdsprachenunterricht in Zukunft auf das neue Zielkonstrukt Fremdsprachliche Diskursbewusstheit auszurichten. Fur den Umgang mit Konflikten lehnt er relativistische...

Das Buch untersucht den interkulturellen Aspekt im fruhen Unterricht Deutsch als Fremdsprache, auch in Folge Deutsch nach Englisch an polnischen Grundschulen. Besonderes Augenmerk liegt auf dem pragmatisch-kommunikativen Gebiet. Ausgehend davon, dass Sprach- und Kulturvermittlung eng miteinander verknupft sind, hat der Fremdsprachenunterricht nicht nur das Erlangen sprachlicher, sondern auch interkultureller Kompetenz, im Sinne kommunikativ-pragmatisch angemessenen Handelns, als Lehr- und Lernziel. Im Falle eines Unterrichts DaF im Kontext DnE ist es daher von Interesse, kulturvergleichend...

Das Buch untersucht diachron die Konzessivitat und zeigt, wie sich diese als ein Zusammenspiel zwischen antecedens und dem uberraschenden consequens manifestiert und vom Sprecher vielseitig und produktiv verwendet werden kann. Anhand authentischer Beispiele aus dem heutigen Franzosisch und Italienisch visualisiert der Autor das Spektrum an konzessiven Ausdrucksmoglichkeiten. Er verdeutlicht, wie polyfunktional die Konzessivitat in der Sprache ist. Der Band schliet mit einer kontrastiven Analyse zwischen beiden Sprachen, die strukturelle Vor- und Nachteile sowie bestimmte...

This book examines racism and racialized discourses in the ELT profession in South Korea. The book is informed by a number of different critical approaches to race and discourse, and the discussions contained in the chapters offer one way of exploring how the ELT profession can be understood from such perspectives. Observations made are based on the understanding that racism should not be viewed as individual acts of discrimination, but rather as a system of social structures. While the book is principally concerned with language teaching and learning in South Korea, the findings are...

This book examines racism and racialized discourses in the ELT profession in South Korea. The book is informed by a number of different critical approaches to race and discourse, and the discussions contained in the chapters offer one way of exploring how the ELT profession can be understood from such perspectives. Observations made are based on the understanding that racism should not be viewed as individual acts of discrimination, but rather as a system of social structures. While the book is principally concerned with language teaching and learning in South Korea, the findings are...

Chapters 3-25 are structured to include a glimpse into a CBI classroom through a scenario that brings the focus of the chapter to life. Each scenario is followed by a definition of the topic, a literature review, a discussion of key issues and challenges, and observations/activities and principles that underlie each topic. This edition...