Kategoria BISAC: Foreign Language Study >> Miscellaneous

This monograph's title reflects the need to articulate the classroom actions and strategies of an increasingly efficient technological environment with symbolic, cultural, and political issues, namely the multi-dimensionality of affiliations, which today condition the practices of learners, teachers, tool designers, and the dissemination (or not) of languages throughout the world.

Reflective testimony of a teacher who is passionate about his work, this book is also the result of research conducted by a linguist wishing to raise the field of foreign language education to the level...

Qui enseigne la litterature est plonge dans l embarras lorsqu il doit delimiter l objet a enseigner. Soit la langue lui apparait dans la regularite d un systeme irreductible a ses usages singuliers, consideres comme - litteraires -, soit c est la litterature qui s impose comme l usage le plus abouti d une langue pour elaborer des savoirs scolaires sur celle-ci. Qu il enseigne les litteratures dans le souci de la langue ou la langue dans le souci des litteratures, celui-la devra poser des choix qui renvoient aux savoirs scolaires d une discipline, definie dans les configurations successives...

This volume presents the results of two tasks examining the acquisition of plosive voicing contrasts in L2 English by college students with Cypriot Greek (CG) backgrounds. The tasks focus on the different factors affecting plosive identification and the types of errors involving plosives. With respect to the first issue, the phonetic perception of plosives turns out to be better in voiceless consonants compared to their voiced counterparts, thus providing evidence for the importance of the voicing contrast factor. With respect to the second issue, the results point to the same direction...

This reference grammar covers the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the language of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It is the result of a long and sustained effort, inexorably entwined with that of the Marshallese-English Dictionary, published in 1976. Following a general introduction that situates the islands and their people in the cultural and historical context of Micronesia, chapters examine the sound system of Marshallese and survey the more important characteristics of the two major parts of speech, nouns and verbs; a section on the nine major verb classes is included....

Practical, useful and informative, this book provides ideas and suggestions on how to interpret and develop the primary science curriculum in an interesting and challenging way. Bringing together creative thinking and principles that still meet National Curriculum requirements, the themes in the book encourage teachers to:

• teach science with creative curiosity
• value the unpredictable and unplanned
• thrive on a multiplicity of creative approaches, viewpoints and conditions
• be creative with cross-curricular and ICT opportunities
• reflect on...