Kategoria BISAC: Language Arts & Disciplines >> Study & Teaching

Learning a language involves so much more than just rote memorization of rules. Basics of Language for Language Learners, 2nd edition, by Peter W. Culicover and Elizabeth V. Hume, systematically explores all the aspects of language central to second language learning: the sounds of language, the different grammatical structures, the social functions of communication, and the psychology of language learning and use.

Unlike books specific to one single language, Basics of Language will help students of all languages. Readers will gain insight into the structure and...

Gegenstand der Studie ist das peer-gestutzte Vorgehen gema Peer Scaffolding von leistungsheterogen und -homogen zusammengesetzten Fremdsprachenlernenden einer 9. Realschulklasse bei der kognitiv anspruchsvollen Textarbeit. Die Autorin folgt dem Paradigma des Mixed Methods Approach, indem die qualitative Inhaltsanalyse und Gesprachsanalyse der Interaktionsdaten durch quantitative Verfahren erganzt werden. Sie weist nach, dass die gegenseitige Hilfestellung der SchulerInnen insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit Elaborations-, Erklarungs- und Elizitierstrategien hohes Lernpotenzial enthalt....

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a form of education that combines language and content learning objectives, a shared concern with other models of bilingual education. While CLIL research has often addressed learning outcomes, this volume focuses on how integration can be conceptualised and investigated. Using different theoretical and methodological approaches, ranging from socioconstructivist learning theories to systemic functional linguistics, the book explores three intersecting perspectives on integration concerning curriculum and pedagogic planning, participant...

This book details patterns of language use that can be found in the writing of adult immigrant learners of Norwegian as a second language (L2). Each study draws its data from a single corpus of texts written for a proficiency test of L2 Norwegian by learners representing 10 different first language (L1) backgrounds. The participants of the study are immigrants to Norway and the book deals with the varying levels and types of language difficulties faced by such learners from differing backgrounds. The studies examine the learners' use of Norwegian in relation to the morphological,...

Structured around authentic material, placing an emphasis on the importance of reading classical texts in the original, and introducing both a grammar perspective and a full introduction to essential vocabulary, this course also features:

-25 learning units plus maps and verb guide
-Authentic materials -...