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

Language teachers' competencies in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) are a crucial factor affecting their own implementation of CALL. However, there is still a concern that many language teachers are not adequately prepared to make effective use of CALL or to identify and evaluate potential CALL solutions. This can be the result of many different factors and raises the question of how to train teachers to develop their CALL knowledge and skills to a greater degree.

The discussion of approaches to training language teachers in the use of technology adopted in areas of...

This volume is the first to deal with Turkish communicative development and disorders, reflecting the use of Turkish by a sizeable population in multilingual settings in Europe, USA, and Australia. In addition to Speech-language Pathologists, the book will be of interest to professionals from related fields such as clinical linguistics, psychology, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, audiology, and special education. This book presents a compendium of information about the profession of speech-language pathology, cultural differences, assessment materials and research done in...

Esta coleccion de contribuciones se ocupa de cuestiones lexicograficas y gramaticales del espanol desde una perspectiva (multi)contrastiva y didactica. El principal objetivo radica en identificar fenomenos clave para la elaboracion de gramaticas y diccionarios contrastivos para el espanol y otras lenguas, atendiendo, a su vez, a los ultimos avances en el campo de la didactica de lenguas.

En la primera parte del volumen se presentan contribuciones sobre el metodo contrastivo en linguistica y ensenanza de lenguas. Asimismo, se aportan reflexiones sobre la comparabilidad de las lenguas...

El mundo hispanohablante contemporaneo: Historia, politica, sociedades y culturas is a comprehensive and innovative course for advanced students of Spanish.

Offering a constructivist approach to the study of the contemporary civilizations, cultures and histories of the Spanish-speaking world, the course focuses on learning as an active process that enables learners to develop high-level critical thinking skills through the exposure, examination and discussion of a variety of authentic films, songs and literary texts.

Divided into twelve chapters, each chapter begins with an...