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The Psychology of the Language Learner Revisited (Hardcover): Zoltan Dornyei, Stephen Ryan The Psychology of the Language Learner Revisited (Hardcover)
Zoltan Dornyei, Stephen Ryan
R4,936 Discovery Miles 49 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over the past decade, the focus of inquiry into the psychology of SLA has shifted from the analysis of various characteristics within individuals towards a greater consideration of individuals' dynamic interactions with diverse contexts. This revisit of the bestselling The Psychology of the Language Learner reflects on these developments by challenging some of the assumptions upon which the original text was based, maintaining the familiar structure of the original, while situating the discussion within a very different theoretical framework. Written in a lively, accessible style, the book considers how the field has evolved and maintains a keen eye on the future, suggesting exciting new directions for the psychology of SLA. The Psychology of the Language Learner Revisited will appeal to students and researchers in a wide range of disciplines, including applied linguistics, second language acquisition, modern languages, and psychology.

Multilingual Learners and Academic Literacies - Sociocultural Contexts of Literacy Development in Adolescents (Hardcover):... Multilingual Learners and Academic Literacies - Sociocultural Contexts of Literacy Development in Adolescents (Hardcover)
Daniella Molle, Edynn Sato, Timothy Boals, Carol A. Hedgspeth
R4,944 Discovery Miles 49 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Shifting the discourse from a focus on academic language to the more dynamic but less researched construct of academic literacies, this volume addresses three key questions: * What constitutes academic literacy? * What does academic literacy development in adolescent multilingual students look like and how can this development be assessed? * What classroom contexts foster the development of academic literacies in multilingual adolescents? The contributing authors provide divergent definitions of academic literacies and use dissimilar theoretical and methodological approaches to study literacy development. Nevertheless, all chapters reflect a shared conceptual framework for examining academic literacies as situated, overlapping, meaning-making practices. This framework foregrounds students' participation in valued disciplinary literacy practices. Emphasized in the new college and career readiness standards, the notion of disciplinary practices allows the contributing authors to bridge the language/content dichotomy, and take a more holistic as well as nuanced view of the demands that multilingual students face in general education classrooms. The volume also explores the implications of the emphasis on academic literacy practices for classroom instruction, research, and policy.

Adult Language Education and Migration - Challenging agendas in policy and practice (Hardcover): James Simpson, Anne Whiteside Adult Language Education and Migration - Challenging agendas in policy and practice (Hardcover)
James Simpson, Anne Whiteside
R4,774 Discovery Miles 47 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Adult Language Education and Migration: Challenging Agendas in Policy and Practice provides a lively and critical examination of policy and practice in language education for adult migrants around the world, showing how opportunities for learning the language of a new country both shape and are shaped by policy moves. Language policies for migrants are often controversial and hotly contested, but at the same time innovative teaching practices are emerging in response to the language learning needs of today's mobile populations. This book: analyses and challenges language education policies relating to adult migrants in nine countries; provides a comparative study with separate chapters on policy and practice in each country; focuses on Australia, Canada, Spain (Catalonia), Finland, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, the UK and the US. Adult Language Education and Migration is essential reading for practitioners, students and researchers working in the area of language education in migration contexts.

Decentring France - Multilingualism and Power in Contemporary French Cinema (Paperback): Gemma King Decentring France - Multilingualism and Power in Contemporary French Cinema (Paperback)
Gemma King
R800 Discovery Miles 8 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In a world defined by the flow of people, goods and cultures, many contemporary French films explore the multicultural nature of today's France through language. From rival lingua francas such as English to socio-politically marginalised languages such as Arabic or Kurdish, multilingual characters in these films exploit their knowledge of multiple languages, and offer counter-perspectives to dominant ideologies of the role of linguistic diversity in society. Decentring France is the first substantial study of multilingual film in France. Unpacking the power dynamics at play in the dialogue of eight emblematic films, this book argues that many contemporary French films take a new approach to language and power, showing how even the most historically-maligned languages can empower their speakers. This book offers a unique insight to academics and students alike, into the place of language and power in French cinema today. -- .

Metrolingualism - Language in the City (Hardcover): Alastair Pennycook, Emi Otsuji Metrolingualism - Language in the City (Hardcover)
Alastair Pennycook, Emi Otsuji
R5,068 Discovery Miles 50 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is about language and the city. Pennycook and Otsuji introduce the notion of 'metrolingualism', showing how language and the city are deeply involved in a perpetual exchange between people, history, migration, architecture, urban landscapes and linguistic resources. Cities and languages are in constant change, as new speakers with new repertoires come into contact as a result of globalization and the increased mobility of people and languages. Metrolingualism sheds light on the ordinariness of linguistic diversity as people go about their daily lives, getting things done, eating and drinking, buying and selling, talking and joking, drawing on whatever linguistic resources are available. Engaging with current debates about multilingualism, and developing a new way of thinking about language, the authors explore language within a number of contemporary urban situations, including cafes, restaurants, shops, streets, construction sites and other places of work, in two diverse cities, Sydney and Tokyo. This is an invaluable look at how people of different backgrounds get by linguistically. Metrolingualism: Language in the city will be of special interest to advanced undergraduate/postgraduate students and researchers of sociolinguistics and applied linguistics.

Illegal Alphabets and Adult Biliteracy - Latino Migrants Crossing the Linguistic Border, Expanded Edition (Hardcover, 2nd... Illegal Alphabets and Adult Biliteracy - Latino Migrants Crossing the Linguistic Border, Expanded Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Tomas Mario Kalmar
R4,616 Discovery Miles 46 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

How do "illegal aliens" chart the speech sounds of colloquial English? This book is timeless in offering an unusually direct entry into how a group of Mexican fruit pickers analyze their first encounter with local American speech in a tiny rural Midwestern community in the United States. Readers see close up how intelligently migrant workers help each other use what they already know-the alphabetic principle of one letter, one sound-to teach each other, from scratch, at the very first contact, a language which none of them can speak. They see how and why the strategies adult immigrants actually use in order to cope with English in the real world seem to have little in common with those used in publicly funded bilingual and ESL classrooms. What's new in this expanded edition of Tomas Mario Kalmar's landmark Illegal Alphabets and Adult Biliteracy are in-depth commentaries from six distinguished scholars-Peter Elbow, Ofelia Garcia, James Paul Gee, Herve Varenne, Luis Vazquez Leon, Karen Velasquez-who bring to it their own personal, professional, and (multi)disciplinary viewpoints.

Linguistic Diasporas, Narrative and Performance - The Irish in Argentina (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Sarah O'Brien Linguistic Diasporas, Narrative and Performance - The Irish in Argentina (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Sarah O'Brien
R3,120 Discovery Miles 31 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the present-day Irish Diaspora in Argentina, using oral narrative and a sociolinguistic theoretical framework to draw out the features that define contemporary Hiberno-Argentine identity. The author analyzes the spoken memories and discourses of Irish-Argentine descendants to trace the socio-political evolution of a bilingual, bicultural community from World War II to the present day. In so doing, O'Brien reveals a legacy of emigration that is without precedent in the global Irish Diaspora, and which is deeply relevant to today's global Irish citizenry in its challenging of preconceived notions of what it is to be Irish in the New World. As well as contributing to understandings of an immigrant linguistic journey over three generations, the book also provides a vital ethnographic portrait of an Irish descendant community that is acutely aware of its vulnerability and invisibility in an increasingly pluralistic South American society. This book will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience including scholars of migration, oral history, folklore, bilingualism, memory, sociolinguistics, narrative performance and Irish Diaspora studies.

Minority Populations in Canadian Second Language Education (Paperback, New): Katy Arnett, Callie Mady Minority Populations in Canadian Second Language Education (Paperback, New)
Katy Arnett, Callie Mady
R952 Discovery Miles 9 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Until now, the picture painted of French second language learning in Canada has tended to focus on successful French immersion. This volume offers a broader representation, in response to the demographic changes that have made the French language classroom a more complex place. Focusing on inclusion and language maintenance, the chapters discuss how a multilingual population can add the two official languages to their repertoire whilst maintaining their languages of origin/heritage; how the revitalization of Indigenous languages can best be supported in the language classroom, and how students with disabilities can be helped to successfully learn languages.

The Role of the Learner in Task-Based Language Teaching - Theory and Research Methods (Paperback): Craig Lambert, Scott Aubrey,... The Role of the Learner in Task-Based Language Teaching - Theory and Research Methods (Paperback)
Craig Lambert, Scott Aubrey, Gavin Bui
R1,256 Discovery Miles 12 560 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This comprehensive, forward-looking text is the first holistic research overview and practical methods guide for researching the role that affective and conative factors play in second language learners’ task performance and language acquisition. It provides a long overdue update on the role of the learner in task-based language teaching (TBLT). The book brings together theoretical background and major constructs, established and innovative methodological and technological tools, cutting-edge findings, and illuminating suggestions for future work. A group of expert scholars from around the world synthesize the state of the art, detail how to design and conduct empirical studies, and authoritatively set the agenda for future work in this critical, emerging area of language learning and instructional design. With a variety of helpful features like suggested research, discussion questions, and recommended further readings, this will be an invaluable resource to advanced students and researchers of second language acquisition, applied linguistics, psychology, education, and related areas.

Multilingual Learners and Academic Literacies - Sociocultural Contexts of Literacy Development in Adolescents (Paperback):... Multilingual Learners and Academic Literacies - Sociocultural Contexts of Literacy Development in Adolescents (Paperback)
Daniella Molle, Edynn Sato, Timothy Boals, Carol A. Hedgspeth
R1,779 Discovery Miles 17 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Shifting the discourse from a focus on academic language to the more dynamic but less researched construct of academic literacies, this volume addresses three key questions: * What constitutes academic literacy? * What does academic literacy development in adolescent multilingual students look like and how can this development be assessed? * What classroom contexts foster the development of academic literacies in multilingual adolescents? The contributing authors provide divergent definitions of academic literacies and use dissimilar theoretical and methodological approaches to study literacy development. Nevertheless, all chapters reflect a shared conceptual framework for examining academic literacies as situated, overlapping, meaning-making practices. This framework foregrounds students' participation in valued disciplinary literacy practices. Emphasized in the new college and career readiness standards, the notion of disciplinary practices allows the contributing authors to bridge the language/content dichotomy, and take a more holistic as well as nuanced view of the demands that multilingual students face in general education classrooms. The volume also explores the implications of the emphasis on academic literacy practices for classroom instruction, research, and policy.

Rediscovering Interlanguage (Hardcover): Larry Selinker, William E. Rutherford Rediscovering Interlanguage (Hardcover)
Larry Selinker, William E. Rutherford
R4,719 Discovery Miles 47 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

An account of the development of research and thinking in the field of learner language. Draws on wide-ranging research into contrastive analysis, bilingualism, theoretical linguistics and experimental psychology.

The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan - Diversity and multiculturalism through English language education in a... The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan - Diversity and multiculturalism through English language education in a globalized era (Hardcover)
Mieko Yamada
R4,619 Discovery Miles 46 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Role of English Teaching in Modern Japan examines the complex nature of Japan's promotion of English as a Foreign Language (EFL). In globalized societies where people with different native languages communicate through English, multicultural and multilinguistic interactions are widely created. This book takes the opportunity to look at Japan and examines how these multiple realities have affected its English language teaching within the domestic context. The myth of Japan's racial and ethnic homogeneity may hinder many Japanese in recognizing realities of its own minority groups such as Ainu, Zainichi Koreans, and Brazilian Japanese, who are in the same EFL classrooms. Acknowledging a variety of English uses and users in Japan, this book emphasizes the influence of Japan's recent domestic diversity on its EFL curriculum and urges that such changes should be addressed. It suggests new directions for incorporating multicultural perspectives in order to develop English language education in Japan and other Asian contexts where English is often taught as a foreign language. Chapters include: Social, cultural, and political background of Japan's EFL education Race, ethnicity, and multiculturalism Representations of diversity in Japanese EFL Textbooks Perceptions of English learning and diversity in Japan The role of EFL education in multicultural Japan

Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Research (Hardcover): Yin Ling Cheung, Selim Ben Said, Kwanghyun Park Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Research (Hardcover)
Yin Ling Cheung, Selim Ben Said, Kwanghyun Park
R4,788 Discovery Miles 47 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book presents the latest research on understanding language teacher identity and development for both novice and experienced researchers and educators, and introduces non-experts in language teacher education to key topics in teacher identity research. It covers a wide range of backgrounds, themes, and subjects pertaining to language teacher identity and development. Some of these include the effects of apprenticeship in doctoral training on novice teacher identity; the impacts of mid-career redundancy on the professional identities of teachers; challenges faced by teachers in the construction of their professional identities; the emerging professional identity of pre-service teachers; teacher identity development of beginning teachers; the role of emotions in the professional identities of non-native English speaking teachers; the negotiation of professional identities by female academics. Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Research will appeal to academics in ELT/TESOL/applied linguistics. It will also be useful to those who are non-experts in language teacher education, yet still need to know about theories and recent advances in the area due to varying reasons including their affiliation to a teacher training institute; needs to participate in projects on language teacher education; and teaching a course for pre-service and in-service language teachers.

Second Language Sentence Processing (Hardcover): Alan Juffs, Guillermo A Rodriguez Second Language Sentence Processing (Hardcover)
Alan Juffs, Guillermo A Rodriguez
R4,776 Discovery Miles 47 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This addition to the Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition series presents a comprehensive review of the latest research findings on sentence processing in second language acquisition. The book begins with a broad overview of the core issues of second language sentence processing research and then narrows its focus by dedicating individual chapters to each of these key areas. While a number of publications have discussed research findings on knowledge of formal syntactic principles as part of theories of second language acquisition, there are fewer resources dedicated to the role of second language sentence processing in this context. This volume will act as the first full-length literature review of the field on the market.

Global Portuguese - Linguistic Ideologies in Late Modernity (Hardcover): Luiz Paulo Moita-Lopes Global Portuguese - Linguistic Ideologies in Late Modernity (Hardcover)
Luiz Paulo Moita-Lopes; Series edited by Marilyn Martin-Jones
R4,632 Discovery Miles 46 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book aims at deconstructing and problematizing linguistic ideologies related to Portuguese in late modernity and questioning the theoretical presuppositions which have led us to call Portuguese 'a language.' Such an endeavor is crucial when we know that Portuguese is a language which is increasingly internationalized, used as the official language in four continents (in ten countries) and which has come to play a relevant role in the so-called linguistic market on the basis of the geopolitical transformations in a multipolar world. The book covers a wide range of social, political and historical contexts in which 'Portuguese' is used (in Brazil, Canada, East-Timor, England, Portugal, Mozambique and Uruguay), and considers diverse linguistic practices. Through this critique, contributors chart new directions for research on language ideologies and language practices (including research related to Portuguese and to other 'languages') and consider ways of developing new conceptual compasses that are better attuned to the sociolinguistic realities of the late modern era, in which people, texts and languages are increasingly in movement through national borders and those of digital networks of communication.

Demystifying Academic Writing - Genres, Moves, Skills, and Strategies (Paperback): Zhihui Fang Demystifying Academic Writing - Genres, Moves, Skills, and Strategies (Paperback)
Zhihui Fang
R1,298 Discovery Miles 12 980 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Informative, insightful, and accessible, this book is designed to enhance the capacity of graduate and undergraduate students, as well as early career scholars, to write for academic purposes. Fang describes key genres of academic writing, common rhetorical moves associated with each genre, essential skills needed to write the genres, and linguistic resources and strategies that are functional and effective for performing these moves and skills. Fang's functional linguistic approach to academic writing enables readers to do so much more than write grammatically well-formed sentences. It leverages writing as a process of designing meaning to position language choices as the central focus, illuminating how language is a creative resource for presenting information, developing argument, embedding perspectives, engaging audience, and structuring text across genres and disciplines. Covering reading responses, book reviews, literature reviews, argumentative essays, empirical research articles, grant proposals, and more, this text is an all-in-one resource for building a successful career in academic writing and scholarly publishing. Each chapter features crafts for effective communication, authentic writing examples, practical applications, and reflective questions. Fang complements these features with self-assessment tools for writers and tips for empowering writers. Assuming no technical knowledge, this text is ideal for both non-native and native English speakers, and suitable for courses in academic writing, rhetoric and composition, and language/literacy education.

Second Language Sentence Processing (Paperback): Alan Juffs, Guillermo A Rodriguez Second Language Sentence Processing (Paperback)
Alan Juffs, Guillermo A Rodriguez
R1,856 Discovery Miles 18 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This addition to the Cognitive Science and Second Language Acquisition series presents a comprehensive review of the latest research findings on sentence processing in second language acquisition. The book begins with a broad overview of the core issues of second language sentence processing research and then narrows its focus by dedicating individual chapters to each of these key areas. While a number of publications have discussed research findings on knowledge of formal syntactic principles as part of theories of second language acquisition, there are fewer resources dedicated to the role of second language sentence processing in this context. This volume will act as the first full-length literature review of the field on the market.

A Sociolinguistics of Diaspora - Latino Practices, Identities, and Ideologies (Hardcover): Rosina Marquez Reiter, Luisa Martin... A Sociolinguistics of Diaspora - Latino Practices, Identities, and Ideologies (Hardcover)
Rosina Marquez Reiter, Luisa Martin Rojo
R4,920 Discovery Miles 49 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This volume brings together scholars in sociolinguistics and the sociology of new media and mobile technologies who are working on different social and communicative aspects of the Latino diaspora. There is new interest in the ways in which migrants negotiate and renegotiate identities through their continued interactions with their own culture back home, in the host country, in similar diaspora elsewhere, and with the various "new" cultures of the receiving country. This collection focuses on two broad political and social contexts: the established Latino communities in urban settings in North America and newer Latin American communities in Europe and the Middle East. It explores the role of migration/diaspora in transforming linguistic practices, ideologies, and identities.

Multilingual America - Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of American Literature (Paperback): Werner Sollors Multilingual America - Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of American Literature (Paperback)
Werner Sollors
R922 Discovery Miles 9 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

aThis volume is invaluable and provides essential source as wake-up call for both professionals and general audiences to recognize that American literature is multilingual throughout its history and, if present demographic trends continue, will rapidly become more multicultural.a
--"Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development"Aside from the occasional controversy over "Official English" campaigns, language remains the blind spot in the debate over multiculturalism. Considering its status as a nation of non-English speaking aborigines and of immigrants with many languages, America exhibits a curious tunnel vision about cultural and literary forms that are not in English. How then have non-English speaking Americans written about their experiences in this country? And what can we learn-about America, immigration and ethnicity-from them?

Arguing that multilingualism is perhaps the most important form of diversity, Multilingual America calls attention to-and seeks to correct-the linguistic parochialism that has defined American literary study. By bringing together essays on important works by, among others, Yiddish, Chinese American, German American, Italian American, Norwegian American, and Spanish American writers, Werner Sollors here presents a fuller view of multilingualism as a historical phenomenon and as an ongoing way of life. At a time when we are just beginning to understand the profound effects of language acquisition on the development of the brain, Multilingual America forces us to broaden what in fact constitutes American literature.

Learning Chinese in a Multilingual Space - An Ecological Perspective on Studying Abroad (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Peiru Tong,... Learning Chinese in a Multilingual Space - An Ecological Perspective on Studying Abroad (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Peiru Tong, Linda Tsung
R2,655 Discovery Miles 26 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines the benefits of an Australian in-country study (ICS) in China programme and explores ways to maximise the short-term ICS experience in a multilingual space. The book employs an ecological perspective which has seldom been used to examine the study abroad context. It emphasises the importance of the space itself as an arena of interaction, belonging and power, where conduct and modes of communication are often regulated by political authorities and societal expectations. Specifically, the book focuses on the following: * the extent to which the ICS facilitated interaction in different settings * the way in which interaction during ICS contributed to language learning * the degree in which the interaction during ICS contributed to culture learning and * the role of identity in the learning process in the ICS. The main argument of the book is that while the ICS promoted multilingual learning space for in-class and out-of-class interactions, which further facilitated language and culture learning to a great extent, Australian students' identities and self-concepts also played a core mediating role throughout individual learning trajectories.

Governing Cross-Border Higher Education (Hardcover): Christopher Ziguras, Grant McBurnie Governing Cross-Border Higher Education (Hardcover)
Christopher Ziguras, Grant McBurnie
R4,477 Discovery Miles 44 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Governing Cross-Border Higher Education examines the role of governments in relation to three key aspects of international education: student mobility; migration of international students; and transnational provision through collaboration or branch campuses. The research for this book is informed by interviews with key stakeholders in ten countries and extensive engagement with policy makers and international agencies. It analyses the ways in which governments are able to direct or at least influence these cross-border movements in higher education. The book explores key issues that national governments are invariably required to contend with in an increasingly globalised higher education market, as well as the policy options available to them in such a climate. Alongside this, there is analysis into why states adopt particular approaches, with critical assessment of their varying success. Key topics include: the political economy of international higher education; recruiting students; promoting and regulating transnational provision; student migration; governing educational imports; managing the outflow of students; the regulated market. This book will be a valuable and insightful resource for those involved in higher education policy and interested in the globalisation of the higher education market.

Becoming a Reading Teacher - Connecting Research and Practice (Paperback): Jane Spiro, Amos Paran Becoming a Reading Teacher - Connecting Research and Practice (Paperback)
Jane Spiro, Amos Paran
R1,291 Discovery Miles 12 910 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book encourages readers to think about reading not only as an encounter with written language, but as a lifelong habit of engagement with ideas. We look at reading in four different ways: as linguistic process, personal experience, collective experience, and as classroom practice. We think about how reading influences a life, how it changes over time, how we might return at different stages of life to the same reading, how we might respond differently to ideas read in an L1 and L2. There are 44 teaching activities, all founded on research that explores the nature, value and impact of reading as an authentic activity rather than for language or study purposes alone. We consider what this means for schools and classrooms, and for different kinds of learners. The final part of the book provides practical stepping stones for the teacher to become a researcher of their own classes and learners. The four parts of the book offer a virtuous join between reading, teaching and researching. It will be useful for any teacher or reader who wishes to refresh their view of how reading fits in to the development of language and the development of a reading life.

English Language Learners - The Power of Culturally Relevant Pedagogies (Paperback): Ashraf Esmail, Abul Pitre, Alice... English Language Learners - The Power of Culturally Relevant Pedagogies (Paperback)
Ashraf Esmail, Abul Pitre, Alice Duhon-Ross, Judith Blakely, H.Prentice Baptiste
R635 Discovery Miles 6 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The recent increase in immigration patterns in the United States has meant an increase in the number of children entering American schools whose first language is not English. Some reports indicate that as many as one in four students come from families where the language spoken in the home is not English. English Language Learners: The Power of Culturally Relevant Pedagogies provides teachers access to information that will help them understand the English language learner, develop effective strategies to teach English language learners, create effective learning environments, and use assessments to meet the needs of English language learners as well as garner community resources to support English language learners.

Pronunciation for English as an International Language - From research to practice (Hardcover): Ee Ling Low Pronunciation for English as an International Language - From research to practice (Hardcover)
Ee Ling Low
R4,935 Discovery Miles 49 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Pronunciation plays a crucial role in learning English as an international language, yet often remains marginalised by educators due to a lack of required phonetic and phonological knowledge. Pronunciation for English as an International Language bridges the gap between phonetics, phonology and pronunciation and provides the reader with a research based guide on how best to teach the English language. The book follows an easy to follow format which ensures the reader will have a comprehensive grasp of each given topic by the end of the chapter. Key ideas explored include: * Articulation of English speech sounds and basic transcription * Connected speech processes * Current issues in English language pronunciation teaching * Multimedia in English language pronunciation practice * Using speech analysis to investigate pronunciation features Using the latest research, Pronunciation for English as an International Language will facilitate effective teaching and learning for any individual involved in teaching English as a second, foreign or international language.

Language Mixing and Code-Switching in Writing - Approaches to Mixed-Language Written Discourse (Paperback): Mark Sebba,... Language Mixing and Code-Switching in Writing - Approaches to Mixed-Language Written Discourse (Paperback)
Mark Sebba, Shahrzad Mahootian, Carla Jonsson; Series edited by Marilyn Martin-Jones
R1,793 Discovery Miles 17 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Code-switching," or the alternation of languages by bilinguals, has attracted an enormous amount of attention from researchers. However, most research has focused on spoken language, and the resultant theoretical frameworks have been based on spoken code-switching. This volume presents a collection of new work on the alternation of languages in written form. Written language alternation has existed since ancient times. It is present today in a great deal of traditional media, and also exists in newer, less regulated forms such as email, SMS messages, and blogs. Chapters in this volume cover both historical and contemporary language-mixing practices in a large range of language pairs and multilingual communities. The research collected here explores diverse approaches, including corpus linguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, literacy studies, ethnography, and analyses of the visual/textual aspects of written data. Each chapter, based on empirical research of multilingual writing, presents methodological approaches as models for other researchers. New perspectives developed in this book include: analysis specific to written, rather than spoken, discourse; approaches from the new literacy studies, treating mixed-language literacy from a practice perspective; a focus on both "traditional" and "new" media types; and the semiotics of both text and the visual environment.

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