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Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Language teaching theory & methods

Foreign Language Learning and Use - Interaction in Informal Social Networks (Hardcover, New): Naomi Kurata Foreign Language Learning and Use - Interaction in Informal Social Networks (Hardcover, New)
Naomi Kurata
R5,607 Discovery Miles 56 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

It is commonly believed that foreign language skills improve through social interaction with speakers of the language. However, there is little research addressing the issue of access to such interaction. This book explores this issue, examining longitudinal case studies of interaction between language learners and speakers of the target language within their informal social networks. It looks at the complex social and personal factors that influence language choice. Kurata reveals that even for motivated learners opportunities to use the target language are limited, and suggests factors that promote language use and opportunities for learning.She proposes ways around obstacles to opportunities for second language use and second language learning and sets out important implications for language learning in and outside classrooms.

Experiences of Second Language Teacher Education (Hardcover): T. Wright, M. Beaumont Experiences of Second Language Teacher Education (Hardcover)
T. Wright, M. Beaumont
R4,252 Discovery Miles 42 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book brings together the voices of teacher educators working in different national and educational settings. It Covers themes such as change in teacher education practices, the influences of context on practice, and of interculturality, to provide rich insights into the processes and effects of second language teacher education.

Exploring Literacies - Theory, Research and Practice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Helen De Silva Joyce, Susan Feez Exploring Literacies - Theory, Research and Practice (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Helen De Silva Joyce, Susan Feez
R3,676 Discovery Miles 36 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a guide to current research and debate in the field of literacies practice and education. It provides both an historical and lifespan view of the field as well as an overview of research methodologies with first-hand examples from a range of researchers involved in literacy research.

Language for Specific Purposes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Sandra Gollin-Kies, David R. Hall, Stephen H Moore Language for Specific Purposes (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Sandra Gollin-Kies, David R. Hall, Stephen H Moore
R2,897 R1,991 Discovery Miles 19 910 Save R906 (31%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Language for Specific Purposes" is a growth area in research and application in both academic and occupational settings. The book contains an overview of key concepts and research findings, grounded and analyzed in case studies from current teaching situations. A series of project reviews illustrate research methods, aiming to stimulate further research, and a guide to research resources is provided. In the process, teaching methods, materials, motivation, communicative language skills and subject specific requirements are discussed.

Program Evaluation in Language Education (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): R Kiely, P. Rea-Dickins Program Evaluation in Language Education (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
R Kiely, P. Rea-Dickins
R2,889 Discovery Miles 28 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The authors describe evaluation as a way of understanding and developing language programs: the thematic and background section sets out the decision-making, quality management, and learning functions of evaluation. Case studies illustrate the diversity of evaluation contexts, functions and approaches, documenting the ways in which evaluation processes and outcomes inform and facilitate program development, and contribute to explaining how language and teacher education programs constitute opportunities for learning. The ways in which evaluation practice can be researched and developed to maximize policy, institutional and program effectiveness is included, and a comprehensive set of resources for those commissioning, undertaking or researching language program evaluations concludes the text.

Conceptualising 'Learning' in Applied Linguistics (Hardcover): P. Seedhouse, S Walsh, C. Jenks Conceptualising 'Learning' in Applied Linguistics (Hardcover)
P. Seedhouse, S Walsh, C. Jenks
R2,876 Discovery Miles 28 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Why do conceptions of 'learning' vary so much in L2 learning research? Is there a conceptualisation of 'learning' to which members of different schools of SLA can subscribe? These questions and more are answered in this book by world-leading researchers in the field.

The Structure of Learner Varieties (Hardcover, Reprint 2011): Henri ette Hendriks The Structure of Learner Varieties (Hardcover, Reprint 2011)
Henri ette Hendriks
R5,077 R4,545 Discovery Miles 45 450 Save R532 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume brings together ten contributions to the study of untutored (mainly) second but also first language acquisition. All chapters have been written from a functionalist perspective and take as the main theoretical framework a model of spontaneous second language acquisition centered on the "basic variety" as proposed by Klein and Perdue. The chapters in the volume are grouped around two research themes. The first theme concerns the acquisition of scope phenomena (negation, scope particles), the second one deals with referential movement (reference to person, time and space). Both parts provide insights in the structure of learner varieties at various stages of development, and are followed by a discussion chapter. Scope phenomena, such as negation and frequency adverbials present an important learning problem, as learners have to reconcile the logical structure of their utterances with the syntactic specifics of the language being learned. Their acquisition has been relatively neglected in studies up to date, however, and we even lack detailed knowledge about the interpretation of scope particles in the target languages. The chapters in this part of the volume set out to provide more knowledge about scope phenomena in general; more detailed descriptions of the particles in the languages under consideration; and a more general understanding of how scope is acquired. Strong findings resulting from the "ESF" project suggested universal trends in how untutored learners deal with acquisition in the very early stages (the basic variety). Chapters in this second part of the volume on referential movement look at acquisition at more advanced stages, including the production of near native speakers. Learners who progress beyond the basic variety increasingly grammaticalise their productions. This later development is supposedly more variable, as more specific aspects of the target languages are now being acquired. Chapters in this part allow to shed more light on the question regarding universal and language-specific influences on language acquisition.

Evaluation in Foreign Language Education in the Middle East and North Africa (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Sahbi Hidri, Christine... Evaluation in Foreign Language Education in the Middle East and North Africa (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Sahbi Hidri, Christine Coombe
R3,682 Discovery Miles 36 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book presents evaluation cases from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) context, investigating the various facets of evaluation in different parts of the MENA region and beyond. In 19 chapters, it explores cases from Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, the UAE, Turkey, Iran and Morocco. The book highlights the impact of evaluation on a range of stakeholders, arguing that it has repercussions at the individual, societal, economic, cultural and political levels, that it also has an ethical dimension, and that it is tailored to people's needs, helping them to remain abreast of the effectiveness and efficiency of programs. Further, the book explores controversial issues concerning different evaluation themes, such as teacher and staff evaluation, assessment practices, text genre analysis evaluation, assessment of productive skills, textbook and ICT evaluation, evaluation of ELT certificates and programs, quality assurance, ESP needs analysis, assessment literacy, and dynamic assessment. It addresses key challenges, such as who the "right people" to implement evaluation are, and the appropriate use of evaluation results to avoid any misuse or harm to any stakeholder. In closing, the book calls for further research venues on the relevance of evaluation, testing and assessment in the MENA context and beyond.

Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the Dutch Vocational Education System - Reforms Enacted (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Elly de... Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the Dutch Vocational Education System - Reforms Enacted (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Elly de Bruijn, Stephen Billett, Jeroen Onstenk
R4,323 Discovery Miles 43 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book discusses how the Dutch vocational education system has undergone significant waves of reform driven by global imperatives, national concerns and governmental policy goals. Like elsewhere, the impetuses for these reforms are directed to generating a more industry-responsive, locally-accountable and competence-based vocational education system. Each wave of reforms, however, has had particular emphases, and directed to achieve particular policy outcomes. Yet, they are more than mere versions of what had or is occurring elsewhere. They are shaped by specific national imperatives, sentiments and localised concerns. Consequently, whilst this book elaborate what constitutes the contemporary provision of vocational education in the Netherlands also addresses a broader concern of how vocational education systems become formed, manifested within nation states, and then are transformed through particular imperatives, institutional arrangement and localised factors. So, the readers of this book whilst learning much about the Dutch vocational education system will also come to identify and engage with a selection of contributions that inform factors that situate, shape and transform vocational education systems. Such a focus seems important given an era when there are concerns to standardise and make uniform educational provisions, often for administrative or political imperatives. As such, this book will be of interest not only to those who are engaged in the field of vocational education, but those with an interest in educational policy, practice and comparative studies.

Tanz Der Tiefseequalle  Im Unterricht (Paperback): Marc Bohmann Tanz Der Tiefseequalle Im Unterricht (Paperback)
Marc Bohmann
R264 Discovery Miles 2 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills - Autobiographical reflexive approach to teaching and learning a foreign language... Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills - Autobiographical reflexive approach to teaching and learning a foreign language (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)
Riitta Jaatinen
R3,010 Discovery Miles 30 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills offers an autobiographical reflexive approach to foreign language education. The orientation of the book is practical, containing rich descriptions of language learning situations including authentic language use and student stories. Teaching, including planning, methods, classroom work and evaluation, and case studies of good language learning and how dialogue based on reminiscing can be used to promote students' well-being in the language classroom are described in detail. Many practical examples of how to develop autobiographical reflexive approach, based on the phenomenological philosophy, and methodology, are presented. Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills significantly enhances the communicative approach and going beyond it into a new paradigm, whereby foreign language teaching and learning are seen as foreign language education. The book offers unique ways of developing vocational language teaching as an integrated holistic approach combining language contents with vocationally relevant topics and the interactive, dialogical processes of working in language classes. readers, Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills will be of interest to teachers as well as researchers in the areas of applied and educational linguistics.

Non-Native Language Teachers - Perceptions, Challenges and Contributions to the Profession (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): Enric Llurda Non-Native Language Teachers - Perceptions, Challenges and Contributions to the Profession (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
Enric Llurda
R2,915 Discovery Miles 29 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As non-natives are increasingly found teaching languages, particularly English, both in ESL and EFL contexts, the identification of their specific contributions and their main strengths has become more relevant than ever. This volume provides different approaches to the study of non-native teachers: NNS teachers as seen by students, teachers, graduate supervisors, and by themselves. It contributes seldom-explored perspectives, like classroom discourse analysis, and social-psychological framework to discuss conceptions of NNS teachers.

Assessment and Autonomy in Language Learning (Hardcover): C. Everhard, L. Murphy Assessment and Autonomy in Language Learning (Hardcover)
C. Everhard, L. Murphy
R3,482 Discovery Miles 34 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines this contested relationship between assessment and autonomy from a number of perspectives in a variety of Higher Education language-learning contexts in Europe and the Far East. The contributors to the book describe research into assessment both for and as autonomy, as well as approaches to the assessment of autonomy itself.

Pedagogy of Language Learning in Higher Education - An Introduction (Hardcover): Gerd Brauer Pedagogy of Language Learning in Higher Education - An Introduction (Hardcover)
Gerd Brauer
R2,790 Discovery Miles 27 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Fifteen authors from the United States, Australia, and Germany contribute articles on issues such as the political agenda of higher institutions, language across the curriculum, service learning, adult education, artistic and aesthetic practice, intercultural awareness through electronic media, extra-curricular consultation, and language learning outreach, related to Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, French, German, and English as a foreign and second language.

The second volume of the series Advances in Foreign and Second Language Pedagogy is an introduction to the pedagogy of language learning in higher education focusing on learner motivation, classroom environments, relationships for learning, and the future of language education. The book reveals numerous links to language education on the secondary level, appealing to a wide audience.

Understanding the Language Classroom (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): S. Gieve, I Miller Understanding the Language Classroom (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
S. Gieve, I Miller
R2,888 Discovery Miles 28 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The starting point for this collection is a chapter by Dick Allwright on the language learning and teaching classroom experience entitled "Six Promising Directions in Applied Linguistics." The other distinguished contributors respond to this discussion with their own interpretations and from their own experience. The collection problematizes prescription, efficiency, and technical solutions as orientations to classroom language learning. Complexity and idiosyncrasy, on the other hand, are recognized as central concepts in a move towards centralizing teachers' and learners' own understanding of "classroom life," in the contexts of language learning, adult literacy education and language teacher education.

Sociocultural Theory and L2 Instructional Pragmatics (Hardcover, New): Remi A. van Compernolle Sociocultural Theory and L2 Instructional Pragmatics (Hardcover, New)
Remi A. van Compernolle
R3,070 Discovery Miles 30 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Winner of the AAAL First Book Award 2017! This book outlines a framework for teaching second language pragmatics grounded in Vygotskian sociocultural psychology. The framework focuses on the appropriation of sociopragmatic concepts as psychological tools that mediate pragmalinguistic choices. Using multiple sources of metalinguistic and performance data collected during a six-week pedagogical enrichment program involving one-on-one tutoring sessions, the volume explores both theoretical and practical issues relevant to teaching second language pragmatics from a Vygotskian perspective. The book represents an important contribution to second language instructional pragmatics research as well as to second language sociocultural psychology scholarship. It will be of interest to all those researching in this field and to language teachers who will find the pedagogical recommendations useful.

Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics - A Practical Introduction (Hardcover): J. Heigham, R. Croker Qualitative Research in Applied Linguistics - A Practical Introduction (Hardcover)
J. Heigham, R. Croker
R4,585 Discovery Miles 45 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Written in a clear, informal style for graduate students and practicing teachers embarking on their first qualitative research study in applied linguistics, leading authors introduce the principal research approaches and data creation methods to offer novice researchers an easy-to-follow and straightforward guide to qualitative inquiry.

Appraising Research: Evaluation in Academic Writing (Hardcover): S Hood Appraising Research: Evaluation in Academic Writing (Hardcover)
S Hood
R3,596 Discovery Miles 35 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Focusing on the introductions to research articles in a variety of disciplines, the author uses appraisal theory to analyze how writers bring together multiple resources to develop their positions in the flow of discourse. It will be most useful for researchers new to appraisal, and to EAP teachers.

Language Learning and Teacher Education - A Sociocultural Approach (Paperback): Margaret R. Hawkins Language Learning and Teacher Education - A Sociocultural Approach (Paperback)
Margaret R. Hawkins
R827 Discovery Miles 8 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores sociocultural theories as they relate to language and literacy teaching and learning, and to professional preparation and development for language teachers. Language teachers and language teacher educators weave research, theory and practice together as they articulate and explore theoretical perspectives through detailed descriptions and analyses of practices.

Genre-based Automated Writing Evaluation for L2 Research Writing - From Design to Evaluation and Enhancement (Hardcover): E.... Genre-based Automated Writing Evaluation for L2 Research Writing - From Design to Evaluation and Enhancement (Hardcover)
E. Cotos
R3,543 Discovery Miles 35 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Research writing and teaching is a great challenge for novice scholars, especially L2 writers. This book presents a compelling and much-needed automated writing evaluation (AWE) reinforcement to L2 research writing pedagogy.

Pragmatics and its applications to TESOL and SLA (Paperback): S Attardo Pragmatics and its applications to TESOL and SLA (Paperback)
S Attardo
R1,081 Discovery Miles 10 810 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A concise introduction to the field of theoretical pragmatics and its applications in second language acquisition and English-language instruction Pragmatics and its Applications to TESOL and SLA offers an in-depth description of key areas of linguistic pragmatics and a review of how those topics can be applied to pedagogy in the fields of second language acquisition (SLA) and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). This book is an excellent resource for students and professionals who have an interest in teaching pragmatics (speech acts, the cooperative principle, deixis, politeness theory, and more) in second language contexts. This book introduces technical terminology and concepts--including the fundamentals of semantics and semiotics--in simple language, and it provides illuminating examples, making it an excellent choice for readers with an elementary linguistics background who wish to further their knowledge of pragmatics. It also covers more advanced pragmatics topics, including stance, indexicality, and pragmatic appropriateness. Key features include: A comprehensive introduction to pragmatics, covering meaning, speech acts, the cooperation principle, politeness, metapragmatics, and more A unique orientation toward practical application in second language acquisition studies and English-language instruction Two-part chapters clearly separating theoretical introductions from concrete, real-world applications of the theory Thorough coverage that is accessible to both students and professionals currently teaching English to speakers of other languages, including sample lesson plans Practical chapters on the interface between pragmatics and teaching, and on research design Pragmatics and its Applications to TESOL and SLA is a comprehensive and coherent introduction, perfect for students, researchers, and scholars of pragmatics, second language acquisition, language teaching, and intercultural communication. It is also an excellent resource for professionals in the field of English-language education.

New Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Modern Languages (Paperback): Simon Green New Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Modern Languages (Paperback)
Simon Green
R821 Discovery Miles 8 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This exciting new publication featuring chapters from some of the foremost practitioners in the field of modern languages today closely examines research-based analysis, structural contexts and classroom practice in teaching and learning. After analysing the current situation, each author proposes radical solutions to current problems and the whole book provides much needed fresh thinking on methodology and pedagogy.

Professional Encounters in TESOL - Discourses of Teachers in Teaching (Hardcover): S Garton Professional Encounters in TESOL - Discourses of Teachers in Teaching (Hardcover)
S Garton; Edited by K. Richards; Contributions by Julian Edge, Paul Seedhouse
R1,529 Discovery Miles 15 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An investigation of the developing discourses of English language teachers in teaching and training, showing how teachers are shaped by the discourses they participate in and how they shape these discourses. By analysing professional development through professional discourse the book sheds light on what teachers do and why they do it.

Beyond the Language Classroom (Hardcover, New): P Benson, H. Reinders Beyond the Language Classroom (Hardcover, New)
P Benson, H. Reinders
R3,823 Discovery Miles 38 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This comprehensive exploration of theoretical and practical aspects of out-of-class teaching and learning, from a variety of perspectives and in various settings around the world, includes a theoretical overview of the field, 11 data-based case studies, and practical advice on materials development for independent learning.

Problem Solving in a Foreign Language (Hardcover): Lena Heine Problem Solving in a Foreign Language (Hardcover)
Lena Heine
R4,972 Discovery Miles 49 720 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Although Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is a popular teaching method, research on CLIL has nearly exclusively focused on aspects of language learning. Besides that, we are still lacking any cognitively well-grounded theory about the special features of contexts in which the focus is on content learning, but in which a foreign language is used as the medium of communicating information. This book re-examines the basis for CLIL from a cognitive perspective and investigates how the use of a foreign language as a working language influences the processing of content. It summarizes findings from cognitive psychology on thinking, problem solving and conceptual processing, and integrates them with models of language-specific mental activities such as speech processing and text composition. This provides a theoretically well-grounded basis for the understanding of the special features of CLIL, and promotes a Cognitive Linguistic perspective on CLIL pedagogy. The theoretical considerations form the basis for an empirical study that offers the first insights into what CLIL learners actually do when they solve content-focused tasks while using an L2. Through spontaneous verbalization of thought, detailed verbal protocols were elicited and analysed into language and content focused cognitive processes. The analysis shows that both language and conceptual thought interact closely and that a focus on language in general has positive effects on the processing of semantic content; the use of an L2 as working language can enhance this effect. Additionally, the study offers a thorough reflection and new perspectives on verbal protocols as research tools, in particular in L2 contexts.

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