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The use of Academic Podcasting Technology and MALL (Mobile Assisted
Language Learning) is reshaping teaching and learning by
supporting, expanding, and enhancing course content, learning
activities, and teacher-student interactions. Academic Podcasting
and Mobile Assisted Language Learning: Applications and Outcomes
shares innovative and pedagogically effective ways to improve
foreign language education by identifying the instructional uses
and benefits of academic podcasting technology and MALL in foreign
language acquisition. These include instructional uses, students
perceived learning gains, how instructors can use/have used the
technology (successes and challenges), study abroad experiences
with the technology, pedagogical impact, and economic perspectives
on its use.
At every pivotal moment in American history there has been a great
speech. Speeches inspired the Revolution and healed the wounds of
the Civil War. Speeches abolished slavery, won women the right to
vote, and sent millions of Americans into wars overseas. At their
best, speeches can frame the issues of the day and inspire the
nation to great acts.
Words That Changed America brings together one hundred of the most
influential and important speeches in our history.
In the chapter titled "Revolution," Patrick Henry demands liberty
or death in 1775; Elizabeth Cady Stanton declares the self-evident
truth that "all men and women" are created equal in 1848; and
Martin Luther King describes his dream in 1963.
In "Free Speech," Elijah Lovejoy, an abolitionist publisher,
defends the freedom of the press in 1837--days before a pro-slavery
mob will kill him for exercising it. Eugene Debs gives the defiant
"Canton, Ohio Speech" opposing World War I, for which he is
jailed.
In "America's Place in the World," George Washington warns
Americans in his 1796 Farewell Address against entangling alliances
with Europe; Woodrow Wilson declares war on Germany in 1917;
Franklin D. Roosevelt draws America further into World War II with
his "Arsenal of Democracy" speech; John F. Kennedy announces his
commitment to human rights (and opposition to Communism) in his
bold 1961 Inaugural Address; and Ronald Reagan stands at the Berlin
Wall in 1987 and dares Mikhail Gorbachev to tear it down.
Rounding out speeches of clear historical importance are selections
chosen for their depth, spirit, and humor. Eli Wiesel describes the
dangers of indifference. Lou Gehrig, stricken with the disease that
now bearshis name, bids farewell to Yankees fans. And Mark Twain
ponders the weather in New England.
The result is a vivid, engaging history of America, drawn in the
words of the men and women who shaped it.
This book makes punctuation more fun and easier to learn than
traditional approaches do. It teaches the natural way, by example:
each lesson begins with quotes that exemplify good punctuation and
sentence structure. Quotations are humorous and informative, drawn
from the words of notable figures-Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Jerry
Seinfeld, Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Jennifer Lawrence, and many
others. Short essays accompany each lesson, showing how each
punctuation mark originated and how its use has altered over time.
Correct punctuation is vital for clear, accurate, and natural
writing. Anyone preparing a course assignment, applying for a job
or for college admission, or doing any other formal writing needs
to know the standard conventions of punctuation. Yet many people
have never been taught how to punctuate. A necessary addition to
any writer's bookshelf, this enjoyable book will teach readers to
punctuate effectively and confidently-through over 500 memorable
quotes and clear explanations of the rules.
This volume presents a description of the Neo-Aramaic dialect that
was spoken by the Jews of Sanandaj in western Iran, but which is
now virtually extinct. The material for the volume was gathered
firsthand in fieldwork conducted with the last remaining speakers
in Israel. The volume consists of a detailed grammatical
description, a corpus of transcribed texts, including folktales,
historical accounts and portrayals of customs, and an extensive
glossary.
This collection combines research from the field of (im)politeness
studies with research on language pedagogy and language learning.
It aims to engender a useful dialogue between (im)politeness
theorists, language teachers, and SLA researchers, and also to
broaden the enquiry to naturalistic contexts other than L2
acquisition classrooms, by formulating 'teaching' and 'learning' as
processes of socialization, cultural transmission, and adaptation.
The purpose of this book is to explore "inner speech" and its
connections to second language (L2) learning. Inner speech, or
silent self-directed speaking, enables the faculty to "think" words
and is the main instrument for verbal thought. Inner speech
originates in first language (L1) social discourse and develops in
childhood through a process of internalization. In this book it is
postulated that, given certain conditions of L2 learning, it is
possible to develop L2 inner speech as a result of the
interiorization of L2 social speech. Inner speech has been quite
extensively investigated from an L1 perspective. The L2 acquisition
field, however, has been slow in acknowledging the importance of
inner speech in learning another language. Although within the past
decade there have been some notable efforts to explore the topic
from an L2 point of view, these efforts have remained in the form
of isolated articles and short sections in larger volumes. This
book reviews the extant literature on L1-L2 inner speech in its
attempt to offer a coherent and comprehensive account of the
phenomenon. The book draws mainly from Vygotskyan sociocultural
theory for insights into the nature of L2 inner speech and the
processes that engender it and characterize its development. The
pedagogical implications of recognizing the crucial role inner
speech plays in L2 learning are also addressed.
Inner Speech a" L2 comprises a discussion of the historical and
theoretical foundations of the concept of inner speech; a review of
studies related to L1 and L2 inner speech and its methodology of
research; an interpretive account of the origin, nature, and
development of L2 inner speech from a socioculturaltheory point of
view; and various pedagogical implications and suggestions for
further research.
The volume comprises 232 thematically organised articles based on
the highly successful "Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics"
and the "International Encyclopedia of Education" (2nd edition)
revised and, where necessary, updated and supplemented throughout.
Dealing with all topics at the intersection between education and
language, the work will prove an invaluable reference for all
researchers in the field. Never has there been more intense debate
over different attitudes and approaches to teaching and language.
This volume will provide a state of the art description of all the
topics of interest to language educators and all those concerned
with making and implementing policy in language education.
Fundamental topics include: the social context, society, national,
school and curricular policy, literacy and oracy, language
acquisition, bi- and plurilingualism, testing, TEFL, TESOL,
SLA.
For the educated, this book is an invaluable resource, one that
allows for easy reference to any grammatical concept imaginable.
the book gives thousands of examples, but it also provides explicit
reasoning why we should speak and write following certain patterns.
Don't feel like studying for hours to learn a concept? Look here
for the diagrams you need to understand why things go where they go
in a sentence. Did he act foolish? OR Did he act foolishly? Both
answers are here. If you are in college, grad school, or simply
interested, you decide what you want to know - your answers are
here. Written by two professors who hate to condescend but love to
teach, English Grammar and Syntax cuts through the pedantic
wasteland.
This book aims to offer insights into cognitive, sociocultural and
pedagogical aspects of foreign language learning and teaching. It
focuses on different competences, such as communicative competence,
intercultural competence and the autonomy of the language learner.
A significant feature of this volume is that it bears the fruit of
collaboration between researchers and practitioners on both sides
of the Atlantic and, therefore, offers a variety of perspectives.
The book is divided into four parts, focusing on the following four
areas of research: sociocultural theory, communicative language
teaching, intercultural competence and learner autonomy. The first
chapter of each part covers theoretical issues by outlining the
origins and development of a theory and explaining its core
concepts. In the second chapter, theoretical, empirical and applied
research is reviewed, and the implications for foreign language
learning and teaching are discussed. The third chapter of each part
is devoted to the application of the theories in focus. It presents
either an example of a research project or an application of the
theory in terms of developing materials and/or giving suggestions
for good practice in the foreign language classroom.
This is the first comprehensive description of Savosavo, a
non-Austronesian (Papuan) language spoken by approximately 2,500
speakers on Savo Island, Solomon Islands. Based on primary field
data recorded by the author, it provides an overview of all levels
of grammar. In addition, a full chapter is dedicated to
nominalization of verbs by means of one particular suffix, which
occur in a number of constructions ranging from lexical to
syntactic nominalization. The appendix provides glossed example
texts and a list of lexemes.
Neverver is an Oceanic language spoken by just over 500 people on
the high island of Malekula in Vanuatu. Drawing on an extensive
corpus of field recordings collected between 2004 and 2008, the
analysis reveals a very interesting phonological system with six
prenasalized segments, rich systems of possession,
tense/aspect/mood marking, valence change, and verb serialization.
The grammaris of interest to specialists in Oceanic and
Austronesian linguistics, as well as to general linguists,
especially those interested in linguistic typology.
Peter Newmark's fourth book on translation, a collection of his
articles in The Linguist, is addressed to a wide readership. He
discusses the force of translation in public life, instancing
health and social services, art galleries, operas, light magazines
and even gives some hints on the translation of erotica. The major
part of these paragraphs is concerned with straight translation
topics such as economics texts and short stories, as well as
procedures for translating quotations, symbols, phrasal verbs and
nouns, synonymous sound effects in language, repetition and
keywords. The subordination of translation not just to source or
target language but to logic, the facts, ideas of right and wrong,
as well as the translator's ideology, is also discussed. However
controversial, the author always provides an abundance of examples
for the reader to test his ideas.
Students improve their Tier 2 academic vocabulary using
Contemporary's Words to Learn By!
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.
This book explores the relevance that second language research has
for the secondary foreign language classroom. It analyses the
concept of teaching and learning exclusively through the target
language. This concept is then related to two current pedagogical
tendencies: peer collaboration and learner autonomy.
This handbook provides easy access to current practice and
requirements in the main spoken language technologies.
This volume presents a description of the Neo-Aramaic dialect that
was spoken by the Jews of Urmi in north-western Iran but which is
now virtually extinct. The material for the volume was gathered
firsthand in fieldwork conducted with the last remaining speakers
in Israel. The volume consists of a detailed grammatical
description, a corpus of transcribed texts, including folktales,
historical accounts and portrayals of customs, and an extensive
glossary.
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