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The Ecology and Semiotics of Language Learning - A Sociocultural Perspective (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
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The Ecology and Semiotics of Language Learning - A Sociocultural Perspective (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
Series: Educational Linguistics, 3
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In this book I try to give a coherent and consistent overview of
what an ecological approach to language learning might look like.
This is not a fully fledged grand theory that aims to provide an
explanation of everything, but an attempt to provide a rationale
for taking an ecological world view and applying it to language
education, which I regard as one of the most important of all human
activities. Goethe once said that everything has been thought of
before, but that the difficulty is to think of it again. The same
certainly is true of the present effort. If it has any innovative
ideas to offer, these lie in a novel combination of thoughts and
ideas that have been around for a long, long time. The reader will
encounter influences that range from Spinoza to Bakhtin and from
Vygotsky to Halliday. The scope of the work is intentionally broad,
covering all major themes that are part of the language learning
process and the language teaching profession. These themes include
language, perception and action, self, learning, critical pedagogy
and research. At the same time I have attempted to look at both the
macro and the micro sides of the ecological coin, and address
issues from both a theoretical and a practical perspective. This,
then, aims to be a book that can be read by practitioners and
theoreticians alike, and the main idea is that it should be
readable and challenging at the same time.
General
Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Educational Linguistics, 3 |
Release date: |
July 2004 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Leo Van Lier
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
248 |
Edition: |
2004 ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4020-7904-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
Sociolinguistics
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LSN: |
1-4020-7904-4 |
Barcode: |
9781402079047 |
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