Reconceptualising Authenticity for English as a Global Language (Hardcover)

This book examines the concept of authentic English in today's world, where cultures are in constant interaction and the English language works as a binding agent for many cross-cultural exchanges. It offers a comprehensive review of decades of debate around authenticity in language teaching and learning and attempts to synthesise the complexities by presenting them as a continuum. This continuum builds on the work of eminent scholars and combines them within a flexible framework that celebrates the process of interaction whilst acknowledging the complexity and individual subjectivity of authenticity. Authenticity is approached as a complex dynamic construct that can only be understood by examining it from social, individual and contextual dimensions, in relation to actual people. Authenticity is a problem not just for language acquisition but one which affects us as individuals belonging to society.

General

Imprint:	Multilingual Matters
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Second Language Acquisition
Release date:	June 2016
Authors:	Richard S. Pinner
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-78309-567-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Lexicography Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Specific skills > General
LSN:	1-78309-567-9
Barcode:	9781783095674

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