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This edited collection addresses the link between second language
pragmatics (including interlanguage and intercultural) research and
English language education. The chapters use different contemporary
research methods and theoretical frameworks such as conversation
analysis, language-learners-as-ethnographers, discourse and
interactional approaches and data in contexts (either in the region
or overseas). The content explores and discusses the significance
of learning and teaching of second language (L2) pragmatics in
language education for learners who use English as a lingua franca
for academic and intercultural communication purposes with native
and non-native speakers of English, focusing on pragmatic actions,
social behaviours, perceptions and awareness levels in three
regions in East Asia - China, Japan and South Korea. It is an
important contribution to the area of second language pragmatics in
language education for East Asian learners. It recommends
research-informed pedagogies for the learning and teaching of
interlanguage or intercultural pragmatics in regions and places
where similar cultural beliefs or practices are found. This is an
essential read for researchers, language educators, classroom
teachers, readers who are interested in second language pragmatics
research and those interested in second language acquisition and
English language education in the East Asian context.
This edited collection addresses the link between second language
pragmatics (including interlanguage and intercultural) research and
English language education. The chapters use different contemporary
research methods and theoretical frameworks such as conversation
analysis, language-learners-as-ethnographers, discourse and
interactional approaches and data in contexts (either in the region
or overseas). The content explores and discusses the significance
of learning and teaching of second language (L2) pragmatics in
language education for learners who use English as a lingua franca
for academic and intercultural communication purposes with native
and non-native speakers of English, focusing on pragmatic actions,
social behaviours, perceptions and awareness levels in three
regions in East Asia - China, Japan and South Korea. It is an
important contribution to the area of second language pragmatics in
language education for East Asian learners. It recommends
research-informed pedagogies for the learning and teaching of
interlanguage or intercultural pragmatics in regions and places
where similar cultural beliefs or practices are found. This is an
essential read for researchers, language educators, classroom
teachers, readers who are interested in second language pragmatics
research and those interested in second language acquisition and
English language education in the East Asian context.
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The Art of Teaching Russian (Paperback)
Evgeny Dengub, Irina Dubinina, Jason Merrill; Contributions by Evgeny Dengub, Irina Dubinina, …
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R2,180
Discovery Miles 21 800
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A comprehensive guide to Russian-language instruction combining the
latest research, pedagogy, and practice. The Art of Teaching
Russian offers practitioners current research, pedagogical
thinking, and specific methodologies for teaching the Russian
language and culture in the twenty-first century. With
contributions from the leading professionals in the field, this
collection covers the most important aspects of teaching the
Russian language. The book begins with an overview of the past and
current trends in foreign language education and in Russian
instruction in the United States. Other topics include the effects
of ACTFL's World-Readiness Standards on the field; different
pedagogical approaches to teaching at various levels of
proficiency; curriculum and materials development; and teaching
Russian culture to develop students' intercultural competence. The
collection concludes with a discussion on how to use technology in
the Russian-language classroom to enhance students' learning. The
Art of Teaching Russian includes practical approaches for
successful teaching, supported by original research. Teachers and
graduate students will rely upon this collection to enhance their
instruction.
This book contributes to the literature of interlanguage pragmatics
by building an interface between researching and teaching speech
acts in the Chinese context. It is written for researchers,
language educators, classroom teachers and readers who are
interested in interlanguage pragmatics research, acquisition and
teaching, with particular reference to speech acts performed by
Chinese learners of English, and their relationships with the
learners' first language and cultural concepts. It provides a more
advanced understanding of the production and development of speech
acts of Chinese learners of English from the cross-linguistic,
cross-cultural, L1 and L2 developmental perspectives, drawing on
relevant second language acquisition theoretical frameworks. It
also recommends research-informed pedagogies that are applicable to
other learners of English.
This book contributes to the literature of interlanguage pragmatics
by building an interface between researching and teaching speech
acts in the Chinese context. It is written for researchers,
language educators, classroom teachers and readers who are
interested in interlanguage pragmatics research, acquisition and
teaching, with particular reference to speech acts performed by
Chinese learners of English, and their relationships with the
learners' first language and cultural concepts. It provides a more
advanced understanding of the production and development of speech
acts of Chinese learners of English from the cross-linguistic,
cross-cultural, L1 and L2 developmental perspectives, drawing on
relevant second language acquisition theoretical frameworks. It
also recommends research-informed pedagogies that are applicable to
other learners of English.
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Read the Introduction.
"Lee's book is a compelling and well-informed analysis of the
issues raised when courts confront questions of reasonableness in
high-profile, headline-grabbing cases."
-- "Choice"
"Lee challenges readers to question the concept of
'reasonableness' and how it has been applied. . . Scholars,
students, professionals and the educated public will appreciate the
careful, well-documented argument and pertinent examples."
--"Library Journal"
"Ms. Lee offers an extended argument for reforming the
provocation doctrine by requiring judges and jurors to reflect more
carefully about the reasonableness of the defendant's
behavior."
--"The Chronicle of Higher Education"
aEven readers who do not view Leeas recommendations through a
theoretical lens will be drawn to Leeas suggestions as practical
solutions to the complicated social norms problem she has
identified."
--"Michigan Law Review"
"Provocative and persuasive. In this well-written and
meticulously documented book, Cynthia Lee demonstrates how the law
has defined 'reasonableness' in criminal law to favor men against
women, straight men against gay men, and whites against blacks.
Lee's synthesis of many seemingly different examples, with
thoughtful responses to the various objections that might be
raised, is legal scholarship that can make a difference in our
social practices. This is a serious and compelling book that should
lead to reform."
--Frank H. Wu, author of "Yellow: Race in America beyond Black and
White"
A man murders his wife after she has admitted her infidelity;
another man kills an openly gay teammate after receiving a massage;
a third man, white, goes for a jog in a "bad" neighborhood,
carrying a pistol, and shoots an African American teenager who had
his hands in his pockets. When brought before the criminal justice
system, all three men argue that they should be found "not guilty";
the first two use the defense of provocation, while the third
argues he used his gun in self-defense.
Drawing upon these and similar cases, Cynthia Lee shows how two
well-established, traditional criminal law defenses--the doctrines
of provocation and self-defense--enable majority-culture defendants
to justify their acts of violence. While the reasonableness
requirement, inherent in both defenses, is designed to allow
community input and provide greater flexibility in legal
decision-making, the requirement also allows majority-culture
defendants to rely on dominant social norms, such as masculinity,
heterosexuality, and race (i.e., racial stereotypes), to bolster
their claims of reasonableness. At the same time, Lee examines
other cases that demonstrate that the reasonableness requirement
tends to exclude the perspectives of minorities, such as
heterosexual women, gays and lesbians, and persons of color.
Murder and the Reasonable Man not only shows how largely
invisible social norms and beliefs influence the outcomes of
certain criminal cases, but goes further, suggesting three
tentative legal reforms to address problems of bias and undue
leniency. Ultimately, Lee cautions that the true solution lies in a
change in social attitudes.
From divorce court to popular culture, alimony is a dirty word.
Unpopular and rarely ordered, the awards are frequently
inconsistent and unpredictable. The institution itself is often
viewed as an historical relic that harkens back to a gendered past
in which women lacked the economic independence to free themselves
from economic support by their spouses. In short, critics of
alimony claim it has no place in contemporary visions of marriage
as a partnership of equals. But as Cynthia Lee Starnes argues in
The Marriage Buyout, alimony is often the only practical tool for
ensuring that divorce does not treat today's primary caregivers as
if they were suckers. Her solution is to radically reconceptualize
alimony as a marriage buyout. Starnes's buyouts draw on a
partnership model of marriage that reinforces communal norms of
marriage, providing a gender-neutral alternative to alimony that
assumes equality in spousal contribution, responsibility, and
right. Her quantification formulae support new default rules that
make buyouts more certain and predictable than their current
alimony counterparts. Looking beyond alimony, Starnes outlines a
new vision of marriages with children, describing a co-parenting
partnership between committed couples, and the conceptual basis for
income sharing between divorced parents of minor children.
Ultimately, under a partnership model, the focus of alimony is on
gain rather than loss and equality rather than power: a spouse with
disparately low earnings isn't a sucker or a victim dependent on a
fixed alimony payment, but rather an equal stakeholder in marriage
who is entitled at divorce to share any gains the marriage
produced.
Katona has compiled a complete handbook for general students and
readers of literature. Developed out of a thirty-one year career of
teaching Introduction to Literature to community college freshmen,
this book aims not just to teach how to read literature, but how to
actually enjoy it. Beginning with the state of reading in America,
Katona gives eleven good reasons to make reading a regular part of
life, and supplies an annotated list of tried and true
page-turners. Besides giving the standard bibliographical
information (i.e. title, author, number of pages, and date), the
annotated book list gives the book's genre, its level of challenge,
a brief synopsis, quotations showing off the writer's style,
reading hints, other works by the author, and finally the book's
movie counterparts. From seasoned lovers of literature to newcomers
to the reading addiction, Katona's accessible style makes this book
appealing to a wide audience. Book Savvy will serve as an effective
guide for the burgeoning book club community as well as a welcome
tool for literature teachers struggling to spark the interest of
their students.
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The Art of Teaching Russian (Hardcover)
Evgeny Dengub, Irina Dubinina, Jason Merrill; Contributions by Evgeny Dengub, Irina Dubinina, …
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R5,946
Discovery Miles 59 460
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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A comprehensive guide to Russian-language instruction combining the
latest research, pedagogy, and practice. The Art of Teaching
Russian offers practitioners current research, pedagogical
thinking, and specific methodologies for teaching the Russian
language and culture in the twenty-first century. With
contributions from the leading professionals in the field, this
collection covers the most important aspects of teaching the
Russian language. The book begins with an overview of the past and
current trends in foreign language education and in Russian
instruction in the United States. Other topics include the effects
of ACTFL's World-Readiness Standards on the field; different
pedagogical approaches to teaching at various levels of
proficiency; curriculum and materials development; and teaching
Russian culture to develop students' intercultural competence. The
collection concludes with a discussion on how to use technology in
the Russian-language classroom to enhance students' learning. The
Art of Teaching Russian includes practical approaches for
successful teaching, supported by original research. Teachers and
graduate students will rely upon this collection to enhance their
instruction.
This student-friendly text, the only criminal procedure casebook
authored by two female law professors of color, highlights social
justice issues intertwined with the law of criminal procedure and
integrates issues of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation
where relevant.
This softcover book contains a complete, unchanged reprint of
Chapters 1, and 21-33 of Lee and Richardson's Criminal Procedure:
Cases and Materials, 3rd Edition.
This softcover book contains a complete, unchanged reprint of
Chapters 1-21 of Lee and Richardson's Criminal Procedure: Cases and
Materials, 3rd Edition. Please see that description for more about
the highlights and approach of the book. The pagination is the same
in this softcover book as it is in the hardcover version.
This softcover book contains a complete, unchanged reprint of
Chapters 1, and 21-33 of Lee and Richardson's Criminal Procedure:
Cases and Materials, 3rd Edition. Please see that description for
more about the highlights and approach of the book. The pagination
is the same in this softcover book as it is in the hardcover
version.
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