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Author :Escola d'Idiomes Moderns Publisher :Edicions Universitat Barcelona ISBN 13 :8447537935 Total Pages :237 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (475 download)
Book Synopsis 20 llengües, 40 relats, 60 anys. L'Escola d'Idiomes Moderns (1953-2013) by : Escola d'Idiomes Moderns
Download or read book 20 llengües, 40 relats, 60 anys. L'Escola d'Idiomes Moderns (1953-2013) written by Escola d'Idiomes Moderns and published by Edicions Universitat Barcelona. This book was released on 2014-04-02 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L’Escola d’Idiomes Moderns de la Universitat de Barcelona és el centre universitari d’idiomes més antic de Catalunya: es va crear l’any 1953. Inicialment impartia formació pràctica en cinc llengües, però amb la creixent internacionalització del món universitari ha ampliat la seva línia d’actuació: actualment ensenya en vint llengües diferents i, a més, ofereix altres serveis lingüístics, com ara l’acreditació dels coneixements. Aquest llibre commemora el seixantè aniversari de l’Escola amb una breu història, seguida de quaranta relats escrits per persones que, al llarg d’aquests anys, hi han estat vinculades. ; The Escola d’Idiomes Moderns of the University of Barcelona is the oldest university language centre in Catalonia, providing practical language teaching since its foundation in 1953. With the increasing internationalisation of the university world, its initial five languages have increased to twenty, together with other language services, such as accreditation. This volume commemorates the sixtieth anniversary of the Escola and offers a brief history of the centre together with forty texts by individuals associated with its activity over this period.
Book Synopsis Language Rights and Cultural Diversity by : Xabier Irujo Ametzaga
Download or read book Language Rights and Cultural Diversity written by Xabier Irujo Ametzaga and published by Center for Basque Studies Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are around 6,000 living languages in the world, but as of 2012, less than 4 percent of them can claim official status in one of more of the 196 existing states. This lack of official status, along with other cultural, political, and legal factors, is contributing to a worldwide loss of linguistic diversity and cultural richness. The essays in this book explore the many facets of language rights and language protection from a variety of theoretical, legal, and academic perspectives. Important lessons are taken from the Basque case in Europe, and Native American and French-Canadian cases in North America. Woven throughout the book is the belief in the power of discourse and research to protect and even enhance linguistic diversity through legal recognition and other means. Language protection, however, is only possible if we encourage the acceptance of cultural diversity and multilingualism as a positive outcome for the whole population of the state, not just for a minority with in it. We should abandon the idea of the monolingual mono-cultural nation-state, and encourage the population of each country to adopt the concept of a multi-cultural state.
Book Synopsis Manual of Catalan Linguistics by : Joan A. Argenter
Download or read book Manual of Catalan Linguistics written by Joan A. Argenter and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-04-06 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual is intended to fill a gap in the area of Romance studies. There is no introduction available so far that broadly covers the field of Catalan linguistics, neither in Catalan nor in any other language. The work deals with the language spoken in Catalonia and Andorra, the Balearic Islands, the region of Valencia, Northern Catalonia and the town of l'Alguer in Sardinia. Besides introducing the ideologies of language and nation and the history of Catalan linguistics, the manual is divided into separate parts embracing the description – grammar, lexicon, variation and varieties – and the history of the language since the early medieval period to the present day. It also covers its current social and political situation in the new local and global contexts. The main emphasis is placed on modern Catalan. The manual is designed as a companion for students of Catalan, while also introducing specialists of other languages into this field, in particular scholars of Romance languages.
Book Synopsis Non-Native Language Teachers by : Enric Llurda
Download or read book Non-Native Language Teachers written by Enric Llurda and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-09 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Language Policy and Political Economy by : Thomas Ricento
Download or read book Language Policy and Political Economy written by Thomas Ricento and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English is the common denominator that unites the work presented in this volume; it provides a focal point to illustrate the ways in which a political economic approach can account for a range of phenomena in diverse settings in which a "global" language has attained a special status as (an often perceived) tool for socioeconomic mobility. The findings reveal the complex ways in which government leaders and policymakers, as well as communities and individuals in those communities, make decisions within a global economy about the languages that will be taught as subjects or used as media of instruction in schools. Whether or not the "Straight for English" policy that has become popular in various countries in southern Africa and elsewhere is a good or bad idea, in terms of improving school completion and literacy rates, English is often promoted by its advocates as a social "good" with unquestioned instrumental value; yet access to quality English medium education in low-income countries is mostly restricted to those with sufficient economic means to pay for it. As the capitalist world-economy undergoes transformations, and assuming that translation technologies continue to improve, it is likely that the roles and relative importance that English as a global language has enjoyed over the past century will change significantly. Synchronic contextual analyses of English in various countries and regions are snapshots of a moving target with fuzzy boundaries; this is even more so the case when the object of analysis is "lingua franca English," a fluid, contextually realized "practice" that may be described in situ, which is not stable and likely never will be. The degree to which English serves effectively as a lingua franca depends on who the interlocutors are, the situation, and the extent to which interlocutors' interests and goals are mutually compatible and understood.
Book Synopsis Teacher Education in the 21st Century by : Antje-Marianne Kolde
Download or read book Teacher Education in the 21st Century written by Antje-Marianne Kolde and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can teacher education prepare future teachers for their work in increasingly diverse classrooms? How does the concept of plurilingualism inform language educational policy in different countries? What are the current opportunities and challenges in the domain of internationalisation in teacher education? The contributions to this volume address these questions from different theoretical perspectives, and with a strong emphasis on the actual practices in various classrooms. At a time when simplistic, essentialist, biased, and discriminatory ideologies and practices see a rebirth in public discourse, and represent a risk to education, the contributors here take stock and describe some worthwhile alternatives. The first set of chapters addresses the integration of ethnic, religious, and gender diversity in teacher education colleges. In the second part, the notion of plurilingualism in different educational contexts is explored from a critical sociolinguistic point of view. The chapters in the third part present evidence from innovative international academic exchange programs and how they contribute to socio-spatial learning amongst others. The common denominator in this volume is the notion of convergence – the coexistence of people and practices in diverse contexts.
Book Synopsis The Status of the Translation Profession in the European Union by : Anthony Pym
Download or read book The Status of the Translation Profession in the European Union written by Anthony Pym and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on thorough and extensive research, this book examines in detail traditional status signals in the translation profession. It provides case studies of eight European and non-European countries, with further chapters on sociological and economic modelling, and goes on to identify a number of policy options and make recommendations on rectifying problem areas.
Book Synopsis The Early Music Revival by : Harry Haskell
Download or read book The Early Music Revival written by Harry Haskell and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First comprehensive historical study, going back to 18th century. Influence of Schola Cantorum; instrument builders; performers such as Wanda Landowska, Alfred Deller, others. Includes 46 illustrations. "Well informed" -- Christopher Hogwood.
Book Synopsis Critical Sociolinguistic Research Methods by : Monica Heller
Download or read book Critical Sociolinguistic Research Methods written by Monica Heller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Sociolinguistic Research Methods is a guide to conducting concrete ethnographic and discourse analytic research projects, written by top scholars for students and researchers in social science fields. Adopting a critical perspective focusing on the role of language in the construction of social difference and social inequality, the authors walk the reader through five key moments in the life of a research project: composing research questions, designing the project, doing fieldwork, performing data analysis and writing academic texts or otherwise engaging in conversation with different types of social actors about the project. These moments are illustrated by colour-coded examples from the authors’ experiences that help researchers and students follow the sequential stages of a project. Clear and highly applicable, with a detailed workbook full of practical tips and examples, this book is a great resource for graduate-level qualitative methods courses in linguistics and anthropology, as well as methods courses in the humanities and social sciences that focus on the role of language in research. It is a timely text for investigating language issues that matter and have consequences for people’s lives.
Book Synopsis Beyond Exoticism by : Timothy D. Taylor
Download or read book Beyond Exoticism written by Timothy D. Taylor and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-05 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVStudy of how systems of power and domination have shaped representations of otherness in music./div
Book Synopsis Controversies in Tourism by : Omar Moufakkir
Download or read book Controversies in Tourism written by Omar Moufakkir and published by CABI. This book was released on 2012 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tourism impacts on locations in many ways - socially, environmentally, culturally, and economically. This book examines some well established controversies in tourism and some newly emerging controversial aspects associated with tourism as an activity and a business. Controversies involving clashes between visitors and host communities, the rights and wrongs of eco-tourism, the impacts of mega-events, the legitimacy of dark tourism, and the costs and benefits of medical and wildlife tourism are assessed. This book is an interesting and thought provoking work ideal for tourism students, researchers and academics.
Book Synopsis Linguistic Justice by : Helder De Schutter
Download or read book Linguistic Justice written by Helder De Schutter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world contains over 6000 languages and less than 200 states to accommodate them. This creates the important normative question of how to respond politically to linguistic diversity. What is a just language policy? Are language minorities entitled to language protection? Should language rights be accorded to immigrants? Is the universal rise of English as a lingua franca to be applauded or to be regretted? The most important and comprehensive thinker within this debate over linguistic justice is Philippe Van Parijs. In his bold and controversial theory of linguistic justice, Van Parijs argues that the rise of English is a good thing, as well as that all language groups are entitled to grab a territory on which only their language receives public recognition. This collection, bringing together some of the most influential contemporary political philosophers, presents a critical review of Van Parijs’s theory and gives a state-of-the-art overview of the prevailing positions on linguistic justice within political philosophy. It will be of interest to students and scholars studying philosophy, politics, linguistics, international relations and law. This book was published as a special issue of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.
Book Synopsis Democratic Policies for Language Revitalisation: The Case of Catalan by : M. Strubell
Download or read book Democratic Policies for Language Revitalisation: The Case of Catalan written by M. Strubell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-06-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands.
Book Synopsis Liberation, (De)Coloniality, and Liturgical Practices by : Becca Whitla
Download or read book Liberation, (De)Coloniality, and Liturgical Practices written by Becca Whitla and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-24 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becca Whitla uses liberationist, postcolonial, and decolonial methods to analyze hymns, congregational singing, and song-leading practices. By way of this analysis, Whitla shows how congregational singing can embody liberating liturgy and theology. Through a series of interwoven theoretical lenses and methodological tools—including coloniality, mimicry, epistemic disobedience, hybridity, border thinking, and ethnomusicology—the author examines and interrogates a range of factors in the musical sphere. From beloved Victorian hymns to infectious Latin American coritos; congregational singing to radical union choirs; Christian complicity in coloniality to Indigenous ways of knowing, the dynamic praxis-based stance of the book is rooted in the author’s lived experiences and commitments and engages with detailed examples from sacred music and both liturgical and practical theology. Drawing on what she calls a syncopated liberating praxis, the author affirms the intercultural promise of communities of faith as a locus theologicus and a place for the in-breaking of the Holy Spirit.
Book Synopsis Language, Migration and Social Inequalities by : Alexandre Duchene
Download or read book Language, Migration and Social Inequalities written by Alexandre Duchene and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migration and the mobility of citizens around the globe pose important challenges to the linguistic and cultural homogeneity that nation-states rely on for defining their physical boundaries and identity, as well as the rights and obligations of their citizens. A new social order resulting from neoliberal economic practices, globalisation and outsourcing also challenges traditional ways the nation-state has organized its control over the people who have typically travelled to a new country looking for work or better life chances. This collection provides an account of the ways language addresses core questions concerning power and the place of migrants in various institutional and workplace settings. It brings together contributions from a range of geographical settings to understand better how linguistic inequality is (re)produced in this new economic order.
Book Synopsis English as a Lingua Franca by : Anna Mauranen
Download or read book English as a Lingua Franca written by Anna Mauranen and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-10-02 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English as a lingua franca has become a hot topic in Applied Linguistics and English Studies. While it has been a subject of controversy for some time, linguistic observations on actual use have largely been missing out of the debate. This is now changing fast, and the study of English as a lingua franca has become a vibrant research field. This book reflects achievements in the growing field; it presents a good selection of empirical findings, thus providing substance to arguments. It comprises contributions from pioneers and established scholars in the field, along with reports from substantial ongoing research projects. The papers offer insights into the workings of English as a lingua franca in different contexts—conversational, academic, professional, and business situations. They tackle essential theoretical issues, analyse linguistic and interactional features of ELF, and discuss attitudes towards ELF. The studies are firmly anchored in analyses of authentic language in social interaction, some also using survey and interview data. Many papers also touch upon debates on language policy and linguistic ideologies. This collection of papers from the key areas of current ELF research will be of interest to English linguists and applied linguists, graduate and undergraduate students of English, educational and language planners, and teachers of English.
Book Synopsis When is the Nation? by : Atsuko Ichijo
Download or read book When is the Nation? written by Atsuko Ichijo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-17 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection of key authors on nationalism presents the latest thinking on this fundamental aspect of Politics, International Relations and Sociology. John Breuilly, Walker Connor, Steven Grosby, Eric Hobsbawm, Anthony D Smith and Pierre van den Berghe comprehensively explain and address the key contemporary question in nationalism studies of 'when is the nation?' , or what point in a nation's history is it born, with authority and freshness. Our world is still deeply imbedded in the language and practice of nations and nationalism and they remain central parts in understanding human society. This comparison and contrast of the main approaches reveals their strengths and weaknesses. This new text: * introduces the main schools of thought with clarity and concision * tackles the most pertinent questions in nationalism * delivers both theoretical and empirical perspectives * uses an innovative new interactive debate format with questions and answers * presents key case studies bringing theory to life The inclusion of case studies gives the reader fresh insight into specific nations and national groups, including The United States, Greece, England and Fiji. The accessible debate format puts main theories and thinkers to the test, enabling the reader to interact with the issues directly. This unique volume is an invaluable resource for students and scholars of nationalism, ethnicity and global conflict.
