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Developing Intercultural Perspectives on Language Use

Author : Troy McConachy
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1783099348
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Book Synopsis Developing Intercultural Perspectives on Language Use by : Troy McConachy

Download or read book Developing Intercultural Perspectives on Language Use written by Troy McConachy and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many language teachers recognise the importance of integrating intercultural learning into language learning, but how this can be best achieved is not always apparent. This is particularly the case in foreign language learning contexts where teachers are working with a prescribed textbook and opportunities to use the language outside the classroom are limited. This book argues that teachers can work creatively with conventional resources and utilise classroom experiences in order to help learners interpret aspects of communication in insightful ways and develop awareness of the influence of cultural assumptions and values on language use. The book provides extensive analysis of a range of classroom interactions to demonstrate how teachers and learners can work together to construct opportunities for intercultural learning through reflection on pragmatics.

Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond

Author : Troy McConachy
Publisher : Channel View Publications
ISBN 13 : 1800412622
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond by : Troy McConachy

Download or read book Intercultural Learning in Language Education and Beyond written by Troy McConachy and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a contemporary and critical examination of the theoretical and pedagogical impact of Michael Byram’s pioneering work on intercultural communicative competence and intercultural citizenship within the field of language education and beyond. The chapters address important theoretical and empirical work on the teaching, learning, and assessment of intercultural learning, and highlight how individual language educators and communities of practice enact intercultural learning in locally appropriate ways. The book offers comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible knowledge for researchers, teachers, teacher-trainers and students.

Perspectives on Language Learning Materials Development

Author : Freda Mishan
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039118632
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (186 download)

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Book Synopsis Perspectives on Language Learning Materials Development by : Freda Mishan

Download or read book Perspectives on Language Learning Materials Development written by Freda Mishan and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2010 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language learning materials development remains a surprisingly under-supported aspect of language teaching. This book constitutes a much-needed resource in the area, aiming to support and advance the craft of materials design. The volume offers a snapshot of the contemporary influences on language learning materials development from diverse perspectives around the globe. These influences include the demands of teaching ESOL in Britain and Ireland, the impact of Corpus Linguistics, the needs of young learners and of diverse worldwide audiences, the development of intercultural competence, as well as the integration of L2 acquisition research. Contributors to the volume are drawn from a broad range of teaching, research and materials development backgrounds. The book includes some chapters based on papers given at the MATSDA (Materials Development Association) 2008 conference.

Developing Intercultural Language Materials

Author : Freda Mishan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003850944
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Developing Intercultural Language Materials by : Freda Mishan

Download or read book Developing Intercultural Language Materials written by Freda Mishan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing Intercultural Language Materials puts intercultural competence at the forefront of the learning agenda. It unpicks its underlying theory and provides a framework and practical methodologies for practitioners, providing a toolkit for them to create their own learning materials and design their own classroom activities to nurture intercultural competence. This innovative book showcases some of the new ways language teachers in practice successfully integrate this essential skill into their curricula. Directions for further research, pulling out recurring threads in this book, such as critical pedagogy and cultural sensibility, offer opportunities for professional development. This research‐grounded and action‐oriented text is essential reading for language and cultural studies practitioners who want to help their students thrive in today’s multicultural world.

Developing Intercultural Language Learning

Author : Michelle Kohler
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030591131
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (35 download)

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Book Synopsis Developing Intercultural Language Learning by : Michelle Kohler

Download or read book Developing Intercultural Language Learning written by Michelle Kohler and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a detailed account of a self-study in which the author considers why a developmental perspective matters in language learning within an intercultural orientation, and how teachers of languages might understand and attend to this notion in their work. The discussion is based on the author’s experience as a teacher-researcher and traces aspects of teachers’ work from planning, teaching and mediating, to assessing and judging evidence of student learning and development over time. This book is grounded in a praxis view of language teaching and learning and will be of interest to other language teachers, pre-service teachers, teacher trainers and applied linguists.

Intercultural Language Use and Language Learning

Author : Eva Alcon Soler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402056397
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Intercultural Language Use and Language Learning by : Eva Alcon Soler

Download or read book Intercultural Language Use and Language Learning written by Eva Alcon Soler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eva Alcón Soler Maria Pilar Safont Jordà Universitat Jaume I, Spain The main purpose of the present book is to broaden the scope of research on the development of intercultural communicative competence. Bearing this purpose in mind, English learners are considered as intercultural speakers who share their interest for engaging in real life communication. According to Byram and Fleming (1998), the intercultural speaker is someone with knowledge of one or more cultures and social identities, and who enjoys discovering and maintaining relationships with people from other cultural backgrounds, although s/he has not been formally trained for that purpose. Besides, possessing knowledge of at least two cultures is the case of many learners in bilingual or multilingual communities. In these contexts, the objective of language learning should then focus on developing intercultural competence, which in turn may involve promoting language diversity while encouraging English as both a means and an end of instruction (see Alcón, this volume). This is the idea underlying the volume, which further sustains Kramsch’s argument (1998) against the native/ non-native dichotomy. Following that author, we also believe that in a multilingual world where learners may belong to more than one speech community, their main goal is not to become a native speaker of English, but to use this language as a tool for interaction among many other languages and cultures.

Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy

Author : Zsuzsanna I. Abrams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108490158
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy by : Zsuzsanna I. Abrams

Download or read book Intercultural Communication and Language Pedagogy written by Zsuzsanna I. Abrams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using diverse language examples and tasks, this book illustrates how intercultural communication theory can inform second language teaching.

Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning

Author : Anthony J. Liddicoat
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118482107
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Book Synopsis Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning by : Anthony J. Liddicoat

Download or read book Intercultural Language Teaching and Learning written by Anthony J. Liddicoat and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-02-05 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging survey of issues in intercultural language teaching and learning covers everything from core concepts to program evaluation, and advocates a fluid, responsive approach to teaching language that reflects its central role in fostering intercultural understanding. Includes coverage of theoretical issues defining language, culture, and communication, as well as practice-driven issues such as classroom interactions, technologies, programs, and language assessment Examines systematically the components of language teaching: language itself, meaning, culture, learning, communicating, and assessments, and puts them in social and cultural context Features numerous examples throughout, drawn from various languages, international contexts, and frameworks Incorporates a decade of in-depth research and detailed documentation from the authors’ collaborative work with practicing teachers Provides a much-needed addition to the sparse literature on intercultural aspects of language education

Manual for developing intercultural competencies

Author : Deardorff, Darla K.
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231003313
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis Manual for developing intercultural competencies by : Deardorff, Darla K.

Download or read book Manual for developing intercultural competencies written by Deardorff, Darla K. and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents a structured yet flexible methodology for developing intercultural competence in a variety of contexts, both formal and informal. Piloted around the world by UNESCO, this methodology has proven to be effective in a range of different contexts and focused on a variety of different issues. It therefore can be considered an important resource for anyone concerned with effectively managing the growing cultural diversity within our societies to ensure inclusive and sustainable development. Intercultural competence refers to the skills, attitudes and behaviours needed to improve interactions across difference, whether within a society (differences due to age, gender, religion, socio-economic status, political affiliation, ethnicity, and so on) or across borders. The book serves as a tool to develop those competences, presenting an innovative adaptation of what could be considered an ancient tradition of storytelling found in many cultures. Through engaging in the methodology, participants develop key elements of intercultural competence including greater self-awareness, openness, respect, reflexivity, empathy, increased awareness of others, and in the end, greater cultural humility. This book will be of great interest to intercultural trainers, policymakers, development practitioners, educators, community organizers, civil society leaders, university lecturers and students -- all who are interested in developing intercultural competence as a means to understand and appreciate difference, develop relationships with those across difference, engage in intercultural dialogue and bridge societal divides"--

Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Language Learning

Author : Tafazoli, Dara
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522554645
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Language Learning by : Tafazoli, Dara

Download or read book Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Language Learning written by Tafazoli, Dara and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-06-08 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability to effectively communicate with individuals from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds is an invaluable asset. Learning a second language proves useful as students navigate the culturally diverse world; however, studying a second language can be difficult for learners who are not immersed in the real and natural environment of the foreign language. Also, changes in education and advancements in information and communication technologies pose a number of challenges for implementing and maintaining sound practices within technology-enhanced language learning (TELL). Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Language Learning provides information on educational technologies that enable language learners to have access to authentic and useful language resources. Readers will explore themes such as language pedagogy, how specific and universal cultural contexts influence audio-visual media used in technology-enhanced language learning (TELL), and the use of English video games to promote foreign language learning. This book is a valuable resource for academicians, education practitioners, advanced-level students, and school administrators seeking to improve language learning through technology-based resources.

Teaching and Learning Second Language Pragmatics for Intercultural Understanding

Author : Troy McConachy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000482995
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Teaching and Learning Second Language Pragmatics for Intercultural Understanding by : Troy McConachy

Download or read book Teaching and Learning Second Language Pragmatics for Intercultural Understanding written by Troy McConachy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection argues for the need to promote intercultural understanding as a clear goal for teaching and learning pragmatics in second and foreign language education. The volume sees the learning of pragmatics as a challenging yet enriching process whereby the individual expands their capacity for understanding how meaning making processes influence social relationships and how assumptions about social relationships shape the interpretation and use of language in context. This locates pragmatics within a humanistically oriented conception of learning where success is defined relative to the enrichment of human understanding and appreciation of difference. The book argues that intercultural understanding is not an “add on” to language learning but central to the learner’s ability to understand and construct meaning with individuals from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Chapters analyse teachers’ and learners’ ways of making sense of pragmatics, how their assumptions about social relationships impact their perceptions of language use, and how reflection on pragmatic judgments opens up possibilities for developing intercultural understanding. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in intercultural communication, language education, and applied linguistics.

Language Learning in Intercultural Perspective

Author : Michael Byram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521623766
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (237 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Learning in Intercultural Perspective by : Michael Byram

Download or read book Language Learning in Intercultural Perspective written by Michael Byram and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-11 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language Learning in Intercultural Perspective addresses the ways in which language learning is related to learning about other cultures and to acquiring an ability to communicate across cultural frontiers. It argues that language learners need to develop sensitivity to cultural difference and its impact on communication, and to acquire the skills of discovering and interpreting other cultures, other values, beliefs and behaviours which lie beneath the surface of cross-cultural communication. Contributors show how drama can be used to develop cultural awareness and how learners can acquire ethnographic skills to help them investigate and understand socio-cultural aspects of language which play an important role in second language acquisition. The contributors are all respected educationalists from a range of countries and different cultural contexts.

Common Ground in First Language and Intercultural Interaction

Author : Istvan Kecskes
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110766779
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Common Ground in First Language and Intercultural Interaction by : Istvan Kecskes

Download or read book Common Ground in First Language and Intercultural Interaction written by Istvan Kecskes and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the traditional approach to common ground as a body of information shared between participants of a communicative process has been challenged. Taking into account not only L1 but also intercultural interactions and attempting to bring together the traditional view with the egocentrism-based view of cognitive psychologists, it has been argued that construction of common ground is a dynamic, emergent process. It is the convergence of the mental representation of shared knowledge that we activate, assumed mutual knowledge that we seek, and rapport as well as knowledge that we co-construct in the communicative process. This dynamic understanding of common ground has been applied in many research projects addressing both L1 and intercultural interactions in recent years. As a result several new elements, aspects and interpretations of common ground have been identified. Some researchers came to view common ground as one component in a complex contextual information structure. Others, analyzing intercultural interactions, pointed out the dynamism of the interplay of core common ground and emergent common ground. The book brings together researchers from different angles of pragmatics and communication to examine (i) what adjustments to the notion of common ground based on L1 communication should be made in the light of research in intercultural communication; (ii) what the relationship is between context, situation and common ground, and (iii) how relevant knowledge and content get selected for inclusion into core and emergent common ground.

Developing Contrastive Pragmatics

Author : Martin Pütz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110207214
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Book Synopsis Developing Contrastive Pragmatics by : Martin Pütz

Download or read book Developing Contrastive Pragmatics written by Martin Pütz and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-08-27 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume is a collection of papers on Contrastive Pragmatics, involving research on interlanguage and cross-cultural perspectives with a focus on second language acquisition contexts. The subdiscipline of pragmatics is seen from a multilingual and multicultural perspective thus contributing to an emerging field of study, i.e. intercultural pragmatics which can be made fruitful to second language teaching/learning and contrastive analysis. The book is an important contribution to general linguistics, pragmatics, cross-cultural communication, second language acquisition, as well as minority issues in multilingual settings.

New Perspectives on Intercultural Language Research and Teaching

Author : Melina Porto
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317204611
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Book Synopsis New Perspectives on Intercultural Language Research and Teaching by : Melina Porto

Download or read book New Perspectives on Intercultural Language Research and Teaching written by Melina Porto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated by an empirical study of English as a Foreign Language reading in Argentina, this book argues for a different approach to the theoretical rationales and methodological designs typically used to investigate cultural understanding in reading, in particular foreign language reading. It presents an alternative approach which is more authentic in its methods, more educational in its purposes, and more supportive of international understanding as an aim of language teaching in general and English language teaching in particular.

An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching

Author : John Corbett
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 9781853596834
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (968 download)

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Book Synopsis An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching by : John Corbett

Download or read book An Intercultural Approach to English Language Teaching written by John Corbett and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intercultural language education has redefined the modern languages agenda in Europe and North America. Now intercultural learning is also beginning to impact on English Language Teaching. This accessible book introduces teachers of EFL to intercultural language education by describing its history and theoretical principles, and by giving examples of classroom tasks.

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing

Author : Paula Winke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351034774
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing by : Paula Winke

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing written by Paula Winke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world’s leading scholars in second language acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important interface between SLA and language testing: shared ground where researchers seek to measure second language performance to better understand how people learn their second languages. The Handbook also reviews how to best measure and evaluate the second language (L2) learners’ personal characteristics, backgrounds, and learning contexts to better understand their L2 learning trajectories. Taking a transdisciplinary approach to research, the book builds upon recent theorizing and measurement principles from the fields of applied linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, psycholinguistics, psychometrics, educational measurement, and social psychology. The Handbook is divided into six key sections: (1) Assessment concepts for SLA researchers, (2) Building instruments for SLA research, (3) Measuring individual differences, (4) Measuring language development, (5) Testing specific populations, and (6) Measurement principles for SLA researchers.