Language Experience Approach category: 922 books
by Chris Stahl
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2017
Are you planning on coming to Italy for vacation, studies or work?Learning by reading short stories is actually an effective method to learn a language.When you read these 10 clever Italian short stories, written by talented authors and linguists, you are in the process of successfully learning Italian....
Second Language Teaching
A View from the Right Side of the Brain
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This volume offers a practical introduction to the use of neuroscience to teach second languages. It provides information on the relation between how the brain learns and how this can be used to construct classroom activities, evaluates methods, syllabi, approaches, etc. from the perspective of brain...
Developing Speech and Language Skills
Phoneme Factory
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2007
This book is part of the Phoneme Factory Project undertaken by Granada Learning in partnership with the Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit (SLTRU) in Bristol.
It aims to provide guidance for teachers, SENCos, SLTs and parents regarding:
criteria for referral to speech and language...
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching
The Case of Thailand
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
This book investigates the ways in which new developments in areas of language teaching practice, such policymaking, planning, methodology and the use of educational technology spread globally and are adopted, rejected or adapted locally.
by Ibsaa Guutama
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
The earliest registered civilization is probably the civilization of Cushitic speaking peoples spearheaded by ancient Egypt. The Oromo are of the Cushitic speaking stock. Missing links of that civilization are hoped to be found in the language and culture of the Oromo nation of East Africa. It is not...
Dynamic Ecologies
A Relational Perspective on Languages Education in the Asia-Pacific Region
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
This volume provides a fascinating glimpse into the complex language ecologies of Southeast Asia. Adopting a relational perspective, it considers their significance for the region, its peoples, the policy and practice of language teaching, learning and assessment and the fate of local languages. It...
Higher Education and Second Language Learning
Promoting Self-Directed Learning in New Technological and Educational Contexts
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
This volume explores the challenges involved in facilitating student learning of second languages at university level. Easy access to information and communication technologies inside and outside the classroom, alongside an increasing tendency for students to play an active role in shaping their own...
by Paula Kalaja, Ana Maria F. Barcelos, Mari Aro
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
This book explores the phenomena of believing (or giving personal meanings), acting, and identifying (or identity construction), and the interconnectedness of these phenomena in the learning and teaching of English and other foreign languages.
by Geoff Hall
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
A state of the art critical review of research into literature in language education, of interest to teachers of English and modern foreign languages. Includes prompts and principles for those who wish to improve their own practice or to engage in projects or research in this area.
Language, Race, and Power in Schools
A Critical Discourse Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
In this edited collection, authors from various academic, cultural, racial, linguistic, and personal backgrounds use critical discourse analysis as a conceptual framework and method to examine social inequities, identity issues, and linguistic discrimination faced by historically oppressed groups...
Educating for Language and Literacy Diversity
Mobile Selves
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Educators and researchers in variety of locations increasingly encounter linguistically and socio-culturally diverse groups of students in their classrooms and lecture halls. This book examines everyday forms of talk and writing in relation to standardised forms and schooling expectations to suggest ways forward in educational discourse.
Functioning in English
An Intermediate-Plus Review of Everyday Functional English Expressions
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
The teaching of English as a second language has been a multi-million dollar business for over 40 years. Companies, as well as individuals, both students and working stiffs, have spent small fortunes struggling with the language to better their prospects, both professionally as well as socially. Isn’t...
Hybrid Language Teaching in Practice
Perceptions, Reactions, and Results
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
This book allows readers to explore the inner workings of a hybrid class from the perspectives of two instructors with different pedagogical orientations, from the students’ perspectives, including learning outcomes and immediately practical teaching tools. The authors meet the challenge of how...
Evolving Agendas in European English-Medium Higher Education
Interculturality, Multilingualism and Language Policy
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016
English medium-of-instruction (EMI) is transforming modern-day universities across the globe, creating increasingly complex linguistic and intercultural realities which lecturers, students and decision-makers must negotiate. Teaching subject matter at higher-education level through the medium of English,...