Language Experience Approach category: 922 books
International Encounters
Higher Education and the International Student Experience
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
This book examines the diversity of international student experiences in the top four destination countries in the English-speaking world (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada). Bringing together scholars from the fields of education, sociology, communications, linguistics, international...
Learning Sign Language
Tips for learning American Sign Language and other signed languages
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Learning Sign Language is a great resource of tips and tricks for those taking classes or who are interested in learning American Sign Language (ASL). Instead of an instructional book on using sign language, this is a manual that helps the student know how to learn signs.
If the interest...
by Jörg Mielczarek
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Welcome to Germany, students!Students and prospective students everywhere know that a good university education is the best springboard in life. More and more employers today demand not only an excellent professional qualification but also the ability to work interculturally. So why not combine...
Communication and Language
Surmounting the Barriers to Crosscultural Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Communication and Language play a foundational role in the overall pursuit of equity and social justice in education. This volume does not take up the majority and dominant views which are especially visible in developments in the field of linguistic education and English language instruction. Rather,...
Captioned Media in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing as Tools for Language Learning
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
This book brings together current thinking on informal language learning and the findings of over 30 years of research on captions (same language subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) to present a new model of language learning from captioned viewing and a future roadmap for research and practice...
by Li Jilin
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2017
Based on the authors’ over 30 years of practical research experience, this book shows how situation curriculum design illustrates the new idea of “combining subject curricula with children’s activities.” Particular attention is given to the subject curriculum, activity curriculum and the optimization...
A Kite in the Wind
Fiction Writers on Their Craft
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
A Kite in the Wind is an anthology of essays by 20 veteran writers and master teachers. While the contributors offer specific, practical advice on such fundamental aspects of craft as characterization, character names, the first person point of view, and unreliable narrators, they also give extended,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
This book proposes that research into generative second language acquisition (GenSLA) can be applied to the language classroom. Assuming that Universal Grammar plays a role in second language development, it explores generalisations from GenSLA research. The book aims to build bridges between the...
Language Learning, Discourse and Communication
Studies in Honour of Jan Majer
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
This volume brings together papers on a wide spectrum of topics within the broad area of language acquisition, stressing the interconnections between applied and theoretical linguistics, as well as language research methodology. These contributions in honor of Professor Jan Majer have been grouped...
Revision Cognitive and Instructional Processes
Cognitive and Instructional Processes
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Revision Revisited LINDA ALLAL* & LUCILE CHANQUOY** *University ofGeneva, SWitzerland, **UniversityofNantes, France Revision is a fundamental component of the writing process. So fundamental that for some specialists writing is largely a matter of revising, or as Murray (1978) stated, "Writing...
by Douglas Patterson
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2013
The cover of this book features a picture of Noah Webster, the man most responsible for creating standard American English. He lived during the American Revolution and was an avid supporter of American political and cultural independence. Webster was a successful teacher and writer. His spelling book...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
Reflecting the increased use of English as lingua franca in today’s university education, this volume maps the interplay and competition between English and other tongues in a learning community that in practice is not only bilingual but multilingual. The volume includes case studies from Japan,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2018
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...
by L.A. Grenoble
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Soviet language policy provides rich material for the study of the impact of policy on language use. Moreover, it offers a unique vantage point on the tie between language and culture. While linguists and ethnographers grapple with defining the relationship of language to culture, or of language and...