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English Medium Instruction as a Local Practice : Language, culture and pedagogy
From the perspective of translanguaging and instruction theories, this Open Access book examines Chinese English Medium Instruction (EMI) lecturers’ linguistic and pedagogical characteristics. This book demonstrate that ‘English’ in EMI is not a monolingual issue and EMI lecturers have applied their bilingual advantages to systematically and strategically advance their pedagogy practices …
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- 978-3-031-19904-2
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- XV, 126
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Education (BRIEFSEDUCAT)
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- 370 HAN e
Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture
This open access volume reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures. Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that language affects the way we think), this volume proposes the “Script Relativity Hypothesis” (i.e., the idea that the script in which we read affects the way we think) by offer…
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- 978-3-030-55152-0
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- XXIV, 251
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- Literacy Studies (LITS, volume 21)
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- 306 PAE s
Journeys Towards Intercultural Capability in Language Classrooms
This open access book presents an account of five teacher educators who, over a two-year period, undertook a research project with five teachers of languages other than English in pre-secondary schools in New Zealand. Their collaborative aim was to develop students’ intercultural capability in the context of learning a new language. The school participants were typical of many in New Zealand…
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- 1
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- 978-981-19-0991-7
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- Intercultural Communication and Language Education
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- XIII, 182
New Materialist Explorations into Language Education
This open access book analyzes language education through a socio-material framework. The authors revisit their position as researchers by decentering themselves and humans in general from the main focus of research activities and giving way to the materialities that are agentive but often overlooked parts of our research contexts and processes. Through this critical posthumanist realism, they …
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- 978-3-031-13847-8
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- VIII, 190
New Materialist Explorations into Language Education
This open access book analyzes language education through a socio-material framework. The authors revisit their position as researchers by decentering themselves and humans in general from the main focus of research activities and giving way to the materialities that are agentive but often overlooked parts of our research contexts and processes. Through this critical posthumanist realism, they …
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- 1
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- 978-3-031-13847-8
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- VIII, 190
English as a Medium of Instruction in Higher Education
This book presents the multiple facets of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education across various academic disciplines, an area that is expected to grow constantly in response to the competitive global higher education market. The studies presented were conducted in various EMI classrooms, with data collected from observing and documenting the teaching activities, and from i…
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- 978-981-10-4645-2
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- Series Title
- English Language Education
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- XIII, 213
English as a Medium of Instruction in Higher Education
This book presents the multiple facets of English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education across various academic disciplines, an area that is expected to grow constantly in response to the competitive global higher education market. The studies presented were conducted in various EMI classrooms, with data collected from observing and documenting the teaching activities, and from i…
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- 1
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- 978-981-10-4645-2
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- English Language Education
- Call Number
- XIII, 213
English Language Education for Graduate Employability in Vietnam
This open access book examines the teaching and learning of English for employability in Vietnamese higher education. Its content is framed within one country to better examine the research issues within the influence of contextual factors. This book investigates how English can contribute to the development of students' employability capitals, particularly in the aspects of human capital, soci…
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- 978-981-99-4337-1
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- XVIII, 380
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Digital Writing Technologies in Higher Education
This open access book serves as a comprehensive guide to digital writing technology, featuring contributions from over 20 renowned researchers from various disciplines around the world. The book is designed to provide a state-of-the-art synthesis of the developments in digital writing in higher education, making it an essential resource for anyone interested in this rapidly evolving field. …
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- 978-3-031-36032-9
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- XXV, 526
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- -
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Akademische Subjektivierung im Dispositiv neoliberaler Gouvernementalität
This open access volume offers valuable new perspectives on the question of how mobility, locatedness and immersion in the physical world can enhance second language teaching and learning. It does so through a diverse array of empirical studies of language, literacy, and culture learning in the linguistic landscape of visible and audible public discourse. Written from conceptually rich and disc…
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- 978-3-658-42746-7
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- XII, 248
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