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Media-Related Out-of-School Contact with English in Germany and Switzerland
This open access book aimes to close a critical research gap in understanding how frequently German-speaking adolescents come into contact with the English language through various media channels, such as television, books, or the internet, and how this contact influences learners’ English competences. In addition, this research project explores the effect of family background and gender on…
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- 978-3-031-32799-5
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English-Medium Instruction Translanguaging Practices in Asia
This book examines translanguaging pedagogy in Asia’s English-medium instruction (EMI) higher education. It presents an overview of concepts and common issues, and case studies from specific contexts in Asia. The book first interrogates macro-level English-medium instruction policies and implementation from English as a lingua franca (ELF) perspectives. Following this, implications of English…
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- 978-981-16-3001-9
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- Bahasa Inggris
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- 421
English Medium Instruction in Higher Education in Asia-Pacific
This volume draws together the viewpoints and research findings of leading scholars and informed local practitioner-researchers throughout Asia-Pacific about the issues and challenges of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) at higher education institutions in that region. Specifically, it addresses four key themes: Macro-level EMI policy and practice; institutional implications for pedagogy…
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- 978-3-319-51976-0
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- Pendidikan
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- 370
Assessing Foreign Language Students’ Spoken Proficiency: Stakeholder Perspe…
This book presents an in‐depth study of assessment innovation and its impact on teaching and learning. The context is New Zealand, and the focus is additional languages other than English and the recent introduction of a radical new assessment of students’ spoken proficiency, called interact. The book crosses the traditional theoretical and methodological boundaries associated with language…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-981-10-0303-5
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- XIX, 227
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- Educational Linguistics
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- 400.1 EAS a
Aspects of Language and Learning
This book is based on a series of lectures, which begin with a look at the history of the language that we use in order to encode our knowledge, particularly our scientific knowledge, i.e., the history of scientific English. Prof. M.A.K. Halliday poses the question of how a growing child comes to master this kind of language and put it to his or her own use as a means of learning. In subsequent…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-662-47821-9
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- VII, 149
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- The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series
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- 372.6 HOL a
Researching Second Language Learning and Teaching from a Psycholinguistic Per…
This edited collection explores the processes of second language learning and teaching from a psycholinguistic perspective. Authored by leading experts in the field, the book includes studies focusing on theoretical, empirical and practical aspects of second and foreign language education. Part One offers contributions devoted to a range of learner-related factors, dealing with affective and co…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-31954-4
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Reading Fluency: Current Insights from Neurocognitive Research and Interventi…
The book is dedicated to the blessed memory of Prof. Zvia Breznitz, whose groundbreaking research has made a tremendous impact on the understanding of fluency in reading. The book presents a multidimensional perspective of recent research and reviews on fluency in reading. The first part presents recent brain-imaging findings from studies into the neurobiological basis of reading, as well as co…
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- 978-3-319-30478-6
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- XV, 161
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- Literacy Studies
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- 407
Trilingualism in Education in China: Models and Challenges
This book examines language policies and practices in schools in regions of China populated by indigenous minority groups. It focuses on models of trilingual education, i.e. education in the home language, Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese, the national language), and English (the main foreign language). Special attention is given to the study of the vitality of the minority home language in each reg…
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- 978-94-017-9352-0
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Transition and Transgression English Young Adult Fiction in Post-Apartheid S…
This book conveys the story of a society in the throes of restructuring itself and struggling to find a new identity. A particularly attractive aspect of this study is the focus on young adult literature and its place in post-apartheid South Africa, as well as its potential use in the classroom and lecture hall. Intersecting these two topics provides a compelling lens for refocusing debate on …
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- 978-3-319-25534-7
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The Ecosystem of the Foreign Language Learner
This volume examines selected aspects of the foreign language learning process from an ecological perspective, adopting a holistic view on complex interrelations among and within organisms (L2 language learners) and their milieus (family, school and society). First of all, the personal ecosystem of the learner is taken into consideration, whereby two powerful influences are intertwined: cogniti…
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- 978-3-319-14334-7
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- XV, 200, 2 illustrations in colour
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- Second Language Learning and Teaching
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