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Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics 2015 Current Approaches to Dis…
The present volume, Current Approaches to Discourse and Translation Studies, presents innovative theoretical models and applications of the two disciplines in intercultural contexts. The Yearbook of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics offers a platform to scholars who carry out rigorous and interdisciplinary research on language in real use. Corpus linguistics and Pragmatics have traditionally…
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Working with Text and Around Text in Foreign Language Environments
This book investigates the three pivotal points of text for foreign language acquisition: reception, construction and deconstruction. In Part One, the focus is on various aspects of text reception, such as developing literacy, text interest, and perceptions of the academic register or the assessment of spoken language in educational contexts. Part Two deals with various aspects of composing tex…
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- 978-3-319-33272-7
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New Directions in Language Learning Psychology
This book explores potential new directions in the growing field of language learning psychology. The individual chapters cover theoretical and conceptual developments and innovative methodological designs, while also exploring practical implications. Language learning psychology is a vibrant field of research that typically involves constructs from social and educational psychology, which it c…
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- 978-3-319-23490-8
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- X, 259
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- Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Alice Munro: Understanding, Adapting and Teaching
The book offers a new approach to the study of Alice Munro's fiction. Its innovative quality consists in juxtaposing a variety of literary analyses of selected stories with two other ways of looking at her fiction: the perspectives of film adaptation and of pedagogy. The book is divided into three parts which mirror the key words in the title: understanding, adapting and teaching. Part One cons…
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- 978-3-319-24061-9
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- XII, 161
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- Second Language Learning and Teaching
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- 400 ALI a
Long-term effects of Learning English: Experiences from Japanese Primary Schools
This book presents a pioneering longitudinal study on English language instruction at the elementary school (ELES) level in the Japanese public school system. It attempts to identify those domains most sensitive to early English instruction by employing a state-of-the-art quantitative research methodology. English education was formally introduced in Japan for fifth and sixth graders in 2011 an…
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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
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- Second Language Learning and Teaching
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Exploring the Role of Strategic Intervention in Form-focused Instruction
The monograph is devoted to the notion of strategic intervention and its application in the foreign language classroom, in particular with reference to teaching grammar structures. The first four chapters, which are theoretical in nature, address such concepts as form-focused instruction, language learning strategies and strategies-based instruction. The last chapter provides insight into the r…
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- 978-3-319-12433-9
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- 3 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
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Exploring Literacies Theory, Research and Practice
This book is a guide to current research and debate in the field of literacies practice and education. It provides both an historical and lifespan view of the field as well as an overview of research methodologies with first-hand examples from a range of researchers involved in literacy research.
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- 978-1-137-31903-6
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- XXI, 420
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Exploring Innovative Pedagogy in the Teaching and Learning of Chinese as a Fo…
Teachers of Chinese as a foreign language in many international contexts are searching for pedagogic solutions to promote effective learning. Models of innovative and successful approaches are urgently needed. This volume presents a collection of compelling and empirically rich research studies that showcases innovative developments in the practice of teaching Chinese as a foreign language. The…
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- 978-981-287-772-7
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- 23 b/w illustrations
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Teaching And Researching The Pronunciation Of English
The book contains contributions from practitioners and theoreticians who explore the pronunciation of English from various perspectives: phonetic, phonological, psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic. In accordance with the unifying theme of the volume, individual contributions investigate the characteristics of a foreign accent, its production and perception, study the development of methods and…
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- 978-3-319-11092-9
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- XV, 247
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- Second Language Learning and Teaching
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