Language and Culture The political and social changes of recent times have focused attention on the debate about the relationship between language and culture. This book offers fascinating survey of key concepts such as social context and cultural authenticity, using insights from fields which include linguistics, anthropology and sociology.. By Claire Kramsch - (OUP)   Order Now > Book     Cultural Awareness Gives specific and practical guidance on how to help learners improve their cross-cultural communication skills. Contains stimulating topic areas for language practice, such as cultural achievements, cultural artefacts, and culturally-influenced beliefs, behavior, and perceptions. Suitable for teachers, teacher trainers and trainee teachers interested in gaining a deeper insight into this critical area. By Barry Tomalin and Susan Stempleski - (OUP)   Order Now > Book       Linguistics Across Cultures - Applied Linguistics for Language Teachers Regarded by many as a classic publication in the field of Applied Linguistics. Presents a practical approach to systematic linguistic-cultural comparisons and the problems in learning a second language, along with insights into teaching, materials, tests, and language-learning experiments. By Robert Lado - (University of Michigan Press)   Order Now > Book     Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning An excellent study of the many aspects of culture that influence second language learners and teachers. It addresses the impact of culture on learning to interact, speak, construct meaning, and write in a second language, and within the sociocultural paradigms specific to a particular language and its speakers. For applied linguists and practicing teachers, the research presented in this volume can provide insight into factors that affect the ways in which learners construct meaning in a second language. By providing a comprehensive introduction to research from other disciplines on the interaction between language and culture, this volume offers an important contribution to the field of second language acquisition. (Edited) By Eli Hinkel - (CUP)   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition       Images of English - A Cultural History of the Language An informative guide which exposes the pretentious attitudes of English-speaking people about their native language. Outlines how people's opinions about the English language often reflect prejudice and hope, bigotry and pride, scorn and celebration. The book offers a fascinating perspective on attitudes toward the English language--the rise and fall of ideas that English is nearly perfect or tumbling into decline. By Richard W. Bailey - (University of Michigan Press)   Order Now > Book       Identity and Language Learning A look at the process of learning a second language and in particular how changing identities of the learner effect this process. The book considers how language teachers can address the complex histories of language learners by integrating research, theory, and classroom practice. It draws on a case study of immigrant women in Canada, and will be of particular interest to students, teachers, and researchers in the fields of second language learning and teaching, TESOL, applied linguistics and language planning. By Bonny Norton - (Longman)   Order Now > Book       Teaching and Researching : Language and Culture Presents some of the major theories on language and culture - two concepts considered to be at the heart of applied linguistics. The book looks at the nature of language and culture, and considers how the use of language in real-world situations helps us understand how language is used to construct our social and cultural worlds. Contains conceptual maps on the nature of language, culture and learning, which help orient readers to some current theoretical and practical activities taking place in applied linguistics. By Joan Kelly Hall - (Longman)   Order Now > Book       Appropriate Methodology and Social Context An important book, which looks at the imperial dominance of English language teaching methodology - which has been developed primarily in English-speaking countries, but which is often inappropriate for the needs of the rest of the world. The book explores this state of affairs by looking at the wider social influences on what happens between teachers and students in classrooms. It adopts an ethnographic framework to describe the varying cultures of classrooms, of teacher communities and of student groups in different countries and educational contexts. By Adrian Holliday - (CUP)   Order Now > Book       Culture Bound This insightful book aims to give language teachers a basis for introducing a cultural component into their teaching. It contains a series of articules which give a perspective on how language and culture interact and which explore in particular the difference between interacting with another culture and entering it: language students are encouraged to understand the new culture without necessarily embracing it. (Edited) By Joyce Merrill Valdes   Order Now > Book       Society & The Language Classroom Through a series of case studies, this book examines the ways that learners and teachers behave in English language classrooms in different parts of the world, including Australia, South Africa, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, China and Pakistan, and at primary, secondary and tertiary level. The book argues that the approach taken to the interpretation of classroom behaviour in the case studies has important implications, particularly for teachers, teacher educators and curriculum planners (Edited) By Hywel Coleman   Order Now > Paperback Edition | Hardback Edition     Back to Bookstore
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