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1 online resource (293 pages) |
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Second Language Learning and Teaching |
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Second language learning and teaching.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Contents; Editors and Contributors; Introduction; Receiving Text; 1 Principles of Task Design in Reading for Polish Learners of English as a Foreign Language; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Verbal Communication as the Context for Reading; 2.1 Cognition-Including Verbal Communication-Is Recognition; 2.2 The Role of Meaning in Verbal Communication Including Reading; 2.3 Kinds of Communicative Events Including Reading; 2.4 Whole-Person Involvement in Verbal Communication, Including Reading; 3 The Nature of Reading |
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3.1 Knowledge, Skill and Discourse in Verbal Communication, Including Reading3.2 The Role of Anticipation and Retrospection; 3.3 Strategic Use of Clues Relevant in Reading Comprehension; 3.4 The Nature and Extent of Reading Comprehension; 4 The EFL Learner's Perspective of Reading; 4.1 Tasks as Units of Reading Comprehension Activities; 5 Conclusions; References; 2 Mental Model Theories in Reading Research and Instruction; Abstract; 1 A Short History of Mental Model Perspectives; 2 Characteristics of Mental Model Theories; 3 Britton's Model-Inducing Understanding by Exposition |
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3.1 Description of the Model3.2 Accounting for Pathologies of Expository Text; 4 Mental Models in Research-an Overview of Studies; 5 A Think-Aloud Study of Reading Expository Texts; 5.1 The Goal of the Study; 5.2 The Subjects; 5.3 The Materials; 5.4 The Analysis of the Texts; 5.5 The Analysis of How the Students Constructed Their Representations of the Texts; 6 Conclusion and Teaching Implications; References; 3 On Texts Interesting to Read in Foreign Language Teaching; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Defining Interest: Individual and Situational Interest |
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3 Cognitive and Emotional Dimensions of Interest in Text-Processing4 Reader-Text Interest-Sources of Interest and Their Relationships; 5 Modelling L2 Reading and the Concept of Interest; 6 Conclusions; References; 4 The Learning Potential of Study Questions in TEFL Textbooks; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Defining Questions and Their Role in Textbooks; 3 Answering Questions and the Process of Reading for Information; 4 Review of Selected Studies on the Quality of Textbook Questions; 5 The Study; 5.1 Aim and Research Questions; 5.2 Method; 5.2.1 Sample |
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5.2.2 Data Collection Instrument and Procedure5.2.3 Results and Discussion; 6 Conclusions; References; 5 Learner Perception of Academic Register at the Undergraduate Level; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Academic Literacy and Second/Foreign Language Learners; 3 Method; 3.1 Participants; 3.2 Procedure; 4 Results and Discussion; 4.1 Distinctive Features of the Academic Register; 4.2 Problematic Aspects of EAP; 5 Conclusion; References; 6 Assessment of Language Learners' Spoken Texts: Overview of Key Issues; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Complexity of Speaking, Its Learning and Teaching |
| Summary |
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 text, such as author identity, lexical constructs or collaborative web-based writing. Lastly, Part Three presents the various segmental items that constitute text, like lexical clustering, L1/L2 relationship, classroom talk as text, etc. The division corresponds with what can be viewed as a logical sequence of text-related processes reflected in formal learning and teaching environments |
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2.1 Nature of Speaking |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Education.
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Applied linguistics.
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Language and education.
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applied linguistics.
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Applied linguistics
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Education
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Language and education
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Steinbrich, Piotr
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Krzemińska-Adamek, Małgorzata
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| ISBN |
9783319332727 |
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3319332724 |
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9783319332710 |
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3319332716 |
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