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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Preface: Recognizing changing conditions / Bernard Spolsky -- 1. From multilingualism to monolingualism: linguistic management in Singapore / Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew -- 2. Motivation as a language learning condition re-examined: stories of successful Vietnamese EFL students / Le Van Canh -- 3. Conditions for English language learning in Russia / Marina Rassokha -- 4. Conditions for English language learning in Indonesia: what Indonesian teachers of English have attempted to do to enhance students' English learning / Bachrudin Musthafa and Fuad Abdul Hamied -- 5. Spolsky's social contexts and learner factors: a case from India / Ravinder Gargesh -- 6. Conditions for learning English in Israel / Susan Holzman -- 7. Reconditioning the conditions for second language learning: social conditions and learner motivation / Masaki Oda -- 8. Conditions of English language learning in Pakistan: a comparative study of private, public and Madrasa institutions / Samina Amin Qadir and Fakhira Riaz -- 9. Conditions for second language learning: translanguage meta-talk in peer interaction, the Sri Lankan experience / Hemamala Ratwatte -- 10. Opportunities for English learning in Korea / Young-in Moon -- 11. Ideal and real objectives discrepancy condition / Wang Haixiao -- 12. Transforming conditions for learning English in Malaysia / Ganakumaran Subramaniam |
| Summary |
In 1989, Bernard Spolsky published Conditions for Second Language Learning (Oxford University Press). At the 2012 Annual Conference of Asia TEFL, a number of senior scholars were invited to comment upon the relevance of the book to the teaching of English in their region, and to make suggestions on how it might be updated. This volume contains revised versions of these talks, and thus provides a survey of the conditions for teaching English in Asia. Most contributors found the Conditions model useful, but there has been a major change in emphasis in the past two decades: whereas the 1989 book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
English language -- Study and teaching -- Asia -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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English language -- Study and teaching
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Asia
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443872928 |
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144387292X |
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1322607702 |
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9781322607702 |
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