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1 online resource (401 pages) |
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Inquiries in Language Learning, 1868-386X ; Volume 10 |
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Inquiries in language learning ; Volume 10.
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| Contents |
Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; Introduction; Section 1: Individual Factors in Language Learners; Learning Style Preferences of Iranian EFL Learners with Kurdish and Persian Cultures (Mohammad Aliakbari/Nasrin Soltani); Compulsory L3 at Age 13: The Relation Between Personal History, Attitudes to Language Learning and Achievement (Melanie Ellis); The Role of Cross-linguistic Awareness in Grammar Acquisition in a Multilingual Classroom (Mandira Halder) |
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From Theory to Practice: Understanding Cantonese and Mandarin English Learners' Pronunciation Phenomena through Optimality Theory (Josephine P.S. Yam)What are the Determining Factors of L2 Improvised Speech Performance? An Exploratory Study (Tomohito Hiromori); What Motivates Polyglots (Michał B. Paradowski/Anna Wysokińska); Section 2: Unconventional Teaching; Anglicizing Polishness. A Report from the ELT Front in Post-communist Poland (Anna Gonerko-Frej) ; "Do Languages Die?" Promoting Awareness of Language and Linguistic Diversity in Preschool (Mónica Lourenço/Ana Isabel Andrade) |
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Optimizing the Benefits of Overseas Academic Sojourns: Pre-Departure Training for Exchange Students (Béatrice Cabau)A Text-Based Approach to Teaching Writing in the ESL Classroom (Debbie Ho and Alex Henry); Teaching Writing Across Borders (Krystyna U. Golkowska); The Influence of Chinese Rhetoric on the Development of Communicative Competence in Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language (Sibo Chen); The Primacy of Lexis. In Search of an Alternative to the Analytic / Holistic Dichotomy (Romuald Gozdawa-Gołębiowski) |
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Using Gestures and Paralinguistic Features of Communication in Teaching EFL Speaking (Hesamoddin Shahriari)Teaching Linguistic and Intercultural Competence through an Emotions-based Curriculum (Alessandro Zannirato); Teaching Italian with the Aesthetic Image (Tito Leati); Section 3: Overcoming Learners' Problems; When Words do not Come Easy. On the Importance of Phonological Awareness Training in Teaching English as a Foreign Language to a Polish Dyslexic (Katarzyna Jaworska-Biskup) |
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L2 Vocabulary Learning Strategies Used by Blind, Partially Blind and Normally Sighted Learners of English (Małgorzata Jedynak/Agata Wesołowska)Video Sign Language: A Research Study on Using Technology to Teach American Sign Language (Hannah Cheloha); About the authors |
| Summary |
The 21st-century global linguistic landscape has seen many changes for language learners. New assessments have been made in a host of areas, especially regarding learners'' needs, motives, the target of instruction, and methodologies. The new realities, locales and purposes of communication all necessitate a shift in attitude and a new set of competencies is required of the teacher. This volume comprises a multi-faceted and thoughtful response to these changes in both modern reality and teaching philosophy. It is a study of a few of the other ways to tackle situations outside of norms and rout |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Evaluation
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Evaluation -- Case studies
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Teaching -- Aids and devices.
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Teaching -- Aids and devices -- Evaluation -- Case studies
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Multilingualism -- Cross-cultural studies
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Education, Bilingual -- Cross-cultural studies
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Multicultural education -- Cross-cultural studies
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Teaching Materials
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instructional materials.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Multi-Language Phrasebooks.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Alphabets & Writing Systems.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Readers.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Spelling.
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Education, Bilingual
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Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Evaluation
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Multicultural education
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Multilingualism
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Teaching -- Aids and devices
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Teaching -- Aids and devices -- Evaluation
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Case studies
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Cross-cultural studies
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783653037371 |
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3653037379 |
