The main purpose of this book is to help foreign language teachers to reflect upon and investigate their learners' views of the countries and peoples whose language they teach. It presents data from a research project and explains its significance and usefulness for teachers.
This text begins by looking at the real-world problems associated with intercultural communication, then discussing intervention and how to engage with these concerns, before finally relating these practical issues to theoretical foundations.
This book begins by looking at the real-world problems associated with intercultural communication, then discussing intervention and how to engage with these concerns, before finally relating these practical issues to theoretical foundations. The focus of the book is to raise aw…
The books take an innovative 'practice to theory' approach, with a 'back-to-front' structure. This leads the reader from real-world problems and issues, through a discussion of intervention and how to engage with these concerns, before finally relating these practical issues to …
Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course as well as advanced undergraduates. Titles…
"What role does playful behaviour and playful thought take in animal and human development? How does play relate to creativity and, in turn, to innovation? Unravelling the different meanings of 'play', this book focuses on non-aggressive playful play. The authors emphasise its s…
This text begins by looking at the real-world problems associated with intercultural communication, then discussing intervention and how to engage with these concerns, before finally relating these practical issues to theoretical foundations.
The past two decades have created quantitatively higher and qualitatively different demands for foreign language skills. Learners' needs, expectations and contexts of language use have undergone radical and far-reaching transformations. This collection of essays by experienced e…
The past two decades have created quantitatively higher and qualitatively different demands for foreign language skills. Learners' needs, expectations and contexts of language use have undergone radical and far-reaching transformations. This collection of essays by experienced e…
