[EDLING:1794] Educational Linguistics Book Series: Latest Titles
Francis M Hult
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Information Technology in Languages for Specific Purposes
Issues and Prospects
Arnó Macià, Elisabet; Soler Cervera, Antonia; Rueda Ramos, Carmen (Eds.)
2006, XVIII, 268 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 0-387-28595-4
Work in the field of Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) has also been transformed by
technology. This volume offers an overview of a variety of applications of IT in the
field of LSP. It is addressed to a wide audience that includes LSP teachers and
researchers, although the contents may also be relevant to applied linguists working in
other fields. This book contains research studies as well as educational experiences
and proposals, presented from different perspectives and backgrounds (both geographical
and cultural), all of which are theoretically grounded and with a clear and sound
rationale. Readers will find a variety of educational projects and research studies
situated in specific educational contexts and in particular geographical locations.
Although not intended for generalization, we believe they are valuable technology-based
educational solutions that can offer new insight and reflections that may help readers
create their own tools and carry out further research. The chapters cover the main
areas of research and practice in the field.
Learning Languages, Learning Life-skills
Autobiographical Reflexive Approach to Teaching and Learning a Foreign Language
Jaatinen, Riitta
2007, Approx. 235 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 0-387-37063-3
Available: December 2006
Learning Languages, Learning Life Skills offers an autobiographical reflexive approach
to foreign language education. The orientation of the book is practical, containing
rich descriptions of language learning situations including authentic language use and
student stories.
Teaching, including planning, methods, classroom work and evaluation, and case studies
of "good" language learning and how dialogue based on reminiscing can be used to
promote students well-being in the language classroom are described in detail. Many
practical examples of how to develop autobiographical reflexive approach, based on the
phenomenological philosophy, and methodology, are presented. Learning Languages,
Learning Life Skills significantly enhances the communicative approach and going beyond
it into a new paradigm, whereby foreign language teaching and learning are seen as
foreign language education.
The book offers unique ways of developing vocational language teaching as an integrated
holistic approach combining language contents with vocationally relevant topics and the
interactive, dialogical processes of working in language classes. Presented in a
"common sense" way and accessible to non-native English readers, Learning Languages,
Learning Life Skills will be of interest to teachers as well as researchers in the
areas of applied and educational linguistics.
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