APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE EDUCATION Multidisciplinary Research on Teaching and Learning
Exploring Listening Strategy Instruction Through Action Research
Edited by Wolfgang Schnotz, Universitat KoblenzLandau, Germany, Alexander Kauertz, Universitat Koblenz-Landau, Germany, Heidrun Ludwig, Universitat Koblenz-Landau, Germany, Andreas Müller, University of Geneva, Switzerland, Johanna Pretsch, Universitat Koblenz-Landau, Germany This collection indicates how research on teaching and learning from multiple scientific disciplines such as educational science and psychology can be successfully pursued by a co-operation between researchers and school teachers. The contributors adopt different methodological approaches, ranging from field research to laboratory experiments. Contents: PART I: SELF-REGULATION AND INSTRUCTION * PART II: LANGUAGE LEARNING AND LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION * PART III: MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION April 2015 UK April 2015 US 328pp 37 b/w tables, 35 figures Hardback £65.00 / $100.00 / CN$115.00 Canadian Rights ebooks available www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?k=9781137467737
Joseph Siegel, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan Listening in a second language is challenge for students and teachers alike. This book provides a personal account of an action research intervention involving listening strategy instruction that investigated the viability of this innovative pedagogy in the Japanese university context. Contents: PART I: ADDRESSING A GAP IN SECOND LANGUAGE LISTENING INSTRUCTION * 1. Personal and Professional Foundations of a Listening Strategy Intervention * 2. Listening and How it is Taught * 3. The Listening Strategy Instruction Program * PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE LISTENING STRATEGY INSTRUCTION INTERVENTION * 4. Appraising the Listening Strategy Instruction Intervention * 5. Iterative Findings from the Action Research Intervention * 6. Participant Lenses: The Findings Viewed from Different Standpoints * PART III: POSITIONING THE LISTENING STRATEGY INSTRUCTION IN THE FIELD * 7. Reflections and Key Findings for the Local Context * 8. Listening Strategy Instruction in the Broader Second Language Context July 2015 UK July 2015 US 280pp 35 b/w tables, 10 figures Hardback £63.00 / $95.00 / CN$110.00 Canadian Rights ebooks available www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?k=9781137521897
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Language, Education and Nation-building Assimilation and Shift in Southeast Asia Edited by Peter Sercombe, Newcastle University, UK, Ruanni Tupas, National Institute of Education, Singapore 'Ambitious and comprehensive in scope, this book presents the most up-to-date coverage of the tensions, dilemmas and social injustice resulting from the convergence of nationalism, neo-internal colonialism and neoliberal globalization in the diverse geopolitical and linguistic landscapes of Southeast Asia. The authors, however, also remind us of the creative agency of local social actors and how they craft out spaces for developing local language-based education programmes in the region.' — Professor Angel Lin, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong This volume tracks the complex relationships between language, education and nation-building in Southeast Asia, focusing on how language policies have been used by states and governments as instruments of control, assimilation and empowerment. Leading scholars have contributed chapters each representing one of the countries in the region. Contents: Introduction; Ruanni Tupas and Peter Sercombe * 1. Brunei Darussalam: Issues of Language, Identity and Education; Peter Sercombe * 2. Diversity and ‘Development’: The Challenges of Education in Cambodia; Tim Frewer * 3. From Sentimentalism to Pragmatism? Language-in-Education Policy Making in Timor-Leste; Rommel A. Curaming and Freddy Kalidjernih * 4. Language Shift and Language Maintenance in Indonesia; Simon Musgrave * 5. Language/ing in Education: Policy DIscourse, CLassroom Talk and Ethnic Identities in the Lao; Angela Cincotta–Segi * 6. Political, Educational and Socioeconomic Motivations for Language Shift in Multilingual Malaysia; Maya Khemlani David and James McLellan * and more…
Literature and Language Learning in the EFL Classroom Edited by Masayuki Teranishi, University of Hyogo, Japan, Yoshifumi Saito, University of Tokyo, Japan, Katie Wales, University of Nottingham, UK This book examines how literary texts can be incorporated into teaching practices in an EFL classroom. It takes a multi-faceted approach to how English language teaching and learning can best be developed through presentation and exploration of literary texts. Contents: Introduction; Masayuki Teranishi, Yoshifumi Saito and Katie Wales * PART I: CURRENT ISSUES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW APPROACHES * 1. Recent Developments in Uses of Literature in Language Teaching; Geoff Hall * 2. Literary Texts as Authentic Materials for Language Learning: The Current Situation in Japan; Kazuko Takahashi * 3. Bridging the Gap between L1 Education and L2 Education; Aiko Saito * 4. From Reading to Writing: Creative Stylistics as a Methodology for Bridging the Gap between Literary Appreciation and Creative Writing in ELT; Yoshifumi Saito * 5. Unpacking and Evaluating Properties in Conceptual Metaphor Domain Mapping: Cognitive Stylistics as a Language Learning Tool; Michael Burke * 6. Playing with Words and Pictures: Using Post-modernist Picturebooks as a Resource with Teenage and Adult Language Learners; Gillian Lazar * PART II: EMPIRICAL AND CASE STUDIES * 7. Achievement Tests for Literary Reading in General EFL Reading Courses; Takayuki Nishihara * 8. A Stylistic Approach to Digital Texts: Teaching Literary Texts Through New Media; Soichiro Oku * and more… August 2015 UK August 2015 US 336pp 17 figures, 42 b/w tables Hardback £63.00 / $95.00 / CN$110.00 Canadian Rights ebooks available www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?k=9781137443656
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Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities September 2014 UK September 2014 US 278pp 2 maps, 9 b/w tables, 2 figures Hardback £63.00 / $95.00 / CN$110.00 Canadian Rights ebooks available www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?k=9781403997463
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