Intercultural Studies and Foreign Language Learning – serie
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19 produkter
Intercultural Communicative Competence – A Floating Signifier
Assessing Models in the Study Abroad Context
Av Linda Huber
Häftad, 2021
631 kr
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In the field of language education, intercultural communicative competence has become a widely used concept. But what is intercultural communicative competence? Although the term is often understood as universally applicable, it comes with manifold nuances. The ambiguity ranges from underlying …
Rethinking Intercultural Competence
Theoretical Challenges and Practical Issues
Häftad, 2021
631 kr
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This book examines the concept of «intercultural competence» from the perspective of analysing theoretical challenges and practical issues. Despite its ongoing popularity across various discourses, «intercultural competence» has remained a necessarily vague and oscillating concept that lends itself …
Emotion and identity in second language learning
Av Ana Blanco Canales, Susana Martín Leralta
Häftad, 2023
584 kr
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This book brings together 18 theoretical and empirical chapters that analyse the role of emotion (expression, perception, processing) and identity (notions and representations, construction, conflict) in the process of learning a second language. Studies on the differences in emotionality between …
Knowledge Construction in Academia
A Challenge for Multilingual Scholars
Av Elena Sheldon, Theo Harden m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
754 kr
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This book examines the struggles encountered by multilingual scholars pursuing careers within global academia, particularly in Spain and Latin American countries. These writers face the disadvantage of having to read and write in a language other than their own. The traditional model of Anglophone …
Translating Emotion
Studies in Transformation and Renewal Between Languages
Av Kathleen Shields, Michael Clarke
Häftad, 2011
679 kr
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This collection of essays can be situated in a development that has been underway in translation studies since the early 1990s, namely the increasing focus on translators themselves: translators as embodied agents, not as instruments or conduits. The volume deals with different kinds of emotion and …
Mobility and Localisation in Language Learning
A View from Languages of the Wider World
Av Jane Fenoulhet, Cristina Ros i Solé
Häftad, 2010
610 kr
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For most language learners, mobility is now the starting-point rather than the end-point of language learning. Rather than learning a language in order to go abroad, learners are used to moving from country to country, from culture to culture. This volume of essays explores the different attitudes …
Cultural and Linguistic Encounters
Arab EFL Learners Encoding and Decoding Idioms
Häftad, 2011
672 kr
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Idioms are universal to all languages, and figurative language is pervasive in everyday discourse. However, idiom studies rarely touch on the problems figurative language can present to non-native speakers. This book sets out to provide an original analysis of the issue, focusing on a number of …
Developing Criticality in Practice Through Foreign Language Education
Av Stephanie Houghton, Etsuko Yamada
Häftad, 2012
694 kr
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Many universities have adopted criticality as a general aim of higher education, in order to meet the demands of an increasingly globalised world. But what is criticality, and how does it develop in practice? This book explores the concept in detail and considers how it can be systematically …
Literary Texts and Intercultural Learning
Exploring New Directions
Häftad, 2011
479 kr
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This book offers new perspectives on the pedagogical value of literary texts. The book is, in the first place, a theoretical study – speculative in nature – about the inherent connection between reading and interculturality. The author argues that reading literary texts may open up a passage to a …
Intercultural Competence
Concepts, Challenges, Evaluations
Häftad, 2011
995 kr
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This book explores the idea of ‘intercultural competence’, which, despite its current popularity across various discourses, has remained a vague and oscillating concept. Interculture lacks a universal definition and ‘competence’ is not only a cognitive construct but also includes psychological …
Translation and Philosophy
Av Lisa Foran
Häftad, 2011
1210 kr
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To what extent is philosophy reliant on translation and how does this practice impact on philosophy itself? How should philosophical texts be translated? Is translation inherently philosophical? Can philosophy be described as a ‘type of translation’? The essays in this collection seek to respond to …
Translation, Technology and Autonomy in Language Teaching and Learning
Av Laura Incalcaterra McLoughlin, Labhoise Ni Dhonnchadha
Häftad, 2012
1506 kr
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This volume brings together contributions from academics, language teachers and practitioners from across Europe and beyond to discuss questions of autonomy and technology in the area of language learning and translation. The book focuses on English, French, Italian, Irish and Spanish language …
Supporting Internationalisation through Languages and Culture in the Twenty-First-Century University
Av Mark Orme
Häftad, 2014
766 kr
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‘Internationalisation’ is a key issue impacting on higher education today, but what is actually meant by this term and how does it relate to the notion of ‘global citizenship’, which also features prominently on the higher education agenda? How does the promotion of foreign language learning and …
Foreign Language Learning as Intercultural Experience
The Subjective Dimension
Häftad, 2015
820 kr
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Learning a foreign language in its cultural context has a significant effect on the subjective mind, ranging from the unsettling to the inspirational. The complex interplay between native and foreign languages, their cultural conceptualisations and discourses and the mind and body of the learner …
Multilingualism and English in Twenty-First-Century Europe
Recent Developments and Challenges
Häftad, 2016
1317 kr
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This book aims to tackle one of the most controversial and important linguistic, educational and societal debates in contemporary Europe. English is growing rapidly within, and spreading across, an increasing number of areas of society. This development is influenced by actions taken by national …
Perspectives on Language Learning Materials Development
Av Freda Mishan, Angela Chambers
Häftad, 2010
639 kr
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Language learning materials development remains a surprisingly under-supported aspect of language teaching. This book constitutes a much-needed resource in the area, aiming to support and advance the craft of materials design. The volume offers a snapshot of the contemporary influences on language …
Teaching and Testing Interpreting and Translating
Av Valerie Pellatt, Kate Griffiths m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1892 kr
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The book presents a range of theoretical and practical approaches to the teaching of the twin professions of interpreting and translating, covering a variety of language pairs. All aspects of the training process are addressed – from detailed word-level processing to student concerns with their …
Translation in Second Language Learning and Teaching
Av Arnd Witte, Theo Harden m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
1073 kr
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The articles in this volume are the proceedings of a conference on ‘Translation in Second Language Teaching and Learning’ that took place at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, in March 2008. The papers delivered at the conference, the subsequent discussions in Maynooth and the articles …
Investigating Hong Kong English
Globalization and Identity
Av Qi Zhang, Theo Harden m. fl.
Häftad, 2014
630 kr
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The status of Hong Kong English has been an increasing concern among the local population. Despite prolific research into attitudes towards language variation within the field of sociolinguistics in general, very few studies have focused on the Hong Kong context. Previous research has demonstrated …
