Date: 30-Jul-2007 From: Jasper de Vaal <jasper.devaalspringer.com> Subject: Intercultural Language Use and Language Learning: Alcón Soler, Safont Jordà (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Intercultural Language Use and Language Learning
Published: 2007
Publisher: Springer
http://www.springer.com
Editor: Eva Alcón Soler
Editor: Maria Pilar Safont Jordà
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402056352 Pages: 288 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402056352 Pages: 288 Price: U.K. £ 80.50
Hardback: ISBN: 9781402056352 Pages: 288 Price: Europe EURO 104.95
Abstract:
*Includes well known names in applied linguistics *Contains original empirical studies dealing with ELF and bilingual learners *Up-to-date discussion of intercultural theory and research *Links intercultural research to language learning and teaching
This volume addresses an issue that deserves further attention: that of intercultural learners in instructed language contexts. The book focuses on English learners as intercultural speakers. In so doing, the volume brings together three main research areas: those of the study of English as a lingua franca, the development of communicative competence and the use and acquisition of a language beyond a second one in instructed contexts.
Linguistic Field(s):
Applied Linguistics
Language Acquisition
Sociolinguistics