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Rhetoric and Sociolinguistics in Times of Global Crisis
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 419

Rhetoric and Sociolinguistics in Times of Global Crisis

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-04-02
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Crises often leave people in vulnerable situations in which a moment in time can function as a turning point of a catastrophic situation for the better or worse. From another perspective, the concept of crisis signifies losing control of everyday privileges, such as that of a pandemic. Therefore, the interaction of rhetoric and sociolinguistics in times of crisis is inevitable. It is crucial to internalize how rhetoric, an effective skill from ancient times to make meaning of sociological breakthrough events, changed the course of events as well as the fate of humanity. Within the same context, research should focus on diverse disciplines to explore, investigate, and analyze the concept of â...

Research Anthology on Bilingual and Multilingual Education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1656

Research Anthology on Bilingual and Multilingual Education

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-10-29
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Given the boost in global immigration and migration, as well as the emphasis on creating inclusive classrooms, research is turning to the challenges that teachers face with the increasing need for bilingual and multilingual education. The benefits of bilingual education are widespread, allowing students to develop important cognitive skills such as critical thinking and problem solving as well as opening further career opportunities later in life. However, very few resources are available for the successful practice and implementation of this education into the curriculum, with an even greater lack of appropriate cultural representation in the classroom. Thus, it is essential for educators t...

Teaching EFL Reading and Writing in Georgia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 155

Teaching EFL Reading and Writing in Georgia

Reading and writing are skills which can be easily practiced in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) environment, and are particularly important for academic improvement and life-long learning. The book includes an overview of theoretical and practical issues of methods of teaching EFL reading and writing, as well as some research on related topics in Georgia. It deals with such issues as theories of reading and writing, reading and writing activities, motivation, and assessment. It focuses on EFL, as, in Georgia, there is no English-language environment apart from the classroom where students can develop their communicative skills. The contributors to this volume work at the International Black Sea University, where tuition is mostly conducted in English, and, correspondingly, teaching English is one of the main research priorities.

Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 365

Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-05-13
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Storytelling is an ideal avenue for language learners to share their experiences and journeys and find a sense of identity. Everyone who has learned an additional language has a story to tell, but there is a unique type of autoethnographic and linguistic story that can be read in scholarly platforms. Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories presents the life stories of multilingual people and their experiences by using autoethnography as a research method. It proposes narrative as an autobiographical research method that provides the technique and opportunity to express how transnationals construct their identities in foreign and new contexts through partial or full life stories. Covering topics such as identity, life stories, and self-discovery, this reference work is ideal for academicians, researchers, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

Basic Communication and Assessment Prerequisites for the New Normal of Education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 287

Basic Communication and Assessment Prerequisites for the New Normal of Education

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-12-10
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

The understanding of communication refers to canonical schemes from technologies to decisions on where, how, and why the semic act gains or is at risk; to hypotheses and limits; and to normal and unconventional exchanges of senses, despite the confrontations between codes, coding, and decoding. In this book, communication is defined as concept, skill, potential, behavior, mechanism, category of exchange, phenomenon, tool, and variable. This sophisticated view differs from previous studies and assumes the multiple systems of systems and meanings generated by various fieldworks that require/reclaim their primacy over communication. Basic Communication and Assessment Prerequisites for the New N...

Handbook of Research on Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives on Language and Literacy Development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 533

Handbook of Research on Socio-Cultural and Linguistic Perspectives on Language and Literacy Development

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  • Published: 2022-10-07
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

The teacher’s role is to create opportunities that intrinsically motivate children to externalize their thoughts. Human beings have multiple means of expression: this is powerful when children have the opportunity to have a real voice. The realities of children’s experiences in their local communities are powerful resources for the language curriculum and help to create an understanding of the value the languages and cultures of children and teachers bring from a multicultural perspective. Thus, teachers can help children develop their cultural and linguistic identities to promote multiculturalism, multilingualism, and translingualism so they can thrive in a complex and changing world. T...

Rationalist Bias in Communication Theory
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 355

Rationalist Bias in Communication Theory

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-06-04
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

While communication theory has not recognized the implications of the social intuitionist model, psychologists have gathered an impressive body of evidence to support the theory. In social cognition research, there was the idea that human inferential processes are conscious, rational, logical, and accurate, and this belief continues somewhat in the behavioral sciences although there is evidence that it is incorrect. A fresh examination is needed on just how these inferences by the receiver and the implications by the sender, carried out at high speed, impact our understanding of the communication process. Simply put, until now the default case in communication theory is the belief that we co...

How to Actively Engage Our Students in the Language Classes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 204

How to Actively Engage Our Students in the Language Classes

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2023-01-10
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  • Publisher: Vernon Press

In a world that moves at a speed that only a few years ago seemed impossible to achieve, our students are used to having the universe at their fingertips and breathing technology. As educators in the 21st century, we need to understand its impact on society, especially on our students’ learning experience, and find a way to make it work to our, and most importantly, their advantage. This edited volume presents some inspiring research in second language acquisition, focusing on active learning, cooperative and collaborative approach, and other innovative strategies to engage the students and promote learning.

Critical Perspectives on Social Justice in Speech-Language Pathology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 355

Critical Perspectives on Social Justice in Speech-Language Pathology

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2021-06-25
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

There is very little discussion of socially just approaches to speech-language pathology. Within other fields of clinically-oriented practice, social justice is a topic that has received a great deal of attention within the last few years. Pedagogy for addressing social justice has been developed in other disciplines. The field of communication disorders has failed to move forward and do the same. Discussion of social justice is important given the current sociopolitical climate and landscape that clients carry out in their day-to-day functioning. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) have an opportunity to engage in practices that help address and alleviate some of the injustices that contrib...

Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 602

Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2022-04-29
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  • Publisher: IGI Global

Social norms are valuable because they help us to understand guidelines for appropriate and ethical behavior. However, as part of that process, cultures develop taboo behaviors and topics for group members to avoid. Failure to discuss important topics, such as sex, drug use, or interpersonal violence, can lead to unwanted or unintended negative outcomes. Improving communication about forbidden topics may lead to positive social and health outcomes, but we must first develop the communication and coping skills to handle these difficult conversations. The Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics seeks both quantitative and qualitative research to provide empirical evidence of the negative social and health outcomes of avoiding taboo conversations and provides communication and coping strategies for dealing with difficult topics. Covering a range of issues such as grief and forgiveness, this major reference work is ideal for academicians, practitioners, researchers, counselors, sociologists, professionals, instructors, and students.