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AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLINGUISTICS The new eighth edition of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics brings this valuable, bestselling textbook up to date with the latest in sociolinguistic research and pedagogy, providing a broad overview of the study of language in social context with accessible coverage of major concepts, theories, methods, issues, and debates within the field. This leading text helps students develop a critical perspective on language in society as they explore the complex connections between societal norms and language use. The eighth edition contains new and updated coverage of such topics as the societal aspects of African American Vernacular English (AAVE), multilingual...
This volume proposes a theory of history education in formal classroom settings. Specifically, it aims to outline how the particular setting of the classroom interacts with domain-specific processes of historical thinking. The theory rests on the notion that formal school education is a communicative and social system, while historical thinking occurs in the psychological system of a person's historical consciousness. In the complex interaction of these systems, historical thinking, emotions, communication, media and language are of particular importance. Drawing upon educational theory as well as the theory of history, this theory of the history classroom provides a framework as well as a solid foundation for future empirical research, both for developing research questions as well as for interpreting findings.
This volume brings together the latest findings from research on multilingual language learning and use in multilingual communities. Suzanne Flynn, Håkan Ringbom and Larissa Aronin are some of the prestigious scholars who have contributed to this book. As argued by this last author in her chapter, although multilingualism has always existed, the important changes that research on this phenomenon has recently undergone, like that of adopting a multilingual perspective in its studies, should always be borne in mind. This volume considers the languages of multilingual communities, as well as the interaction among them. As such, the chapters adopt a multilingual approach that guides the analysi...
The intensification of contacts between cultures and languages has a major impact on all social spheres today. Multiculturalism and multilingualism are important elements of the local, regional, national and global community. Much of the world’s conflict stems from the contrast between globalization and nationalism, fuelled by religions, racial divisions, traditions and other cultural particularities. Focusing mainly on the situation in Central and South-eastern Europe, this book addresses how cultural identities develop through tourism, education, literature and other social fields, and how language and literature teaching should be planned in this context. It consists of the following sections: Language, Culture and Tourism; Interculturalism, Multilingualism and Approaches to Language Learning; and Culture in Literature and Translation. The volume will be of interest to teachers and researchers of cultural and tourism studies, linguistics and language learning, literary studies and translation, while also addressing wider readers interested in contemporary intercultural society.
The Routledge Handbook of Language Policy and Planning is a comprehensive and authoritative survey, including original contributions from leading senior scholars and rising stars to provide a basis for future research in language policy and planning in international, national, regional, and local contexts. The Handbook approaches language policy as public policy that can be studied through the policy cycle framework. It offers a systematic and research-informed view of actual processes and methods of design, implementation, and evaluation. With a substantial introduction, 38 chapters and an extensive bibliography, this Handbook is an indispensable resource for all decision makers, students, and researchers of language policy and planning within linguistics and cognate disciplines such as public policy, economics, political science, sociology, and education.
This volume emphasizes the energetic nature of linguistic diversity and its consequences of how we think about language, how it affects the individual, education in school, and urban spaces across the globe. Hence, linguistic diversity reflects the constant state of rapid change prevalent in modern societies bearing opportunities as well as challenges. It is the prime objective of this selection of contributions to give a differentiated picture of the chances of linguistic diversity. Dynamics of Linguistic Diversity pays tribute to more recent developments in the study of language, applied linguistics, and education sciences. Contributions in this volume discuss how the concept of language is contextualized in a world of polylanguaging, investigate latent factors of influence, multilingual individuals, multilingual proficiency, multilingual practices and development, multilingual communication as well as teaching practices and whether they foster or hamper multilingual development.
Der Roman "Barackenkind" ist in drei Teile gegliedert: Im Prolog schildert die Hauptperson Elisabeth das Leben ihrer Mutter. "Leokadia, meine Mutter, ist heute vor allem eine Stimme in meinem Kopf, eine Stimme, die singt" und eine Stimme, die erzählt: "Weißt, Lischen...." Es waren schwere Erfahrungen, von denen Leokadia erzählte. Sie hatte das Schicksal vieler Russlanddeutscher in den beiden Weltkriegen erlitten: Als Kind war sie nach Sibirien verschleppt worden und am Ende des 2. Weltkriegs mit ihren sieben Kindern von Ostpreußen nach Niedersachsen geflüchtet, wo sie als Kriegerwitwe schwer arbeitete, um ihre Kinder durchzubringen. Elisabeth, noch ein Kleinkind zu der Zeit, litt sehr d...
Internationale Potentiale fuhren zum Erfolg Geleitwort Der Anteil der auslandischen Promovierenden an der Europa-Universitat Viad- na liegt mit 30% uber dem Durchschnitt an deutschen Hochschulen und ist a- lich hoch wie in anderen bevolkerungsstarken Landern wie Frankreich, Grossb- tannien oder den USA. Die Europa-Universitat Viadrina hat fruh erkannt, dass diese Gruppe auslandischer Promovierender ein grosses Potential darstellt, das es besonders zu fordern und zu einem Teil einer umfassenden Internationalis- rungsstrategie der Hochschule zu machen gilt. Mit Hilfe des aus Mitteln des Bundesministeriums fur Bildung und F- schung (BMBF) finanzierten und vom DAAD koordinierten Programms zur Fo...
Im Zentrum des Bandes steht die Frage, ob und wie sich Ungewissheiten in schulischen Bildungsprozessen positiv nutzen lassen. Die Gewohnheit, Unvorhersehbarkeiten im Unterricht als Belastung oder Zumutung wahrzunehmen und zu benennen, wird hinterfragt, indem der Zustand der Ungewissheit anerkannt und als Chance zur pädagogischen Professionalisierung diskutiert wird.
Hergemoller (Middle Ages, Hamburg U.) compiled six essays originally published between 1986 and 1995 addressing the lives and tribulations of men who loved men during the millennium between 500 and 1500. No title, publisher, or date is identified for the two German editions. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR