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Race, Culture, and Identities in Second Language Education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 333

Race, Culture, and Identities in Second Language Education

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2009-06-02
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This groundbreaking volume presents empirical and conceptual research that specifically explores critical issues of race, culture, and identities in second language education and provides implications for engaged practice.

Demystifying Career Paths after Graduate School
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 238

Demystifying Career Paths after Graduate School

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-01-01
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  • Publisher: IAP

This edited book offers concrete information and useful suggestions to graduate students who are seeking employment at institutions of higher education in North America and other parts of the world. This book also targets entry-level faculty members who are exploring increased participation in professional activities. The book features critical turning points in career trajectories, demystifies hidden institutional structures, and illuminates blind spots that are critical for career success. The authors are scholars from nonnative-English-speaking and/or racially minority backgrounds in the fields of applied linguistics and teaching English to speakers of other languages. The firsthand sugge...

The Native Speaker Concept
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 401

The Native Speaker Concept

Presents a fresh look at the 'native speaker' by situating him/her in wider sociopolitical contexts. Using anthropological frameworks and ethnographic data from around the world, this book addresses the questions of who qualifies as a 'native speaker' and his/her social relations in the regime of standardization in multilingual situations.

Critical Pedagogies and Language Learning
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 11

Critical Pedagogies and Language Learning

This volume applies the critical pedagogical approach to the area of language learning, and in doing so, it addresses such topics as critical multiculturalism, gender and language learning, and popular culture.

Reflections on Multiliterate Lives
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Reflections on Multiliterate Lives

Reflection on Multiliterate Lives is a collection of personal accounts, in narrative and interview format, of the formative literacy experiences of highly successful second language users, all of who are professional academics. Representing fourteen countries in origin, the contributors, well-known specialists in language teaching as well as a variety of other fields in the social and physical sciences, recount in their own words past and present struggles and successes as learners of language and of much else.

The Handbook of Educational Linguistics
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 705

The Handbook of Educational Linguistics

The Handbook of Educational Linguistics is a dynamic, scientifically grounded overview revealing the complexity of this growing field while remaining accessible for students, researchers, language educators, curriculum developers, and educational policy makers. A single volume overview of educational linguistics, written by leading specialists in its many relevant fields Takes into account the diverse theoretical foundations, core themes, major findings, and practical applications of educational linguistics Highlights the multidisciplinary reach of educational linguistics Reflects the complexity of this growing field, whilst remaining accessible to a wide audience

Critical Perspectives on Global Englishes in Asia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 207

Critical Perspectives on Global Englishes in Asia

This book addresses the incorporation of Global Englishes into language policy and curriculum, pedagogy and assessment practices, and focuses on a wide range of geographical and language contexts. It will be of interest to policymakers, curriculum developers and practitioner-researchers in the area of English language education.

Language and Linguistics in Context
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 427

Language and Linguistics in Context

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-12-06
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Taking a sociocultural and educational approach, Language and Linguistics in Context: Readings and Applications for Teachers: *introduces basic linguistic concepts and current perspectives on language acquisition; *considers the role of linguistic change (especially in English) in the politics of language; *acknowledges the role of linguists in current policies involving language; *offers insights into the relationship between the structure of language systems and first- and second-language acquisition; the study of language across culture, class, race, gender, and ethnicity; and between language study and literacy and education; and *provides readers with a basis for understanding current e...

Contrastive Rhetoric
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 344

Contrastive Rhetoric

Shows how a person's first language and culture influence writing in a second language.

The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 592

The Handbook of English for Specific Purposes

Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays, edited by two leading scholars, this Handbook surveys the key research findings in the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP). • Provides a state-of-the-art overview of the origins and evolution, current research, and future directions in ESP • Features newly-commissioned contributions from a global team of leading scholars • Explores the history of ESP and current areas of research, including speaking, reading, writing, technology, and business, legal, and medical English • Considers perspectives on ESP research such as genre, intercultural rhetoric, multimodality, English as a lingua franca and ethnography