Strategies of Representation in Auto/biography investigates how selves are represented and reconstructed in selected auto/biographical readings from African literary discourse.
Young people around the world are increasingly able to access English language media online for leisure purposes and interact with other users of English.
Becoming an African Diaspora in Australia extends debates on identities, cultures and notions of race and racism into new directions as it analyses the forms of interactional identities of African migrants in Australia.
The rise in popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture began and is promoted as an official policy of the Korean government to revive the country's economy.
This book examines the rise in popularity of fantasy literature in Taiwan and the crucial but often invisible role that translators have played in making this genre widely available.
Study abroad is now both an international industry and an experience that can have a deep impact on students' attitudes and approaches to second language learning.
Intended for young readers interested in creating and maintaining physically and emotionally healthy relationships, this book answers common questions and offers practical guidance on navigating such everyday issues as conflict resolution and jealousy.
In 1911-1912, French-Canadian anthropologist Marius Barbeau spent a year recording forty texts in the Wyandot language as spoken by native speakers in Oklahoma.
Language is central to political philosophy, yet until now there has been little in the way of a common framework capable of bridging disciplines that share an interest in language, power, and ethics.
The Nage people of the eastern Indonesian island of Flores refer to someone who begins something but is regularly distracted by other matters as "e;a dog pissing at the edge of a path.
The Nage people of the eastern Indonesian island of Flores refer to someone who begins something but is regularly distracted by other matters as a dog pissing at the edge of a path.
Language is central to political philosophy, yet until now there has been little in the way of a common framework capable of bridging disciplines that share an interest in language, power, and ethics.
An engaging introduction to the study of spoken interaction, this book provides a thorough grounding in the theory and methodology of conversation analysis.
This book addresses the importance of language in matters of sustainability and incorporating such concerns in implementing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This book draws on Trevor's experience in both Christian and secular organisations to look at different patterns for leadership and he explains the necessity for every leader to model a clear strategy for their work.
This book is about the policy-practice praxis in English language education, and draws on research from a diverse range of under-explored international settings to showcase the importance of contextual realities on how policy and practice interact.
This volume showcases different forms of natural and non-professional translation and interpreting at work at multilingual sites in a single city, shedding new light on our understanding of the intersection of city, migration and translation.
This volume showcases different forms of natural and non-professional translation and interpreting at work at multilingual sites in a single city, shedding new light on our understanding of the intersection of city, migration and translation.
In the United States today there is lively discussion, both among educators and employers, about the best way to prepare students with high-level language and cross-cultural communication proficiency that will serve them both professionally and personally in the global environment of the twenty-first century.
A groundbreaking collection by leading scholars that spans a broad range of social situations, cultural contexts, and analytic perspectivesThe contemporary landscape of discourse analysiswhich examines spoken, written, and multimodal communicationis so diverse that, as volume contributor Deborah Tannen observes, discourse has become almost synonymous with language and, for many scholars, extends well beyond it.
This thoroughly updated second edition provides a clear and comprehensive overview of sociolinguistics and the pragmatics of oral communication in Spanish.
Despite the status of Arabic as a global language and the high demand to learn it, the field of Arabic second language acquisition remains underinvestigated.
The specificand variedways in which assessment and evaluation can impact learning and teaching have become an important language education research concern, particularly as educators are increasingly called on to implement these processes for improvement, accountability, or curricular development purposes.
El entrenamiento en habilidades emocionales para jóvenes es una propuesta que pretende ser una guía para fortalecer el proceso de crecimiento de los jóvenes no solo acompañándolos a ellos, sino además acompañando con herramientas específicas a los adultos, quienes tienen la tarea de orientar las búsquedas de estos jóvenes en un contexto actual que es desafiante y está en constante cambio, con realidades cada vez más imprevisibles e incomprensibles.
Educación de la afectividad y sexualidad integral: horizontes y desafíos es un trabajo coral, que aporta saberes interdisciplinarios y experiencias, en torno a la temática, en función de ámbitos comunitarios (salud, educación, pastoral).
This book explores communication in emergency call and response centers, taking an approach drawn from Conversation Analysis to examine how call-takers answer calls and the ways in which dispatch is issued in different contexts.
