Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching

Electronic Discourse in Language Learning and Language Teaching
Author: Lee B. Abraham
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2009
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027219885

New technologies are constantly transforming traditional notions of language use and literacy in online communication environments. While previous research has provided a foundation for understanding the use of new technologies in instructed second language environments, few studies have investigated new literacies and electronic discourse beyond the classroom setting. This volume seeks to address this gap by providing corpus-based and empirical studies of electronic discourse analyzing social and linguistic variation as well as communicative practices in chat, discussion forums, blogs, and podcasts. Several chapters also examine the assessment and integration of new literacies. This volume will serve as a valuable resource for researchers, teachers, and students interested in exploring electronic discourse and new literacies in language learning and teaching.

Discourse Analyisis and Terminology in Languages for Specific Purposes/ Analisis del discurso y terminologia del lenguage para fines especificos

Discourse Analyisis and Terminology in Languages for Specific Purposes/ Analisis del discurso y terminologia del lenguage para fines especificos
Author: Juan Carlos Palmer
Publisher: Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2001
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9788480213523

This important work collects studies and reflections on such relevant themes about LSP as medical English, the language of advertising and journalism, telecommunications, data processing terminology, trade and juridical English¿ Although most of the works are related to English, there are also works related to German or French among others. .

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language
Author: Kim Potowski
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 607
Release: 2018-05-11
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1317563069

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language brings together contributions from leading linguists, educators and Latino Studies scholars involved in teaching and working with Spanish heritage language speakers. This state-of-the-art overview covers a range of topics within five broad areas: Spanish in U.S. public life, Spanish heritage language use and systems, educational contexts, Latino studies perspectives and Spanish outside the U.S. The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language addresses for the first time the linguistic, educational and social aspects of heritage Spanish speakers in one volume making it an indispensable reference for anyone working with Spanish as a heritage language.

Discourse Analysis of Language, Literacy, Culture, and Teaching

Discourse Analysis of Language, Literacy, Culture, and Teaching
Author: Denise Ives
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2023-12-05
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1003813429

An essential text on discourse theory and analytic methods, this book demonstrates the possibilities of using discourse analysis to better understand language, literacy, culture, and teaching. Each chapter provides coherent, extended examples of individuals engaged in the process of doing discourse analysis. The narrative approach highlights the individual experiences of the discourse analysts and provides a unique, inside-the-mind view of the process and choices along the way. Across the book, stories describe processes involved in analyses, including identifying aims, formulating questions, selecting discourse, transcribing oral and multimodal discourse, translating discourse, chunking discourse, choosing and applying discourse and other theory, generating and supporting claims, and communicating findings. Chapters also feature sidebars with key theories and methods, recommended readings, and additional resources. This book is ideal for courses on discourse analysis, qualitative research, or language, literacy, culture, and teaching. Readers are invited to imagine the possibilities for using discourse analysis to answer their own questions.

Studies in Language Learning and Spanish Linguistics in Honor of Tracy D. Terrell

Studies in Language Learning and Spanish Linguistics in Honor of Tracy D. Terrell
Author: Peggy Hashemipour
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Studies In Language Learning & Spanish Linquistics, In Honor of Tracy D. Terrell is a Festschrift, a collection of scholarly articles that was published in memory of Tracy D. Terrell, late of the University of California, San Diego. Tracy Terrell was an innovative practitioner and researcher in the areas of Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Teaching Methods. He is best known as creator of The Natural Approach and as co-author of Dos mundos, Deux mondes and Kontakte, the very successful beginning texts for Spanish, French and German which are based on that approach. Language professors and researchers from around the country have contributed to this publication, which will be of primary interest to libraries and to scholars in language teaching methodology.

Identity and Communicative Competence in Spanish for Specific Purposes

Identity and Communicative Competence in Spanish for Specific Purposes
Author: Alexis A. Vollmer Rivera
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2024-03-29
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1003862667

Identity and Communicative Competence in Spanish for Specific Purposes analyzes the experiences of three Spanish for specific purposes (SSP) students, offering insight into the intersectionality of society, politics, identity, and linguistics in community-based settings. Analyses provide empirical evidence to a growing body of work about how experiential language learning (EX-LL) enhances student preparation to utilize target languages in professional services. Ethnographic portraits and discourse analysis also illustrate how EX-LL, such as internships, provides students with opportunities to position and protect their identities using linguistic and extralinguistic resources. Discussions are presented throughout the volume on how to implement EX-LL from a critical perspective that supports students while mutually benefiting community members. Harnessing community members’ stories to contextualise and illustrate the disparities U.S. Hispanic/Latinx communities face in accessing high-quality care and services, the volume proposes SSP as a form of advocacy to narrow this gap while simultaneously enhancing students’ skills in Spanish. Designed for graduate students, educators, researchers, and program developers in SSP, second language acquisition, heritage language pedagogy, and sociolinguistics, this volume will prompt the reader to (re)imagine how language learning traverses society, politics, and identity in community-based settings.

Pragmatics Applied to Language Teaching and Learning

Pragmatics Applied to Language Teaching and Learning
Author: Lucis Fernández Amaya
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 501
Release: 2020-07-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1527557219

This volume presents a wide ranging overview of key theoretical and practical issues, empirical research and various analyses of pragmatic phenomena that will certainly be most useful and helpful to students and researchers in pragmatics and other linguistic disciplines and, of course, to L2 teachers. It is divided into five parts that include chapters addressing cognitive issues on L2 teaching, how and what to teach when dealing with specific speech acts, intercultural aspects of communication, the teaching of languages for academic and specific purposes and some other methodological issues on pragmatics teaching.

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis
Author: Eric Friginal
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 746
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0429535627

The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis highlights the diversity, breadth, and depth of corpus approaches to discourse analysis, compiling new and original research from notable scholars across the globe. Chapters showcase recent developments influenced by the exponential growth in linguistic computing, advances in corpus design and compilation, and the applications of sound quantitative and interpretive techniques in analyzing text and discourse patterns. Key discourse domains covered by 35 empirical chapters include: • Research contexts and methodological considerations; • Naturally occurring spoken, professional, and academic discourse; • Corpus approaches to conversational discourse, media discourse, and professional and academic writing. The Routledge Handbook of Corpus Approaches to Discourse Analysis is key reading for both experienced and novice researchers working at the intersection of corpus linguistics and discourse analysis, as well as anyone undertaking study in these areas, as well as anyone interested in related fields and adjacent research approaches.

Academic and Professional Discourse Genres in Spanish

Academic and Professional Discourse Genres in Spanish
Author: Giovanni Parodi
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2010-05-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027288259

This volume offers a description and a deep examination of discourse genres across four disciplines (Psychology, Social Work, Industrial Chemistry, and Construction Engineering), in academic and professional settings. The study is based on one of the largest available corpus on disciplinary written discourse in Spanish (PUCV-2006 Corpus of Spanish containing almost 60 million words). Twelve chapters range from the theoretical guiding principles of the research in terms of genre conception, the detailed description of each corpus (academic and professional), computational analysis from multi-dimensional perspectives, and the qualitative analysis of two specialized genres (University Textbook and Disciplinary Text) in terms of their rhetorical macro-moves and moves. Theoretically speaking, a multi-dimensional perspective (social, linguistic and cognitive) is emphasized and special attention to the cognitive nature of discourse genres is supported.

Handbook of Business Discourse

Handbook of Business Discourse
Author: Francesca Bargiela-Chiappini
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2009-05-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0748631836

The Handbook of Business Discourse is the most comprehensive overview of the field to date. It offers an accessible and authoritative introduction to a range of historical, disciplinary, methodological and cultural perspectives on business discourse and addresses many of the pressing issues facing a growing, varied and increasingly international field of research. The collection also illustrates some of the challenges of defining and delimiting a relatively recent and eclectic field of studies, including debates on the very definition of 'business discourse'. Part One includes chapters on the origins, advances and features of business discourse in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. Part Two covers methodological approaches such as mediated communication, corpus linguistics, organisational discourse, multimodality, race and management communication, and rhetorical analysis. Part Three moves on to look at disciplinary perspectives such as sociology, pragmatics, gender studies, intercultural communication, linguistic anthropology and business communication. Part Four looks at cultural perspectives across a range of geographical areas including Spain, Brazil, Japan, Korea, China and Vietnam. The concluding section reflects on future developments in Europe, North America and Asia.