Intercultural language use and language learning / edited by Eva Alcón Soler and Maria Pilar Safont Jordà.
This volume attempts to address an issue that deserves further attention on the part of language acquisition researchers: that of intercultural learners in instructed language contexts. Given the fact that most speech communities where such learning takes place are at least bilingual, and the idea t...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht, the Netherlands :
Springer,
[2007]
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | This volume attempts to address an issue that deserves further attention on the part of language acquisition researchers: that of intercultural learners in instructed language contexts. Given the fact that most speech communities where such learning takes place are at least bilingual, and the idea that English is studied for the purposes of communication among people from different cultures, the book focuses on English learners as intercultural speakers. In so doing, the volume brings together three main research areas: those of the study of English as a lingua franca, the development of communicative competence and the use and acquisition of a language beyond a second one in instructed contexts. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 287 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1281222917 1402056397 9781281222916 9781402056390 |