Author: Earl W. Stevick
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Published: 2013-01-05
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9781438261478
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Each passing year sees more people exposed to languages. The largest number are learning widely taught international languages such as Spanish and French. However, as the world seems to be getting smaller, the number of people who need competence in one or more of the traditionally lesser-taught languages of the world. These lesser-taught languages tend to be the ones for which there are the fewest language resources available. Yet any one course is necessarily of some length, in some one pedagogical style, and with some fixed content. This fact, together with the paucity of material, means that most prospective users of lessons will be dissatisfied with what they find. The decision is often to discard all that exists and start anew, or simply not to start at all. The purpose of this book, which draws upon twenty years of teaching so-called 'neglected' languages in a wide variety of settings, is two-fold: first, to set forth guidelines for appreciating what already exists and adapting it to immediate needs; second, to suggest an approach to writing new materials that will be as adaptable as possible.
Author: Foreign Service Institute Department of State
Publisher:
Published: 2019-09-23
Total Pages: 469
ISBN-13: 9781695033771
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Each passing year sees more people exposed to more languages. The largest number are learning widely tought international languages such as english and French. Smaller, but growing even more rapidly, is the number of people who need competence in one or more of the seldom-tought languages of the world. The purpose of this book, which drowas on twenty years of teaching neglected languages in a wide variety of settings, is to do two things first to set forth guidelines for appreciating what does exist and adapting it to immediate needs, second to suggest an approach to writing new marerials that will be as adaptable as possible.
Author: United States. Department of State
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 476
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Department of State
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 922
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 1408
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Leo Will
Publisher: Waxmann Verlag
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 266
ISBN-13: 3830985584
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Authenticity is one of the most rampant buzzwords in ELT (English Language Teaching). Many have weighed in on what authenticity should mean and on how it may be achieved. The book at hand is an extensive analysis of authenticity as a term and as a concept within the academic field of ELT. The research data comprises virtually all definitions and conceptualizations of authenticity in the international ELT literature. However, only a limited number of texts contributes to what can be called an explicit negotiation of authenticity. A discourse analytical approach is taken to disentangle the hubbub of commentaries and to eventually extrapolate from it six distinct concepts which are attached to the term 'authenticity'. Michel Foucault's seminal theories are invoked, affording additional insights into discourse dynamics and power structures among individuals and institutions in ELT.