Handbook of Foreign Language Communication and Learning (eBook)

Handbook of Foreign Language Communication and Learning (eBook)

This volume focuses on how far the policies, principles and practices of foreign language teaching and learning are, or can be, informed by theoretical considerations and empirical findings from the linguistic disciplines. Part I deals with the nature of foreign language learning in general, while Part II explores issues arising from linguistic, socio-political, cultural and cognitive perspectives. Part III and IV then consider the different factors that have to be taken into account in designing the foreign language subject and the various approaches to pedagogy that have been proposed. Part V finally addresses questions concerning assessment of learner proficiency and the evaluation of courses designed to promote it. Key features: provides a state-of-the-art description of different areas in the context of foreign language communication and learning presents a critical appraisal of the relevance of the field offers solutions to everyday language-related problems with contributions from renowned experts

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Karlfried Knapp, University of Erfurt, Germany; Barbara Seidlhofer and Henry Widdowson, University of Vienna, Austria.

Inhaltsangabe

1;Introduction to the handbook series. Linguistics for problem solving;6 2;Acknowledgements;18 3;Contents;20 4;1. Introduction. Developing foreign language communication: Principles and practices;24 5;2. What makes a language foreign?;44 6;3. Multilingualism and foreign language learning;68 7;4. Foreign language teaching and educational policy;102 8;5. Learning and teaching multiple languages;132 9;6. Developing links between second language acquisition research and language teaching;162 10;7. Language awareness;186 11;8. The linguistic perspective;216 12;9. Cultural perspectives on language learning and teaching;242 13;10. The political perspective;270 14;11. The cognitive perspective: Age effects and/or critical periods?;302 15;12. Foreign language syllabus design;332 16;13. The methodology of foreign language teaching: Methods, approaches, principles;364 17;14. Autonomous language learning;396 18;15. Teaching the spoken foreign language;424 19;16. Teaching the written foreign language;462 20;17. Principles of approach;490 21;18. Communicative language teaching;514 22;19. Language for specific purposes vs. general language;540 23;20. Content and language integrated learning;568 24;21. Computer assisted foreign language learning;596 25;22. Principles of testing and assessment;630 26;23. Issues in certification;652 27;24. Evaluation and learning in language programmes;686 28;Biographical notes;718 29;Name index;726 30;Language index;744 31;Subject index;746