1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464647703321

Autore

Witte Arnd

Titolo

Blending spaces : mediating and assessing intercultural competence in the L2 classroom / / Arnd Witte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-5015-0078-3

1-61451-123-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (456 p.)

Collana

Trends in applied linguistics, , 1868-6362 ; ; volume 8

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Second language acquisition

Intercultural communication - Study and teaching

Multicultural education - Study and teaching

Communicative competence - Testing

Language and culture - Study and teaching

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: The interplay of languages, cultures, and minds -- 2 First language acquisition and early cognitive development -- 3 Formation of concepts and plausibility structures -- 4 Language and the intersubjective construction of meaning -- 5 Imposing structure on language-in-use: From language philosophy to discourse analysis -- 6 The dynamics of identity -- 7 The complexities of culture -- 8 The interplay of cultures: Constructs of interculture -- 9 Fostering intercultural competence in the second language classroom -- 10 Mediating and assessing intercultural competence in the L2 classroom -- 11 Conclusion -- References -- Name index -- Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book comprehensively analyzes the development of interculturally blended third spaces by the second language learner, beginning with the linguistic and sociocultural imprints of the first language and culture on the mind and culminating in the proposal of a phase-model of the development of intercultural competence. The foundational



analysis of L1-mediated constructs is followed by an analysis of forms interaction, concepts of identity and constructs of culture/interculture, thus shifting the object of analysis from the subjective to the intersubjective levels of construction and interaction. The focus of the book is on the gradual development of interculturally blended third spaces in the mind of the learner as genuinely new bases for construction. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on research in cultural psychology, linguistic anthropology, critical theory, language acquisition and second language learning and shows how culture and interculture need to be emphasized as an integral part of second language learning.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910822436303321

Autore

Péladan Joséphin <1858-1918, >

Titolo

Amphithéâtre des sciences mortes : comment on devient mage / / Le Sâr Mérodack Joséphin Peladan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : Ligaran, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

2-335-04975-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 pages)

Disciplina

840.8

Soggetti

French literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910160836603321

Autore

Tolstoy Leo

Titolo

Ilyás

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago : , : Otbebookpublishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-95676-218-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (7 p.)

Collana

Classics To Go

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Ilyás" is a short story by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. In this tale contrasting opulence with happiness, Tolstoy shows readers once again how dedicated he is to the Christian religion and how strongly he believes in it. The story is set up so, at the end, we are taught the moral that it is better to be happy than rich, as evidenced by Ilyas's contentedness as a servant and his displeasure as the wealthiest man in the area...