1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457016303321

Autore

Wa Theippan Maung <1899-1942.>

Titolo

Wartime in Burma [[electronic resource] ] : a diary, January to June 1942 / / by Theippan Maung Wa (U Sein Tin) ; edited and translated from the Burmese by L.E. Bagshawe and Anna J. Allott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-89680-471-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Ohio University research in international studies. Southeast Asia series ; ; no. 120

Altri autori (Persone)

BagshaweL. E

AllottAnna <1930->

Disciplina

940.53/591092

B

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - Burma

World War, 1939-1945 - Refugees

Electronic books.

Burma Officials and employees Diaries

Burma History Japanese occupation, 1942-1945

Rangoon (Burma) History, Military 20th century

Rangoon (Burma) Biography

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

War diary -- Appendix: An eyewitness account of U Sein Tin's death.

Sommario/riassunto

This diary, begun after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and covering the invasion of Burma up to June 1942, is a moving account of the dilemmas faced by the well-loved and prolific Burmese author Theippan Maung Wa (a pseudonym of U Sein Tin) and his family. At the time of the Japanese invasion, U Sein Tin was deputy secretary in the Ministry of Home and Defense Affairs. An Oxford-trained member of the Indian Civil Service, working for the British administration on the eve of the invasion, he lived with his wife and three small children in Rangoon.  Wartime in Burma is a stirring memoir th



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450986403321

Titolo

Investigating tasks in formal language learning [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Mar?ia del Pilar Garc?ia Mayo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, [England] ; ; Buffalo, : Multilingual Matters, c2007

ISBN

1-78892-036-8

1-280-73942-8

9786610739424

1-85359-928-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Second language acquisition ; ; 20

Altri autori (Persone)

Garc?ia MayoMar?ia del Pilar

Disciplina

418.007

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Task analysis in education

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 -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Criteria for Classifying and Sequencing Pedagogic Tasks -- Chapter 2. Information Distribution and Goal Orientation in Second Language Task Design -- Chapter 3. The Simultaneous Manipulation of Task Complexity Along Planning Time and (+/- Here-and-Now): Effects on L2 Oral Production -- Chapter 4. Tasks, Negotiation, and L2 Learning in a Foreign Language Context -- Chapter 5. Attention to Form Across Collaborative Tasks by Low-Proficiency Learners in an EFL Setting -- Chapter 6. Cognitive Task Complexity and Linguistic Performance in French L2 Writing -- Chapter 7. The Effect of Manipulating Task Complexity Along the (± Here-and-Now) Dimension on L2 Written Narrative Discourse -- Chapter 8. Writing Tasks: The Effects of Collaboration -- Chapter 9. L2 Vocabulary Acquisition and Reading Comprehension: The Influence of Task Complexity -- Chapter 10. Task-Effect on the Use of Lexical Innovation Strategies in Interlanguage Communication -- Chapter 11. Fostering EFL Learners’ Awareness of Requesting Through Explicit and Implicit Consciousness-Raising Tasks -- Chapter 12. Interactive Task Design: Metachat and the



Whole Learner -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book contributes to the growth of interest in task-based language learning and teaching that has been seen in recent years. It brings together research that focuses on various aspects and effects of pedagogic task design and presents work that uses tasks to examine oral interaction, written production, vocabulary and reading, lexical innovation and pragmatics in different formal language learning contexts and in different languages (English as a second/foreign language, French/German/Italian/Spanish as foreign languages). It also provides guidelines for task classification, sequencing and design. The book is addressed to both professionals and students interested in second language acquisition research. It will also be of use to professionals involved in language pedagogy and curriculum design.