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UNINA9910460048703321 |
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Autore |
Cutrone Pino |
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Assessing pragmatic competence in the Japanese EFL context : towards the learning of listener responses / / by Pino Cutrone |
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Newcastle upon Tyne : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (375 p.) |
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English language - Study and teaching - Japan |
Intercultural communication - Japan |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES, TABLES AND APPENDICES; KEY TO ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS; KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS IN RESULTS' TABLES; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; APPENDIX E; APPENDIX F; APPENDIX G; APPENDIX H; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX J; APPENDIX K; APPENDIX L; APPENDIX M; APPENDIX N; APPENDIX O; APPENDIX P; APPENDIX Q; APPENDIX R; APPENDIX S; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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With a focus on intercultural communication between Japanese and Americans, this book describes how differing listening styles and conversational behaviours across cultures can negatively influence intercultural communication. Responding to the many calls for studies examining the teachability of listener responses in the language classroom, the author investigates whether listener responses would be a suitable target for instruction in the EFL/ESL classroom, and, if so, what instructional me... |
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UNINA9910782709203321 |
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Autore |
Wuthnow Robert |
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Acts of Compassion : Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves / / Robert Wuthnow |
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Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2012] |
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©1991 |
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1-4008-0876-6 |
1-282-75150-6 |
9786612751509 |
1-4008-2057-X |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (343 p.) |
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Caring |
Helping behavior |
Individualism -- United States |
Voluntarism -- United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- PART I: THE PROBLEM OF INDIVIDUALISM -- CHAPTER ONE: An American Paradox -- CHAPTER TWO: Caring and/for Our Selves -- PART II: LANGUAGES OF COMPASSION -- CHAPTER THREE: Talking about Motives -- CHAPTER FOUR: Finding Fulfillment -- PART III: THE ROLE OF FAITH -- CHAPTER FIVE: Conviction and Community -- CHAPTER SIX: Along the Road -- PART IV: THE LIMITS OF CARING -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Bounded Love -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Tarnished Image -- PART V: THE WIDER CONTEXT -- CHAPTER NINE: Envisioning a Better Society -- CHAPTER TEN: The Case for Compassion -- Notes -- Index |
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Robert Wuthnow finds that those who are most involved in acts of compassion are no less individualistic than anyone else--and that those who are the most intensely individualistic are no less involved in caring for others. |
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