1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783783803321

Autore

Boxer Diana

Titolo

Studying speaking to inform second language learning [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Diana Boxer and Andrew D. Cohen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, : Multilingual Matters, 2004

ISBN

1-78892-028-7

1-85359-722-8

9786610739349

1-280-73934-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Second language acquisition (Buffalo, N.Y.) ; ; 8

Altri autori (Persone)

BoxerDiana <1948->

CohenAndrew D

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Oral communication - Study and teaching

Discourse analysis - Study and teaching

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

Contents; Bio-statements; Part I: Theoretical Issues; Part II: Studying Spontaneous Spoken Discourse to Inform Second Language Learning; Part III: Studying Elicited Spoken Discourse to Inform Second Language Learning; Part IV: Studying Spoken Discourse to Inform Second Language Assessment; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In a series of studies specially written for this book, ""Studying Speaking to Inform Second Language Learning"" offers the applied linguist research on spoken interaction in second and foreign languages and provides insights as to how findings from each of these studies may inform language pedagogy.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786793103321

Autore

Yadlapati Madhuri M.

Titolo

Against dogmatism : dwelling in faith and doubt / / Madhuri M. Yadlapati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-252-09520-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

202.2

Soggetti

Faith

Belief and doubt - Religious aspects

Philosophy and religion - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: Beyond Fundamentalism and Atheism""; ""PART ONE. RE-EXAMINING FAITH IN ACTION""; ""One. Postures of Trust""; ""Humility as the Door to Faith""; ""Friedrich Schleiermacher: Religious Consciouness of Absolute Dependence""; ""Hindu Puja: Belonging to a Protected World""; ""Conclusion""; ""Two. What Is Our Sacred Responsibility in the World?""; ""Hindu Dharma""; ""What Can Mere Humans Do in Narnia?""; ""God's Caliph on Earth""; ""Covenantal Responsibility, Partnership, and Struggle""; ""Conclusion""

""PART TWO. THE CENTRALITY OF DOUBT""""Three. Christian Faith and the Protestant Principle""; ""Soren Kierkegaard""; ""Karl Barth""; ""Paul Tillich""; ""Conclusion""; ""Four. Faith and Transcendence in Hindu Traditions""; ""Mystical Experience and the Limits of Understanding in the Upanishads""; ""Bhakti, Transcendence, and Freedom in the Bhagavad Gita""; ""Maya: That Which Is Not""; ""The Ambiguity of Hindu Theism: Shiva""; ""Conclusion""; ""PART THREE. RECONCILING WAYS OF FAITH AND DOUBT""; ""Five. Resisting the Reification of Religion""; ""Humanist Criticisms of Religious Dogmatism""

Sommario/riassunto

Defending the rich tapestry of faith and doubt against polarisation, 'Against Dogmatism' reveals a spiritual middle way, an approach native



to the long-standing traditions in which faith and doubt are interwoven in constructive and dynamic ways.