Advanced Language Learning [[electronic resource] ] : The Contribution of Halliday and Vygotsky

• Autore: Byrnes Heidi
• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Disciplina: 418
• Soggetto topico: Applied linguistics; Functionism (Linguistics); Halliday, M. A. K. (Michael Alexander Kirkwood), 1925-; Languages, Modern -- Study and teaching; Second language acquisition; Vygotskii, L. S. (Lev Semenovich), 1896-1934
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; List of Contributors; List of Figures and Tables; What kind of resource is language and why does it matter for advanced language learning? An introduction; Part I: Theoretical Considerations in Advanced Instructed Learning; 1 Educating for advanced foreign language capacities: exploring the meaning-making resources of languages systemic-functionally; 2 Generalized collective dialogue and advanced foreign language capacities; 3 Re (de)fining language proficiency in light of the concept of 'languaculture'; Part II: Description and Pedagogy ; 4 Languaging, agency and collaboration in advanced second language proficiency5 Grammar as a resource for the construction of language logic for advanced language learning in Japanese; 6 The linguistic features of advanced language use: the grammar of exposition; 7 Grammatical metaphor: academic language development in Latino students in Spanish; 8 Creating textual worlds in advanced learner writing: the role of complex theme; 9 The dialogic construction of meaning in advanced L2 writing: Bakhtinian perspectives; 10 Learning advanced French through SFL: learning SFL in French ; Part III: Programmatic and Curricular Issues11 Modelling a genre-based foreign language curriculum: staging advanced L2 learning; 12 Advanced language for intermediate learners: corpus and register analysis for curriculum specification in English for Academic Purposes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: 'The editor and authors in this volume make a convincing case for focusing on advanced foreign language instruction. Importantly, they invite consideration of this focus as an opportunity to re-examine conventional definitions of the target of instruction. In so doing, readers also learn more about the theories highlighted in this volume, and their capacity to enhance our understanding of advancedness and its development within an educational context. This book thus mediates between linguistic and language learning theories and educational practice, modelling the very best of what applied ling
• Titolo autorizzato: Advanced Language Learning
• ISBN: 1-282-87352-0; 9786612873522; 1-4411-2225-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820456703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II